If walls, plumbing or the island move, the cabinet plan follows the new floor plan. In a full remodel, one project manager oversees the layout, cabinets and counters.
Kitchen Cabinets in Walnut Creek, CA
Pick cabinets that suit the decade your home was built
Kitchen cabinets in Walnut Creek have to fit homes built across seven decades. The door that suits a 1950s Eichler rarely suits a newer two-story, and the reverse holds too.
The cabinet line matters as much as the style. Our custom line is built for your room alone, in any pairing of door style and color. Semi-custom lines offer set door styles in flexible sizes, with more finish and storage options than stock.
Cabinet IQ of Pleasanton is owned by Jerry and Cheryl Rathje, two Army veterans, with their partner Trent Marek. Trent is a second-generation woodworker with twenty years in the trade. Until the Valley Avenue showroom opens, we meet by appointment.
Kitchen cabinets by project
New kitchen cabinets for a Walnut Creek home rarely arrive on their own. They set the footprint for everything around them, from the countertop to a matching bath.
Your countertop is picked with the cabinet door beside it, so stone and finish are judged as a pair. We install granite, porcelain, quartzite and quartz, each templated from the new cabinets.
We offer vanities and bath cabinets from the same lines, in painted or stained finishes. A guest bath can echo the kitchen door, or take another color on the same style.
How to choose kitchen cabinets in Walnut Creek
Five decisions settle most cabinet orders. Your designer works through each one with you at the free consultation.
Until the showroom opens, your designer brings door samples to the consultation. Bring a photo of your flooring and any finish that's staying. Each sample can then be judged against what it will live with.
Ask to take two or three favorites and set them side by side. Seeing the shortlist together narrows a choice faster than flipping through a ring of chips.
List what your kitchen holds today: pots, small appliances, baking sheets and the recycling bin. Then give each item a home in the new plan.
Deep drawers in the base cabinets are easier to reach than shelves behind doors. Ask about pull-outs for a pantry wall and a tray divider beside the oven for sheet pans.
Custom cabinets are sized to the eighth of an inch and built in the USA. They make sense for an odd wall width, a sloped ceiling or uppers that must meet a beam.
Semi-custom covers a set range of door styles in flexible sizes, at a lower cost. It handles most kitchens with straight walls and a flat ceiling well.
Flat slab doors suit the clean lines of a mid-century home. Original Eichler kitchens had little or no hardware, so a slab door with an edge pull keeps that spirit.
A recessed-panel door with a simple frame fits most ranch and traditional homes. Save raised panels and crown molding for a more formal room.
Dry summers and wet winters make wood swell and shrink a little each year. On a painted frame-and-panel door, that movement can show as a fine line at the corners.
The line is normal and only cosmetic. If it would bother you, a stained door or a painted slab door hides it best.
Kitchen cabinets in Walnut Creek homes
Each part of town tends to call for its own cabinet plan. Here's how four common homes usually work out:
| Your home | What tends to work |
|---|---|
| A Rancho San Miguel Eichler | Slab doors with little visible hardware. A warm stain sits well beside original Philippine mahogany paneling. |
| A mid-century ranch in Parkmead | Wall cabinets carried up to the ceiling. A modest kitchen gains storage it never had. |
| A manor in Rossmoor | More drawers than doors in the base cabinets. Pulls instead of small knobs are easier to grip. |
| A larger home in Northgate | Room for an island with storage on both sides. A full-height pantry wall fits beside the refrigerator. |
Torn between two directions? Your designer can draw both in 3D, so you compare them on screen before anything is ordered.
Keeping your cabinets in shape
Cabinets ask for very little. A few habits keep the finish and the hardware working the way they did on day one.
- Keep the kettle and rice cooker out from under the upper cabinets, since rising steam softens a finish
- Put the heaviest pots in the lowest drawers and keep the top ones for utensils and lighter items
- Tighten a loose knob or pull as soon as it wobbles, before the screw hole wears wider
- Close doors and drawers with a light push and let the soft-close finish the job
If a drawer starts to stick, empty it first. A fallen utensil or crumbs on the slide cause most of these problems.
What comes with your new cabinets
Door samples, an investment analysis and a 3D rendering of your new kitchen all come free with the design consultation. The custom line is built on all-wood boxes, with upgraded dovetail drawers and upgraded soft-close hardware. Our own installers set every cabinet once our 57-point Quality Assurance Check has cleared the design.
Comparing cabinet lines for your kitchen?
Both lines can make a good kitchen. Custom suits rooms that refuse standard sizes, while semi-custom keeps the budget lower where the room is regular. You can compare the kitchen cabinet lines we carry before your consultation.
View kitchen cabinetsKitchen cabinets near Walnut Creek
From the first sketch to the last cabinet, we serve Walnut Creek and the towns around our Pleasanton base:
Walnut Creek, Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon, Danville, Alamo, Lafayette, Orinda, Castro Valley, Alameda.
Frequently asked questions
The price follows the number of cabinets, the line you choose and how much is fitted inside them. A small galley and a large island kitchen can differ several times over. An investment analysis at the free consultation puts a budget range on it.
Usually, yes. Taller wall cabinets or a second row of stacked uppers can fill the space. If a soffit sits there now, find out what runs inside it before planning its removal.
Stained cabinets are easier. A small scratch can often be blended with a touch-up marker in a matching tone. Paint can be touched up too, but the patch may show once the original color has aged.
Yes. A contrasting island is a common choice, and both colors can come from the same line. Look at the two door samples together, next to your countertop sample, before you order.
Be there at the start and at the end. Confirm the layout with the crew before the first cabinet goes up. On the last day, open every door and drawer before the team leaves.