Everything You Need to Know About Designing a Luxury Custom Kitchen
Frequently Asked Questions
Planning a custom kitchen is a significant investment, and it's natural to have questions. Whether you're wondering about pricing, lead times, our design process, factory tours, or what makes Cambridge Kitchens different, we've answered many of the questions we hear most often. If you don't see your question below, we'd be happy to discuss your project during a complimentary consultation at our Hicksville showroom and manufacturing facility.
Planning Your Project
The earlier, the better. Cabinetry influences your home's layout, appliance selection, plumbing, electrical, lighting, and overall functionality. Whether you're building a new home or renovating an existing one, involving Cambridge Kitchens early allows us to collaborate with your architect, builder, or contractor to help prevent costly changes later in the construction process.
Every project begins with a visit to our Hicksville showroom and manufacturing facility. During your consultation, you'll meet our team, explore our showroom displays, tour our factory, and learn about our design and manufacturing process. We'll also review your room dimensions or architectural plans and discuss your vision. Once we move forward together, we visit your home at the appropriate stage to take detailed field measurements.
Yes. After your initial showroom consultation, we schedule an in-home visit when the timing is right. For renovation projects, we take precise field measurements before manufacturing begins. For new construction, we typically begin working from architectural plans and perform final measurements once the home reaches the appropriate stage of construction.
Yes. We offer complimentary consultations at our Hicksville showroom and manufacturing facility. It's the perfect opportunity to discuss your project, explore our craftsmanship firsthand, and learn how our fully custom process works.
Cambridge Kitchens is a fully integrated luxury cabinetry manufacturer. Every project is designed, engineered, manufactured, factory assembled, inspected, and installed by our own team from our Hicksville, New York facility. By keeping every stage under one roof, we maintain complete control over quality, craftsmanship, scheduling, and the client experience. We also provide detailed renderings, immersive Virtual Reality walkthroughs, and invite clients to inspect their fully assembled cabinetry before it leaves our factory.
If available, bring your architectural plans, room dimensions, inspiration photos, or any ideas you've collected. If you're renovating and don't yet have plans, don't worry; we just need the size of the room, and we'll discuss your goals and guide you through the next steps.
Visiting our Hicksville showroom and manufacturing facility is the best way to experience what sets Cambridge Kitchens apart. During your visit, you'll see the quality of our craftsmanship firsthand, explore a variety of cabinetry styles, materials, finishes, and design details, and meet with our experienced design team to discuss your project.
You'll also tour our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, where every cabinet is designed, engineered, and built. Seeing our process firsthand gives you a deeper understanding of the precision, technology, and craftsmanship behind every project—something you simply can't experience by looking at photos online.
A showroom and factory visit also allows us to review your plans or room dimensions, answer your questions, explain our process, and provide an itemized estimate based on the linear footage of your project. It's the first step in ensuring you have complete confidence in both the process and the team you'll be trusting with your home.
Pricing & Investment
Every Cambridge Kitchens project is fully custom, so pricing depends on the size of your space, cabinetry layout, materials, finishes, and design complexity. During your showroom consultation, we'll review your plans or room dimensions and provide a detailed, itemized estimate based on the linear footage of cabinetry required for your project.
Our preliminary estimates are based on the linear footage of cabinetry needed for your project. This allows us to provide an accurate, itemized proposal early in the design process. As the design is finalized and selections are made, your investment is refined to reflect the exact cabinetry and features included.
Several factors influence the investment, including the size of the project, cabinet construction, wood species, and the overall scope of work. Because every project is designed specifically for each client, no two kitchens are exactly alike.
Design Process
Before manufacturing begins, our in-house design team creates detailed 3D renderings and immersive Virtual Reality walkthroughs, allowing you to experience your future kitchen before a single piece of wood is cut. This gives you complete confidence in your design decisions and ensures everyone shares the same vision before production begins.
Yes. Cambridge Kitchens uses Virtual Reality technology to allow clients to walk through their future kitchen at full scale before manufacturing begins. It's one of the most effective ways to visualize the space, refine design details, and make confident decisions.
Absolutely. During the design phase, we'll work closely with you to refine every aspect of your project.
Yes. As part of our design and engineering process, Cambridge Kitchens prepares detailed cabinetry drawings along with plumbing and electrical plans based on your approved design. These plans provide your contractor and trades with the information they need to properly locate plumbing, lighting, appliances, and other key elements before construction progresses.
Coordinating these details early helps minimize costly changes during construction and ensures your cabinetry, appliances, and utilities work together seamlessly. It's one of the many ways we help create a smoother building process and deliver a finished space that functions as beautifully as it looks.
Manufacturing & Installation
One of Cambridge Kitchens' greatest advantages is our efficient manufacturing process. Once your design has been finalized and approved, your cabinetry is typically manufactured and ready for your factory review in approximately four to five weeks. Final installation timing depends on your project's construction schedule and overall scope.
Every cabinet is proudly manufactured in our state-of-the-art facility in Hicksville, New York. We never outsource production, allowing us to maintain exceptional quality, precision, and consistency throughout every project.
Yes. We encourage every client to tour our manufacturing facility during their showroom visit. Seeing how your cabinetry is designed, engineered, and manufactured provides a unique understanding of the craftsmanship, technology, and attention to detail behind every Cambridge Kitchens project.
Yes. Every project is fully assembled inside our factory before delivery. You'll be invited to inspect your completed cabinetry exactly as it will appear in your home, allowing every detail to be reviewed and approved before installation begins. This is one of the most unique aspects of the Cambridge Kitchens experience.
The factory review is one of the most unique parts of the Cambridge Kitchens experience. Before your cabinetry is delivered to your home, every project is fully assembled inside our Hicksville manufacturing facility exactly as it will be installed.
During your factory review, you'll have the opportunity to walk through your completed project, inspect every cabinet, door, drawer, finish, and design detail, and ensure everything meets your expectations before it leaves our facility. If any adjustments are needed, they can be addressed in the factory, where we have all of our tools, equipment, and craftsmen on hand.
This process provides an unmatched level of quality control and gives you complete confidence in your investment. Rather than seeing your custom cabinetry for the first time during installation, you'll experience it beforehand, ensuring a smoother installation and a finished result that reflects exactly what you envisioned.
Very few custom cabinet manufacturers offer a factory review, making it one of the many ways Cambridge Kitchens delivers a truly exceptional client experience.
Products & Services
No. In addition to luxury custom kitchens, we design and manufacture bathroom vanities, walk-in closets, home bars, libraries, media walls, laundry rooms, mudrooms, sculleries, interior doors, and architectural millwork.
No. We specialize in complete custom cabinetry projects and do not manufacture individual replacement cabinets or match existing cabinetry.
We offer a wide variety of premium hardwoods, painted finishes, custom stains, specialty finishes, and decorative treatments. During the design process, we'll help you select the materials and finishes that best complement your home's architecture and design style.
Yes. We regularly collaborate with homeowners, architects, builders, and interior designers on both new construction and renovation projects, ensuring every aspect of the cabinetry integrates seamlessly with the overall design.
Service Area
Cambridge Kitchens proudly serves homeowners throughout Long Island, New York City, Westchester County, Connecticut, and Northern New Jersey. Our showroom and manufacturing facility are located in Hicksville, New York.
Yes. We design and manufacture custom cabinetry for both luxury new construction homes and renovation projects. Our process is tailored to meet the unique requirements of each project from planning through installation.