Semi-Custom Cabinets vs. Stock Cabinetry

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 is semi-custom. 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