Semi-Custom Cabinets vs. Stock Cabinetry

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You may be wondering how Showplace products differ from cabinets you can purchase from “big box” stores. Their stock cabinets may look similar from the outside, but there’s more of a difference than meets the eye.

Here’s what you get from stock cabinetry purchased from a national chain store or stock cabinet company:

Standard-sized cabinets offered
Standard offering of wood species
Standard selection of finish colors
Standard selection of door styles
Limited or no ability to change cabinet dimensions
May be built-to-order, but often built ahead and sold from inventory
Priced most affordably due to limitations and materials used

Showplace produces semi-custom cabinets. Although Showplace will build custom configurations and offers custom paint colors, we do not offer limitless species or custom door styles and custom stains. Here is a list of generally accepted semi-custom cabinet attributes:

Standard-sized cabinets offered; virtually any dimension of these cabinets may be changed to fit the kitchen or bath design and the available space
Standard offering of wood species with some specialty species offered
Standard selection of finish colors with some specialty finish treatments offered
Standard selection of door styles
Custom sizing and configurations available within standard wood species, color, and style offerings
Cabinets built-to-order for individual homeowner
Mid-priced to reflect flexibility and broad product offerings

Showplace offers many custom features found with other cabinet makers who call themselves custom; since there are no universally accepted attributes to describe custom cabinets, we thought we’d share this list:

Standard sized cabinets may be available; specialty is “you draw it, we build it”
Standard offering of wood species, but will accommodate special requests
Standard finish colors offered, but will accommodate special requests for color matching and specialty finish treatments
Standard door styling offered, but will accommodate special requests
Special configurations of cabinetry are offered without restrictions on species, color and style
Cabinets built-to-order for individual homeowner
Most expensive due to limitless options