Kitchen cabinets
Cabinet shops in Denver, CO: how to get quotes you can compare
Most kitchen quotes in Denver aren't comparable, because each shop draws its own version of your kitchen before pricing it. Start the other way round: for a fixed $299, our designers produce a measured floor plan, dimensioned elevations, 3D renders, and an itemized cabinet list in 3–5 business days — drawings you own, and every Denver-area cabinet shop can price them line for line.
Kitchen design: $299 fixed · 3 free revisions · 3–5 business days · the files are yours
How much does a kitchen remodel cost in Denver?
Nobody can give you a real number for a Denver kitchen until the kitchen has been drawn and the cabinets counted. As a starting frame, a full remodel commonly runs about $15,000 to $60,000 installed nationally, with cabinets typically the largest share; per-square-foot rules of thumb circulate widely but break down fast, because a 10x10 kitchen with an island and a 10x10 kitchen without one are not the same job.
The one figure we can fix in advance is the design itself: $299, flat, with three revision rounds included and a full refund if you change your mind before the first draft lands.
What actually moves the number
Cabinets
Usually the biggest line. The same layout in a value line versus a semi-custom one can change the cabinet total several times over, which is why an itemized list beats a lump sum every time.
Layout changes
Leaving the sink, range, and fridge where they are keeps plumbing, gas, and venting cheap. Moving them is where budgets quietly double.
Counters and appliances
Priced separately from cabinets and easy to leave out of a budget. Decide the range and the hood early — both change the cabinet run above and beside them.
Local labor
Varies by market more than materials do. Installed quotes from a few shops around Denver are the only reliable way to learn your local rate.
Where do I get cabinets in Denver?
Start with the independent cabinet shops and cabinet makers near Denver — the ones with real project photos and a shop you can walk into. Add a kitchen and bath dealer, and a home center desk if you want a floor to stand on and a finish to touch. Ask all of them for an installed price on the same drawings, and the differences stop being a mystery.
Every packet carries a QR verification mark: any shop can scan it to confirm the packet is genuine and consult our design team about design intent.
Where cabinets actually come from
Independent cabinet shops and cabinet makers
Build or order to your drawings, and often the best value on anything the catalogs don't cover. Bring dimensioned elevations and most can quote quickly.
Kitchen and bath dealers
Carry one or two manufacturer lines and usually offer design free — in exchange for keeping the drawings. A fine place to get a quote once you already own a design.
Lumberyards and home centers
Stock a value line and can special-order more. Convenient and competitive on standard sizes, generally slowest on anything modified.
Wholesale and online cabinet sellers
“Wholesale kitchen cabinets” usually means ready-to-assemble boxes shipped to you, with install left on your side. Cheapest per box, and only safe if your list is exact — a wrong width is your problem once it's on the truck.
Do I have to use the shop that designs my kitchen?
Not if you own the drawings. Plenty of showrooms and dealers around Denver offer free kitchen design, and the condition is always the same: the shop keeps the drawings, so only that shop can quote them, and every other bid means starting the design over. When the drawings are yours, the same design goes to every shop, every quote prices the same cabinets, and you can finally see who is giving you a fair installed price.
How it works
Measure and order online
Pick kitchen, pay the fixed price, and measure your space with our guided steps — a tape measure and about 20 minutes. No site visit, no showroom appointment.
We design it in a real catalog
Your in-house designer lays out the kitchen in a real cabinet catalog and a senior designer checks every page. Three free revision rounds are included.
Quote it at local shops
Your finished packet arrives in 3–5 business days, owned by you. Take it to the cabinet shops and installers near you and compare real installed prices on one identical kitchen.
Common questions
Can I pay someone to design my kitchen without buying the cabinets from them?
Yes — that is exactly what this is. A fixed $299 for the design, with no cabinet sale attached and no commission on whatever you end up buying. We don't sell cabinets, so the layout we draw is the one that fits your room rather than the one that moves inventory.
Do I have to measure the kitchen myself?
Yes, and it takes about 20 minutes with a tape measure and our guided steps — there is no site visit. Before anything is ordered, the shop or installer you hire verifies the measurements on site, which is standard practice and keeps a mis-measure from becoming a mis-order.
What do I actually receive?
A measured floor plan, dimensioned elevations of every cabinet wall, 3D renders, and an itemized list of cabinets and hardware with real manufacturer part numbers — together, the Design Packet. It arrives in 3–5 business days, in your name, with three free revision rounds included.
What if I don't like the design?
You get three free revision rounds, so most concerns are a note back to your designer rather than a fight. If you change your mind before the first draft is delivered, you get a full refund.
Kitchen cabinets in other Colorado cities
Same fixed price, same drawings you own — anywhere in the state:
Get your Denver kitchen drawn, then get real quotes.
$299 fixed, delivered in 3–5 business days — and the drawings are yours.