What we create goes well beyond cabinetry and countertops – we shape the heart of your home. From early-morning chaos to late-night conversations, we know the kitchen is where life happens.
Our work is both beautiful and functional, designed to support real people and real routines every single day. We deliver this through a clear, thoughtful, and carefully managed process from start to finish – because we passionately believe the experience should feel just as good as the result.
From layout planning and cabinetry selection to countertop materials, storage needs, finish coordination, and installation, Cabinet IQ helps each part of the project feel more connected and less overwhelming.
Cabinet IQ brings kitchen design, cabinetry, countertops, and remodeling coordination together for Pleasanton homeowners who want a complete kitchen transformation rather than a disconnected product-by-product experience.
A better kitchen begins with a better process. Cabinet IQ guides each remodel through intentional planning, collaborative design, careful coordination, and steady communication, helping homeowners move forward with clarity from the first conversation.
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Kitchen cabinets should do more than fill the walls. They should make the kitchen feel calmer, more tailored, and easier to use. Cabinet IQ helps Pleasanton homeowners think through cabinet style, storage, finish, layout, and daily access as part of a complete kitchen remodeling plan.
Countertops bring the kitchen together visually and practically. Cabinet IQ helps homeowners in Pleasanton compare materials, colors, edge profiles, durability, maintenance needs, and design pairings so each surface feels naturally connected to the cabinetry, layout, and rhythm of the home.
Explore finished kitchen remodels that show how cabinetry, countertops, storage, layout, and finish selections come together to create kitchens that feel refined, personal, and ready for daily living.
Meet the Owners
Jerry and Cheryl Rathje, Owners
Cheryl Rathje grew up in San Francisco's East Bay, and Jerry Rathje on an Iowa farm. They met in Colorado while serving in the Army, both of them working in medicine. When their service ended they moved back to the Bay Area, built careers in healthcare, and raised their three children. In 2012 they found their dream home, a 1974 double A-frame on a canyon road, five thousand square feet under glass, with wooded hills on every side and a creek at the back. The structure was sound, but the interior was beyond saving, so they gutted it and spent the next several years rebuilding. Very few people would take that on. Fewer would do it themselves. What surprised them most was how much came down to small things: how the light landed at four in the afternoon, how the wood ceilings read against the concrete floors, how softly a drawer closed in a room of glass and stone. By the time the house was done, most people would have been relieved to stop — Cheryl and Jerry wanted to keep going. Cabinet IQ came out of that. Their careers in healthcare shaped how they work: thoughtful listening, hearing what someone means when they cannot yet articulate it, and making sure they know they've been heard. Most people arrive with a phone full of saved images and no clear way to explain what they love about them, so drawing that out is the first work, and the most important. Cheryl and Jerry are joined by Project Manager Trent Marek, a partner in the business and a second-generation woodworker with twenty years in the trade. Through Cabinet IQ, they are doing for other people's homes what they once did for their own — creating spaces nobody forgets walking into.
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Cabinet IQ helps homeowners in Pleasanton with kitchen remodeling, kitchen design guidance, cabinetry, countertops, storage planning, material selection, and coordinated installation support. Our process brings the major parts of a kitchen remodel together so homeowners can make decisions with more clarity and confidence.
Cabinet IQ is built for homeowners who want more than a quick cabinet swap or isolated product installation. We bring kitchen design, cabinetry, countertops, material selection, showroom collaboration, and installation coordination together through one professionally guided remodeling experience.
The Cabinet IQ process includes discovery, design planning, cabinetry and countertop coordination, material review, project preparation, installation planning, and clear communication throughout the remodel. Each step is designed to help homeowners move from early ideas to a finished kitchen with less confusion and more confidence.
Yes. Cabinet IQ helps homeowners plan kitchen layouts around storage, cabinet placement, countertop space, cooking habits, gathering areas, material selections, and the overall feeling of the room. The goal is to create a kitchen that looks refined and feels natural to live in.
Yes. Cabinet IQ provides professionally coordinated cabinet and countertop installation as part of the remodeling process. This helps connect design decisions, product selections, scheduling, and installation planning through one guided experience.
Kitchen remodeling costs vary based on kitchen size, layout changes, cabinetry selections, countertop materials, storage features, installation needs, and overall project scope. Cabinet IQ helps Pleasanton homeowners compare options thoughtfully, so budget decisions are connected to the design, materials, and priorities that matter most.
Cabinet IQ helps homeowners compare countertop materials based on appearance, durability, maintenance, color, edge profile, and how the surface will be used. Options may include quartz, granite, and other kitchen countertop surfaces selected to complement the cabinetry, layout, and overall design direction.
A kitchen remodeling consultation is a guided conversation about your goals, current kitchen challenges, design preferences, storage needs, cabinetry options, countertop interests, timeline expectations, and next steps. It gives Cabinet IQ a clearer understanding of how your kitchen should look, feel, and support your household.
A showroom visit can be helpful because it allows you to compare cabinetry styles, countertop materials, finishes, colors, and design combinations in person. It also gives you the opportunity to ask questions, review options with guidance, and make more confident remodeling decisions.
The timeline for a kitchen remodel or kitchen renovation depends on the project scope, design decisions, cabinetry selections, countertop materials, product availability, installation requirements, and scheduling. Cabinet IQ helps homeowners understand the expected process early so the remodel feels more organized from the beginning.
Yes. Cabinet IQ helps homeowners consider cabinetry, countertops, finishes, storage, layout, and materials as connected parts of the same kitchen. This helps the finished space feel more intentional and prevents important design decisions from feeling disconnected.
Yes. Many homeowners come to Cabinet IQ with inspiration photos, material preferences, layout ideas, or a general sense of what they want to change. Our team helps refine those ideas into a more complete remodeling plan that fits the home, the kitchen, and the way the space needs to work.
Cabinet IQ serves homeowners throughout Pleasanton and the surrounding area. The Areas We Serve page provides more detail about nearby communities supported by the local Cabinet IQ team.
