The Custom Cabinet Process

At Simpson Cabinetry we build everything right here in our wood shop at 15 Corporate Drive, Essex, Vermont. When you come in to meet with us and see our showroom, you can look into the shop and see kitchens and bath vanities under construction. You can tour the facility and see the process from rough wood to finished product. We specialize in truly custom designed, custom built cabinetry for each individual client.

ROUGH WOOD TO PAINTED OR STAINED CABINETRY

We source as much locally harvested and US harvested hardwoods as possible from sawmills and lumber yards in Vermont and throughout New England. The lumber that will become the next beautiful addition to your home in the form of custom cabinetry comes in to our Vermont wood shop as rough planks. We take it from there: planing the wood, cutting to size, building the cabinetry face frames, doors, and drawer fronts, as well as finishing it, all on-site.

We finish all of our own cabinetry right here on premises in our finish room. Whether your cabinetry is to be painted, stained, or finished with a natural finish to expose the beauty of the wood, it is done here at our shop. Our recycling system takes all the unused paint and finish and recycles it into non-flammable, clean lacquer thinner which we re-use in our paint booth, capturing nearly 100% of the waste associated with the finish process.

KITCHEN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

When a client comes to Simpson Cabinetry, whether they are an architect, interior designer, contractor, or homeowner, we work with them to create the best cabinetry for their space. Because each of our projects is made custom to order for the client, we are not limited to certain cabinet sizes and can design and build for you cabinetry which will maximize the space for your needs, while also creating a beautiful addition to your home in the process.

As long as the client has a rough plan of what they want for cabinetry and measured space we can give the project a budget to determine if it is a good match for both Simpson Cabinetry and the homeowner. If so, we then put an initial drawing into CabinetVision, our CAD design software. While all projects we do must be drawn in CabinetVision, some require more back and forth than others. Wherever your project falls in that spectrum, our team of design engineers is there to make it happen. They will work closely with your architect, builder, and interior designer as well as with you, the homeowner, to bring your vision to life. While we do occasionally work with homeowners who do not have such a team on their project, our team are not interior designers or architects, so certain decisions and areas of a build or renovation (lighting, flooring, counters, colors, etc.) will need to be done by someone other than the Simpson team.

Once the cabinet details have been “built” and approved in Cabinetvision, a project moves into the production phase. Our crew also includes a team of cabinetmakers who hand craft and finish every item that bears the Simpson Cabinetry name. The crew takes great pride in building the cabinetry that remains as heirlooms in homes throughout Vermont and beyond.

DELIVERY TO YOUR DOORSTEP

We either deliver your cabinets to your door, take them inside and install them, or carefully pack and ship them, all depending on how far away you are and what your install needs may be.