Shaker kitchen cabinets
Utility as beauty: built-in drawer walls, peg rails, recessed-panel doors, fine proportions and no ornament.
Shaker design is ideal for modern custom work: simple joinery, clean frames and generous built-in storage. Its strength is proportion, so drawer heights, rail widths and door sizes matter more than ornament.
Kitchen cabinetry sets the character of a house more than any other woodwork. Historic kitchens rarely had continuous upper and lower cabinets; they used dressers, hutches, built-in cases and work counters, which is why period kitchens feel more like furnished rooms.
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What a custom Shaker piece costs
Published price ranges for custom kitchen cabinets. Each example above is tagged with the tier a faithful version would need.
$450–$650
per linear foot, installed in Colorado
Clean, simple geometry: slab, Shaker, flat panel or straight profiles, in paint-grade wood or plain or rift white oak.
$650–$950
per linear foot, installed in Colorado
Period detail: raised or beaded panels, applied mouldings, inset construction and simple relief or fretwork in stain-grade hardwood.
$950–$1,500
per linear foot, installed in Colorado
Carved and showpiece work: 3D carving with hand finishing, curves and arches, complex joinery and premium species.