A vanity takes more water and steam than any kitchen cabinet, so the finish and the box matter even more. Picking it alongside your kitchen cabinets means one door style and finish can run through the house, which shows in homes where the kitchen and a powder room sit a few steps apart.
Custom Cabinets in Atlanta, GA
Cabinets sized to the room you actually have
Custom cabinets in Atlanta are made to your kitchen's measurements, not ordered from a catalog of standard widths. Our custom line is designed in ⅛-inch increments. Stock lines come in 3-inch steps, and the gap left at the end of a run gets covered with a filler strip.
That fit matters most where a room isn't square. A kitchen wall that leans in an older Druid Hills home, or a corner the builder boxed out for a vent, is where standard sizes start to show their gaps.
At Cabinet IQ of Atlanta, you choose your cabinets in our showroom on Bishop Street, with the door, the finish and the countertop side by side. The same team designs your kitchen and installs it. We're open Saturdays as well, so you can bring along whoever helps you decide.
Custom cabinets by room & project
Most Atlanta homeowners come to us for custom cabinets in the kitchen, then carry the same choices into a bath or a full remodel. The line and the finish stay the same. What changes is how the cabinets get used.
In a full remodel, the cabinets go in before the countertops can be measured, so everything after them waits on their date. Planning both with one team keeps them on one schedule. We're licensed and insured, with over 20 years of experience in general contracting.
Your kitchen is drawn in 3D with the exact line, door and finish you're considering, so you judge the room as a whole instead of one sample at a time. Changes made at the rendering stage cost a conversation, not a reorder.
How to choose custom cabinets in Atlanta
Five choices shape a custom kitchen, and each one is easier to make with the doors in front of you on Bishop Street.
Book a free design consultation at 433 Bishop St NW and give yourself time on the floor. You'll open the drawers, close the doors and hold door samples against countertop slabs, which tells you more than any photo of the same finish.
If you have house plans or a builder's drawing, bring them, so the design starts from your room's real dimensions. Before you sit down with a designer, it's worth knowing what to check in a cabinet showroom, from the drawer slides to the finish on a painted edge.
Custom cabinets are made to order for your room. Semi-custom sits between stock and custom, with more choice than stock in finishes, sizes, storage and styles.
Custom earns its cost where a standard width would leave a gap you notice every day, such as a run squeezed between two door frames or a wall of cabinets that has to line up with a window. Your designer can price both lines for the same layout, so you can see where the difference is worth paying for.
Nothing changes the look of a kitchen as much as the cabinet door. Our custom line comes in unlimited door style and color combinations, so the question is less about what's available and more about what suits your house.
Look at the door at full size, not on a chip. A detailed raised panel that looks right as a sample can feel heavy across a long run of uppers, and a flat slab door in a dark finish shows every fingerprint.
Paint gives a solid, even color, while stain lets the grain show through and hides small dings better in a busy family kitchen. Very dark and very light colors both show dust and smudges sooner than mid-tones.
Narrow your list to two or three finishes, then look at each on a full door in daylight and under the showroom lights. A color that reads warm in one light can turn flat or gray in the other.
Working with an interior designer? Bring them to Bishop Street. Doors, slabs and the 3D rendering are all in one place, so the two of you settle the details together instead of passing photos back and forth.
If your designer already has drawings or a finish schedule, bring them to the consultation so the cabinet design starts from their plan.
Custom cabinets in Atlanta homes
Semi-custom handles plenty of Atlanta kitchens well. Custom pulls ahead in the rooms below, where standard sizes leave gaps or waste space:
| Your home | Why custom fits |
|---|---|
| An older home in Druid Hills or North Decatur | Walls and floors often run out of true, and cabinets sized in ⅛-inch steps fit without wide filler strips. |
| Tall ceilings in Buckhead or Sandy Springs | Cabinets can run to the ceiling, so the space above standard uppers holds storage instead of dust. |
| A corner, angle or bump-out | Each cabinet is built to the measurement, so the run fits the wall rather than the nearest stock width. |
| A kitchen and baths finished to match | Vanities from the same lines let one door style and finish carry through the house. |
Recognize your kitchen in the table? Ask us to price custom next to semi-custom for the same layout, so the difference has a number on it.
Caring for custom cabinets
Custom cabinets need little care beyond regular cleaning. Clean the doors with a soft, damp cloth and a drop of dish soap, then dry them, since standing water is what wears a finish first.
- Wipe drips under the sink and beside the dishwasher right away, before water reaches the door edges
- Let the dishwasher finish its cycle before opening it, so the steam doesn't roll onto the doors beside it
- Skip ammonia, bleach sprays and abrasive pads, which dull painted and stained finishes
- Keep the toe kick dry when you mop, since the bottom edge of a base cabinet sits closest to the floor
A door that drifts out of line in the first months usually needs a hinge adjustment, not a new door. It takes a screwdriver and a few minutes, so ask our installers to show you where on install day.
What's included with your custom cabinets
Every custom cabinet is made to order, with all-wood box construction, upgraded soft-close hardware and upgraded dovetail drawer boxes. The line is built in the USA and carries a limited lifetime warranty. The design consultation and the 3D rendering cost nothing, and our own team handles the install.
Still deciding between custom & semi-custom?
Custom is one of the cabinet lines we carry, alongside semi-custom. Which one fits comes down to your room, your budget and how long you plan to stay in the home. Seeing a custom door and a semi-custom door on the same wall on Bishop Street usually settles it faster than a spec sheet.
View kitchen cabinetsCustom cabinets near Atlanta
You'll find our showroom at 433 Bishop St NW, open weekdays from 10 to 6 and Saturdays from 10 to 2. We design and install custom cabinets across Atlanta and in:
Brookhaven, Buckhead, Chamblee, Chastain Park, Cumberland, Druid Hills, North Decatur, North Druid Hills, Sandy Springs, Smyrna, Vinings.
Frequently asked questions
Cabinet count, door style, finish and interior fittings set the price, so two kitchens of the same size can land far apart. If the cabinets are part of a bigger project, the cost of a kitchen remodel in Atlanta depends on more than the cabinets alone.
Our custom line carries a limited lifetime warranty. Ask for the written terms at your consultation, so you know what it covers on the boxes, doors and hardware before you order.
Our custom cabinets use all-wood box construction. The box is the part you won't see once the kitchen is finished, so ask a designer to open a base cabinet in the showroom and show you.
Rarely. Your current tops were cut to fit the old cabinets and can crack when lifted off, so most cabinet replacements include new countertops, which we fabricate and install in house.
Yes. The Bishop Street showroom is open Saturdays from 10 to 2, as well as weekdays from 10 to 6. Booking ahead means a designer is free to walk you through the lines.
No. We replace cabinets rather than reface them. If your boxes are sound and you only want a new color, refacing may suit you. If the layout or the boxes need work, new cabinets are the answer.