Peterson Cabinets & Trim

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Custom Cabinets Built for Your Home

Every kitchen we build starts with your space, your habits, and the way you actually cook and store things. We design and build cabinets from scratch in our Rigby shop, so nothing is forced to fit a stock size. The result is a kitchen that looks like it was made for the room, because it was.

Custom Cabinets by Peterson Cabinets & Trim

How We Build a Cabinet

We begin with a measured drawing of your room, then design a layout around how you live in it. That means planning drawer stacks where you need pots, a spot for the trash pull-out, and uppers sized to the ceiling instead of stopping short and collecting dust on top.

Boxes are built from furniture-grade plywood, not particleboard, so they hold weight and shrug off the humidity swings we get through an Idaho winter and a dry summer. Face frames are solid hardwood, joined and sanded by hand. Drawer boxes are solid wood with dovetail joinery and full-extension soft-close slides, so the drawer pulls all the way out and closes without a slam.

Doors and drawer fronts are cut, assembled, and finished in the same shop by the same people, which keeps the color and grain consistent across the whole run. Our tagline is We Build Quality, and this is where it starts.

Wood, Doors, and Finishes

Wood species sets the whole tone of a kitchen. Paint-grade maple and poplar give you a smooth, tight surface that takes a painted finish cleanly. Alder reads warm and slightly rustic. Hickory brings strong grain and color variation for a mountain-home look. Walnut is our choice when you want something rich and quiet that ages beautifully.

Door styles carry the design as much as the wood does. A flat-panel Shaker suits most transitional kitchens. Inset doors, where the door sits flush inside the face frame, are the more tailored and demanding option. Raised-panel doors lean traditional. We will show you samples in your own light before anything is built.

Finishing is where a lot of cabinets fall down. We spray in controlled conditions and build the finish in layers, so painted cabinets stay smooth and stained wood keeps its depth. You get a surface that wipes clean and wears well for years.

What Makes Them Premium

The premium is in the parts you cannot see at first glance. Plywood boxes instead of MDF or particleboard. Solid hardwood face frames. Dovetail drawers. Full-extension slides rated to real weight. Adjustable hinges that we tune so every door line sits even.

Because we build to your exact measurements, we can solve the awkward spots that stock cabinets ignore. A filler panel that hides a plumbing chase. An angled corner cabinet with a lazy Susan that actually reaches. A run of cabinets scribed tight to an out-of-square wall so there are no ugly gaps.

This is furniture that happens to live in a kitchen. It should look right, feel solid, and still be doing its job long after the trends change.

How a Project Works

We start with a conversation and a look at your space, then move into design and a firm quote so you know the number before you commit. Once the layout, wood, door style, and finish are approved, your job goes into the build schedule.

We build in the shop, finish in the shop, and install on site. Installation includes leveling, scribing, and fitting the final trim and hardware so the whole kitchen reads as one piece. We serve Rigby, Idaho Falls, and the mountain communities on both sides of the Idaho and Wyoming line, so a drive over the pass for a Jackson Hole or Star Valley home is part of the normal week for us.

Cabinet boxes
Furniture-grade plywood construction, not particleboard, for strength and stability.
Drawers
Solid wood boxes with dovetail joinery and full-extension soft-close slides.
Wood species
Maple, poplar, alder, hickory, and walnut, chosen to match the look you want.
Door styles
Shaker, inset, and raised panel, in painted or stained finishes.
Fit
Scribed and leveled on site so cabinets sit tight to real, out-of-square walls.
Finish
Sprayed and layered in a controlled shop, built to wipe clean and wear for years.

Common questions

How much do custom cabinets cost?
Cost depends on the size of the kitchen, the wood species, the door style, and the finish. Inset doors and paint-grade finishes run higher than a stained slab or Shaker door because of the extra labor. We give you a firm quote after we see the space and settle on materials, so there are no surprises later.
How long does a custom cabinet project take?
Most kitchens take several weeks from approved design to installation, and the build slot depends on our current schedule. Painted and inset work sits in the shop a little longer because of the added finishing and fitting steps. We give you a realistic timeline up front and keep you posted as your job moves through the shop.
Are your cabinets really solid wood?
The parts that carry weight and take wear are solid hardwood, including face frames and dovetail drawer boxes. Cabinet boxes are furniture-grade plywood, which is more stable than solid panels and far stronger than particleboard. Large painted door panels are often engineered for stability so they will not crack across a season change.
Do you build bathroom vanities and other cabinets too?
Yes. The same shop that builds kitchens builds vanities, laundry and mudroom cabinets, home office units, and entertainment centers. Building them together keeps the wood, door style, and finish consistent from room to room.

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