Custom cabinetry · Davie, FL
Custom Cabinetry Davie, FL: Cabinets Built to Your Walls
Custom cabinetry Davie homeowners order is drawn to the exact walls of the room, so the storage reaches the corners, the ceiling and the odd gaps that stock boxes leave as filler strips.
- Estimate
- Free, at your house
- Drawings
- Approved before anything is built
- Changes
- Approved by you, in writing
- Your contact
- One person, named
- Part of Gaven Constructions
- Free on-site estimates
- Written 1-year workmanship warranty
- Dedicated project contact
Built to the Room, Not to a Catalog
Stock cabinets come in a set list of widths, a few set heights and one standard depth. Your walls do not. The gap between the last box and the wall gets a filler strip, the space above the uppers gets a soffit or dust, and the blind corner gets a door that opens onto a dark hole.
Custom cabinetry starts from the other end. Someone measures the room, the drawing follows the walls, and each box is built to the width, height and depth that the space allows. A run can stop exactly at a window casing. An upper can reach the ceiling. A base cabinet can be a few inches shallower where a hallway pinches, and still look like it belongs to the rest.
What we do is make that drawing match the house. We measure, check the walls and floor for level and plumb, find the pipes, outlets and vents the boxes have to respect, and coordinate the cabinet shop, the plumber, the electrician and the countertop fabricator so the boxes arrive once and go in once.
When Custom Cabinetry Is Worth It
Custom cabinetry earns its price when the room is the problem, not the door style.
The walls are not standard. Soffits, a column, a window that sits off center, a wall that runs out of square. Stock boxes leave gaps in rooms like these. Built boxes close them.
You need storage, not just new fronts. If the kitchen looks fine but the pans live on the counter, the answer is more usable inside space: full-height pantries, deep drawers in place of base shelves, uppers that go to the ceiling.
The space is not a kitchen. A home office along one wall, a bench and cubbies at the door, a bar in the family room, shelving on both sides of a fireplace. Those rarely line up with the sizes a kitchen catalog sells.
The layout is changing anyway. If walls are moving or an island is being added, the cabinets get designed with the new room. It is the moment when building to size costs the least extra effort.
You want a specific finish or wood. A paint color matched to your trim, a species a line does not offer, an inset door. A cabinet shop can build to that.
When Stock or Semi-Custom Cabinets Are Enough
If standard modules fit your space and cover the storage you need, building everything to measure may add little real value. In that case it makes sense to compare a stock or semi-custom line against a few custom pieces only where the room is awkward, such as one corner or a pantry wall. We put both options side by side at the visit, before anyone draws a full kitchen.
Kitchen, Built-Ins and What the Boxes Are Made Of
Custom cabinetry is not one product. Three choices shape what you get and what it costs.
Kitchen, or the rest of the house. A kitchen job ties the cabinets to the sink, the range, the dishwasher and the countertop, so the plumber and the fabricator are part of it. A built-in elsewhere, such as an office wall, a mudroom bench or a media wall, is usually simpler, but it still needs the outlets, the baseboard and the wall behind it planned before the boxes are made.
Framed or frameless. A face-frame cabinet has a solid frame on the front, and the doors sit on it or inside it. A frameless box has no frame, so the doors cover the whole front and the inside is a little wider. The first reads traditional, the second more modern. Neither is better; they are built differently and priced differently.
What the boxes are made of. Cabinet boxes are usually plywood, particleboard or MDF, and doors may be solid wood, MDF or both. Those three panel types fall under the EPA's formaldehyde emission standards for composite wood products, which cover finished goods made with them and require the panels to be certified by a third party and labeled as compliant. When you compare cabinet shops, asking which panels they use and whether those panels carry that label is a fair question. We ask it for you.
Whichever route you take, the written scope lists the rooms, the box material, the door style, the finish, the hardware and what is not included. If it is not on the list, it is not in the price.
Finding Storage in a Davie House of Ordinary Size
By the Census Bureau's 2024 count of rooms per home in Davie, the median housing unit has 4.9 rooms, with a margin of 0.2. That count includes the kitchen, the living spaces and the bedrooms, and leaves out the bathrooms.
In a home of that size, more storage rarely comes from a new room. It comes from the walls that are already there. That is where building to measure pays off. A stock run gives up the last few inches of every wall to a filler strip, leaves the top of the wall above the uppers empty, and closes off a blind corner. A custom run takes those inches back, carries the uppers to the ceiling, and turns the corner into shelves you can reach. None of that adds a square foot to the house. It makes better use of the ones you have.
We are based at 4491 S State Road 7, 3rd Floor, Ste PH16, Davie, FL 33314, and we take projects in Davie and 19 other cities in Broward.
How Custom Cabinets Are Made and Installed
- The visit. We measure the room, check the walls for plumb and the floor for level, and mark every pipe, vent, window casing and outlet the cabinets have to work around. You tell us what you need to store.
- The written scope. Which rooms, which walls, what gets removed, and what else the job touches: plumbing, electrical, the countertop, the backsplash, the flooring under the cabinets.
- Design and shop drawings. The cabinet shop draws each wall with every box, its size and its door. You review them and sign off before anything is cut. This is where you catch a drawer that hits a handle or a door that blocks a light switch.
- Selections. Door style, finish, box material, hinges, drawer slides and pulls are chosen and confirmed in writing. The shop starts building only after that.
- Building and preparation. The boxes are built in the shop. Meanwhile, at the house, any plumbing or electrical changes are roughed in and inspected if the scope calls for a permit, and the walls are patched and ready.
- Installation. The boxes are set, leveled with shims, fastened to the wall and joined to each other. Doors and drawers are hung and adjusted. If a countertop goes on top, it is templated after this step, never before.
- The walkthrough. We open every door and drawer with you, adjust what needs it, and hand over the warranty and the care notes from the cabinet maker.
What Custom Cabinetry Costs Around Davie
One South Florida kitchen and bath design firm's 2026 cost guide puts full custom kitchen cabinetry, supplied and installed, at $28,000 to $55,000 or more for homes in Palm Beach County. That is their range for a whole kitchen of custom cabinets, not our price, and it has no fixed top: larger or more detailed kitchens go past it.
What moves your project inside or outside that range:
How many boxes and how tall. The length of the runs, the number of tall pantry units and whether the uppers go to the ceiling drive the most material and shop time.
The construction. Inset doors, face frames, dovetailed drawers and plywood boxes cost more than overlay doors on a simpler box.
The finish. Painted or stained on site, sprayed in the shop, or a natural wood finish each cost differently, and a custom color match adds to it.
The inside fittings. Pull-outs, drawer organizers, corner mechanisms and lift-up doors are priced piece by piece.
What happens around the cabinets. Taking out the old ones, repairing the wall behind them, moving a sink or adding outlets all come before the new boxes go in.
The visit and the written estimate are free. You get the price after we have measured and you have seen the drawings, with every line spelled out, and nothing is added later without your written approval.
Why Homeowners Bring Us Their Cabinet Project
A custom cabinet job fails at the edges of the cabinet shop's work: a measurement taken before a wall moved, an outlet that ends up behind a pantry, a countertop measured before the boxes were level. We take responsibility for those edges.
One scope for the cabinets and what they touch. Removal, wall repair, plumbing, electrical and the countertop in one document, so the shop and the trades are not working from different plans.
One project contact. You know who talks to the cabinet shop, who schedules the plumber and who answers when you call.
Changes in writing first. If you want a different door or another drawer after the drawings are signed, you see the price and the effect on the schedule before the shop changes anything.
A written warranty. One year on our workmanship from the day we finish, plus what the manufacturers give you. General Contractor Davie is part of Gaven Constructions.
Permits
Permits and Inspections in Davie
Who signs your contract. The contract names the company doing the work and the license that covers it, so you know who answers for the job before it starts.
When a permit applies. Setting cabinets on their own is one thing; moving a sink, adding a circuit for an appliance or opening a wall is another, and that work goes through the Town's Building Division. We tell you at the visit what your scope includes and list any permit in the proposal.
Your HOA. If you live in an HOA, the association may set its own rules on contractors, work hours and deliveries. That approval is separate from the Town's, and we check it before scheduling.
FAQ
Custom Cabinetry Questions From Davie Homeowners
How much do custom cabinets cost in Davie?
One South Florida kitchen and bath design firm's 2026 guide puts full custom kitchen cabinetry at $28,000 to $55,000 or more, supplied and installed. Your price depends on the number of boxes, the construction and the finish. We give it in writing after a free visit.
Is it cheaper to buy stock cabinets than to build custom ones for my Davie home?
Usually, yes, as long as the stock sizes fit your walls. When they leave large gaps, odd corners or wasted height, mixing a stock line with a few custom pieces can be the middle ground. We show you both at the visit.
What is the difference between custom and semi-custom cabinets in Davie?
Semi-custom lines start from standard boxes and let you change some sizes, finishes and options. Custom cabinets are built from your own measurements, so width, height and depth follow the room. The second costs more and takes longer to build.
Can custom cabinets be built for rooms other than the kitchen in my Davie house?
Yes. Offices, laundry rooms, entry benches, bars, closets and wall units are all built the same way, from measurements of the room. The scope says which walls and what each piece stores.
How long does it take to get custom cabinets in Davie?
It depends on the shop's schedule, the finish and whether permits are involved. Because the boxes are built after you approve the drawings, it takes longer than buying stock. The written proposal gives an estimated schedule that includes building, delivery and installation.
Do custom cabinets add value to a Davie home?
They make a kitchen or a room work better, and that is what buyers notice when they open the doors. How much they change a sale price depends on the market and the rest of the house, so we do not promise a number.
Custom cabinetry is one of our remodeler services in Davie, where the cabinets are planned together with the room, the plumbing and the countertop.
Show us the wall that never had enough storage.
We measure the room at your address for free, look at what the cabinets have to work around, and give you a written scope before you choose a door style. Find us at 4491 S State Road 7, 3rd Floor, Ste PH16, Davie, FL 33314.
