Every question we get, answered straight

It depends on the linear footage, the wood and finish, the door style and the hardware and accessories inside. Painted maple with simple doors sits at one end; stained white oak with inset doors and full drawer organizers at the other. We do not quote from a range, because a number without a measured room is a guess. The free in-home consultation gets you a real figure.

Design and selections come first and take as long as the decisions do. Once the drawings are approved, the cabinetry is built and finished in our shop, and installation follows. Larger projects and stained finishes take longer than a single painted run. We give you a written schedule with the quote and tell you as soon as anything changes.

We design it. Every project starts with measured drawings and 3D renderings so you can see the room before it is built, and we help you settle wood, finish, hardware and surfaces. If you already work with an interior designer or architect, we are glad to build from their drawings and collaborate on the details.

Yes, through licensed trades we coordinate under one schedule. Plumbing and electrical are done by licensed plumbers and electricians who pull their own trade permits, and we handle the sequencing and the inspections. When walls or drains move, we tell you up front what the permit process in your city or county involves.

Plywood boxes, not particleboard, with solid hardwood face frames and doors, or MDF-core panels where a painted finish needs to stay flat through a Tennessee summer. Finishes are catalyzed conversion varnish, sprayed in our shop. Hardware is soft-close throughout, with full-extension undermount drawer slides. We are happy to show you a cut-open sample so you can see the construction.

Yes. Our cabinetry is built, finished and fitted in our own shop rather than ordered from a factory line, which is why we can build to an out-of-square wall, an odd ceiling height or a window that is not centered. The people who build it are the people who install it, so there is one crew to call.

Nashville and roughly a fifty-mile radius around it, including Brentwood, Franklin, Belle Meade, Green Hills, Forest Hills, Hendersonville, Mt. Juliet, Nolensville, Murfreesboro, Gallatin, Spring Hill and Thompson's Station. If your home is a little outside that circle, ask, and we will tell you straight whether we can take it on.

Call (629) 298-8241 or request a free in-home design consultation through this site. We come to the house, measure, look at how the room is used and talk through what you want. From there you receive drawings, renderings and a written quote, and there is no obligation at any point before you approve the design.

The cost of custom cabinets depends on how many linear feet you need, how much of it is drawers, the wood species, the finish and the door style. A painted inset kitchen in white oak sits at a different point than a slab-door maple bath vanity. The free in-home design consultation is where we measure, discuss options and give you a real number.

Custom cabinets are worth it when the room has odd dimensions, when you plan to stay in the house, or when you want a specific species, finish or door style a stock line does not offer. You get plywood construction, cabinetry that fits the walls exactly and storage laid out around how you live. For a rental or a quick flip, a semi-custom line may be the better fit.

Custom cabinets typically take several weeks to build and finish once the drawings are approved, with the exact time set by the size of the order, the species and how many hand-fitted inset doors it includes. We give you a firm build date at sign-off. Installation of a full kitchen usually takes days, not weeks, and countertops are templated once the cabinets are set.

Well-built custom cabinets can last for decades, and often outlast the finish trends around them. Plywood boxes, dovetailed hardwood drawers, quality slides and a catalyzed conversion varnish are what separate cabinetry that ages well from cabinetry that swells, sags and peels. Solid wood will move a little with Middle Tennessee humidity, which is normal and adjustable, not a sign of failure.

Custom cabinets cost more because every piece is built for one house by skilled people, not run through a factory in standard sizes. Hardwood, plywood, dovetailed drawers, hand-fitted inset doors and a sprayed conversion varnish all take real time and real material. You are also paying for a field measure, drawings and an installer who scribes the cabinetry to your walls rather than hiding the gaps.

Replacing cabinets in the same layout generally does not require a permit, because no plumbing, electrical or structural work changes. Permits usually come into play once you move a sink, add circuits, relocate a range or open a wall, and the rules vary between Metro Nashville and the surrounding Williamson, Sumner, Wilson and Rutherford County jurisdictions. We tell you at the consultation whether your project will need one.

The cost of a custom closet depends on the size of the space, how many drawers it includes, the materials and finish, and extras such as an island, glass fronts or lighting. A reach-in with rods and adjustable shelves is a different project from a walk-in dressing room in painted maple. The free in-home design consultation gives you a real number for your closet.

Custom closets are worth it when you use the closet every day and the current one wastes half its height, hides your shoes or forces you to fold what should hang. A designed closet fits your wardrobe rather than a standard chart, is built to last from plywood and hardwood, and makes the primary suite feel finished. For a guest closet that stores luggage, simple shelving may be enough.

Most custom closet installations take one to two days once the closet is built. Removing the old shelving, patching walls, setting the base and hanging the sections happen the first day; drawers, doors, rods, lighting and final adjustment finish it. Larger dressing rooms with islands and painted walls can take longer. Build time in the shop comes before that, and we give you a firm schedule at sign-off.

Custom closets cost more than a wire or big-box system because they are built for one room from real materials by people who fit them by hand. Plywood, hardwood drawer fronts, dovetailed drawers, quality slides and a sprayed finish take real time. You are also paying for the design work: an inventory of your wardrobe, drawings in elevation and an installer who scribes the cabinetry to your walls.

A custom closet adds value mostly in how the primary suite shows and how you live in it. It is one of the first doors a buyer opens, and a finished, furniture-grade closet reads as part of the house rather than an afterthought. We do not promise a resale figure, because it depends on your home and your market. The daily return starts the morning after installation.

A custom closet built from plywood and hardwood should last as long as the house, with drawer slides and rods that keep working under daily use. What fails in cheaper systems is particleboard shelving that sags, hanging rods that bow and finishes that peel. Adjustable shelving and standard rod heights also mean the closet can be reconfigured as your wardrobe changes rather than replaced.

The cost of a custom pantry depends on the size of the room, how much of it becomes drawers and pull-outs rather than open shelving, the wood species and finish, and whether it includes a counter, sink or beverage fridge. Open shelving on cleats sits at one end; a butler's pantry in painted maple sits at the other. The free in-home design consultation gives you a real number.

A custom pantry is worth it when you cook often, buy in bulk, or keep losing things at the back of deep shelves. Shelving spaced to what you buy, pull-outs that bring the back of a cabinet forward and a place for the small appliances mean the kitchen counters stay clear and nothing expires unseen. It is one of the most-used rooms in the house for its size.

A custom pantry typically takes a few weeks in the shop after the drawings are approved, then one to two days to install for a walk-in or a cabinet pantry. A butler's pantry with a counter, sink and electrical work takes longer on site because the counter is templated after the cabinets are set and the trades follow in order. We give you a firm schedule at sign-off.

A custom pantry is built by measuring the room, inventorying what has to fit, drawing shelf heights and drawers to those items, then building the cabinetry from plywood and hardwood in a shop and installing it on leveled cleats and bases. Shelves are adjustable, drawers ride on full-extension slides, and the finish is sprayed before delivery so the installation in your home takes days rather than weeks.

The best way to organize a pantry is to keep everything visible: shallow shelves so nothing sits more than two rows deep, heavy items in low drawers, everyday items at eye level and rarely used things up high. Group by how you cook, not by package type, and use pull-outs in any cabinet deeper than a foot. Built-in storage sized to your items makes that order hold without effort.

A custom pantry cabinet, the tall cabinet with pull-out shelves used in kitchens without a walk-in, is priced by its height and width, the number of pull-outs and drawers inside, and the species and finish on the doors. Matching an existing kitchen exactly adds care. It is a smaller project than a walk-in, and we quote it after measuring at the free in-home design consultation.

Garage storage cost depends on how many feet of wall you cover, whether it is open shelving and slat wall or enclosed cabinets with doors and drawers, the materials, and whether it includes a workbench, overhead racks or electrical work. A single slat wall is a very different project from a full three-wall cabinet system. The free in-home design consultation gives you a real number for your garage.

Garage cabinets are worth it when the floor is full and the cars are outside. Enclosed cabinets hide the clutter, keep dust and pests off what is inside, protect chemicals from children and hold up to heat and humidity in a way that wire shelving and plastic bins do not. They also make the garage usable as a mudroom entrance, which is the door most Nashville families actually use.

Overhead garage storage is worth it for things you use a few times a year: holiday decorations, camping gear, coolers, luggage. Racks above the hood of the car use otherwise empty space and free the walls for what you reach for weekly. They have to be bolted into ceiling joists and rated for the load, so we size and anchor them rather than hanging a kit from drywall.

Installing garage storage usually takes one to two days once the cabinetry is built. The garage is cleared the night before, cabinets hang on a leveled ledger, overhead racks anchor to the joists, and the slat wall and workbench finish the job. If you are coating the floor, that happens first and cures before we set cabinets. The shop build precedes installation, and we give a firm schedule at sign-off.

Storing books in a garage is not ideal in Middle Tennessee, because humidity swings warp pages and invite mildew. If you must, keep them in closed cabinets off the slab, in sealed bins, away from exterior walls. The same goes for photos, fabric and instruments. A garage storage plan should put paper and cloth items inside the house and give the garage what belongs there: tools, gear and bins.

Garage cabinets are better than open shelving for anything you want hidden, kept clean or locked away; open shelving and slat wall are better for things you grab often and want to see. Most garages work best with both: closed cabinets along one wall, open storage where the bikes and tools live. Either way, plywood or laminate on a leveled ledger outlasts wire racks and plastic units.

The cost of a kitchen remodel depends on whether the layout changes, how much custom cabinetry it includes, the counters and appliances you choose, and what the walls of an older house reveal once open. Keeping the plumbing where it is and refreshing finishes is one project; moving walls and starting over is another. The free in-home design consultation is where we measure and give you a real number.

A kitchen remodel typically takes several weeks of construction once demolition begins, after a design and preparation phase of several more weeks in which drawings, selections, permits and the cabinetry are completed. Layout changes, structural work and new flooring extend it. The longest single pause is countertops, templated after the cabinets are set and fabricated off site. We give you a written schedule before demolition.

You generally need a permit for a kitchen remodel when plumbing, electrical or structural work changes: moving a sink or range, adding circuits, relocating gas, or removing a wall. Replacing cabinets and counters in the same layout usually does not. Requirements differ between Metro Nashville and the surrounding Williamson, Sumner, Wilson and Rutherford County jurisdictions, and we handle the permit and inspections when one is needed.

A kitchen remodel generally increases home value, because the kitchen is the room buyers weigh most heavily, but the return depends on the house, the neighborhood and how well the design fits the home. A remodel matched to the scale of a Brentwood or Franklin house holds value better than one that overshoots it. We design to the house you have and do not promise a resale figure.

You need design work for a kitchen remodel, but you do not need to hire a separate designer if your remodeler does it. We handle layout, cabinetry drawings, elevations, lighting plans and selections as the first phase of every kitchen, because the decisions made on paper are what keep construction on schedule. If you already work with an interior designer, we build from their drawings and coordinate with them directly.

Choose a kitchen remodeling company that shows you its own cabinetry, walks you through its construction sequence, puts the schedule and the assumptions in writing and can say who will be in your house each day. Ask who builds the cabinets, who manages the plumber and electrician, how the house is protected from dust, and how adjustments are handled afterward. Then compare the answers, not just the numbers.

It depends on whether plumbing moves, how much tile the design calls for, and what the vanity, counters and fixtures are made of. A remodel that keeps the layout and replaces the surfaces sits at one end; one that relocates the shower and adds a tub sits at the other. We measure and price the real room during the free in-home consultation rather than quoting from a range.

Longer for a primary bath with a tiled shower than for a powder room, and longer again if plumbing moves. Design and selections come first, then we build the cabinetry in our shop while the trades handle rough-in, so on-site time is spent installing rather than waiting. You get a written schedule before demolition starts.

Usually yes when plumbing, wiring or walls move, and usually not for a like-for-like swap of a vanity, tile or fixtures. Nashville, Williamson County and the surrounding cities each handle permits a little differently. The licensed plumbers and electricians we work with pull their own trade permits, and we coordinate the inspections so you do not have to.

You need one accountable party who can do both, and that is how we work. We design the room with you, build the cabinetry in our shop, and coordinate licensed plumbing, electrical and tile under one schedule. You are not hiring a designer, then a cabinet shop, then a contractor, and hoping they agree with each other.

For most homeowners, yes, on two counts. A well-built bathroom is used every single day, so the quality of the vanity, the storage and the shower shows up in daily life immediately. It is also one of the rooms buyers and appraisers weigh most closely in Middle Tennessee. We cannot promise a resale figure, but we can build a room that holds up.

Usually not for interior work, since most HOA covenants in Williamson County and the Nashville suburbs govern the exterior. Some communities do ask for notice about contractor hours, dumpsters or parking. We ask about your HOA at the consultation and plan the job around its rules so nothing surprises you or your neighbors.

It depends on the size of the room, how much cabinetry it gets, and whether the machines, sink or dryer vent move. A run of cabinets with a folding counter is a modest project; a full laundry and mudroom with a sink, tall storage and lockers is a larger one. We measure the room and quote it during the free in-home consultation.

A room that keeps the machines where they are installs quickly once the cabinetry is built, because most of the work happens in our shop while the space stays usable. Moving plumbing or adding a sink brings licensed trades in first and lengthens the schedule. We tell you before we start how many days the machines will be out.

Design around the machines first, then the storage, then the surfaces. We measure the washer and dryer, decide whether a counter goes over them or the pair stacks, place the hamper, the tall cabinet and the hanging rod, and settle the sink. Cabinetry is built in our shop, licensed trades handle any plumbing or electrical, and we install and finish.

Yes, and small rooms often gain the most, because a builder-grade closet with a wire shelf wastes most of its height and depth. Stacking the machines, running cabinetry to the ceiling and adding a pull-out hamper can double the usable storage in the same footprint. We design small rooms to the inch so nothing is lost to a gap.

Often, yes. It means relocating the water supply, the drain box and the dryer vent, plus the electrical or gas for the dryer, which is licensed plumbing and electrical work and may need a permit. We look at where the existing lines run during the consultation and tell you honestly whether the move is worth what it costs.

Quartz, for most homes. It shrugs off detergent, bleach and hot water, does not need sealing and is easy to keep clean. Butcher block looks warm and is fine if you are willing to oil it and wipe spills quickly. We set the counter over front-load machines at a height that folds comfortably and add a lip so nothing runs behind.

It depends on the size of the wall, the finish and what gets built into it. Painted cabinetry with a panel behind the screen and a few shelves is the simplest build; a linear fireplace, stone surround, fluted white oak and lit shelving each add to it. We measure the wall during the free in-home consultation and price each option separately so you can choose.

Most of the time is spent in our shop, where the cabinetry is built and finished before it reaches your house, so installation is a short stretch rather than weeks of disruption. Electrical work happens first, then the cabinetry, surround, equipment and lighting. Fireplaces and specialty panels are ordered early because their lead times run longer than ours.

Plywood boxes with hardwood or MDF-core doors and panels, finished in catalyzed conversion varnish. Faces are painted, or stained white oak or walnut, with fluted or slat panels, stone, tile or plaster surrounds where the design calls for them. Hardware is soft-close, and equipment cabinets get ventilation and infrared passthrough so the remotes work with the doors shut.

If the living room is where the household spends its evenings, yes. A built-in media wall hides the equipment and wires, adds closed storage a floating shelf never will, and gives a plain great room a piece of millwork that reads as part of the house. It is built to the wall, so it also solves the off-center-outlet problem builder walls tend to have.

Yes. Linear electric fireplaces are the common choice because they need no gas line or flue and can sit beneath the screen with the clearances the manufacturer specifies. Gas is possible where a line and venting exist or can be added by a licensed installer. We design the clearances, circuit and heat path into the cabinetry from the start rather than retrofitting.

Yes, completely. We run a chase from a ventilated equipment cabinet up to the screen, place outlets and low-voltage boxes where the gear sits, and leave room for a soundbar. Cable boxes, streaming devices, consoles and the receiver live behind doors with infrared passthrough, so the remotes work with everything closed and nothing shows on the wall.

It depends on how much wall the office takes, the wood and finish, and what is built into it. A single desk run with drawers and uppers is a modest project; a floor-to-ceiling library wall with a two-person desk and lit display is a larger one. We measure the room and price the options during the free in-home consultation.

Most of the time goes into building and finishing the pieces in our shop, so the installation in your home takes days rather than weeks. Electrical comes first, then the cabinetry, then the top, lighting and trim. If you are working from the room now, we stage the install so you are without a desk for as short a stretch as possible.

One built to your height and your work. A built-in desk is set to the height that suits how you sit, is deep enough for a monitor arm, hides the cables in a chase, and has drawers sized to what you actually file. A freestanding desk compromises on all four counts. Sit-stand inserts can be built into the run if you want to alternate.

Yes, and both are common. A walk-in or reach-in closet takes a desk, uppers and lighting and closes behind its doors at the end of the day. A spare bedroom can hold an office on one wall and a guest bed on another, or a wall bed that folds down over the desk. We measure what is there and design to the space you have.

With a chase behind the desk and monitors, grommets where the cords drop through the top, a power strip mounted inside the desk, and a drawer with an outlet for charging phones and laptops. Data and power are brought to the desk by a licensed electrician before the cabinetry goes in, so nothing runs along the baseboard afterward.

A dedicated, well-built office is something buyers in Middle Tennessee now ask about, and built-in millwork reads as part of the house rather than furniture that leaves with the seller. We cannot promise an appraisal figure. What we can say is that a built-in desk, storage wall and lighting done properly are the kind of upgrade that shows well and holds up.