Most cabinets in central Mississippi are built on site by trim carpenters today. Sometimes you get quality cabinets but more often than not you don't. Trim carpenters build on-site cabinets based on the square footage of your house. Whether you have a 5000 square foot home or a 1000 square foot home you are likely to see the same quality cabinets in both. Trim carpenters use plywood for face frames because they are building your cabinets at your house. They can't bring a true face frame clamping table and a jointer and belt sander and planer to the jobsite. Plywood face frames are the lowest quality you can buy and almost no other region in the country does this. Do you get what you paid for? No. The national average value for your cabinets should represent 10 to 15 percent of the total home value. So, accordingly, a $200,000 dollar house should have $20,000 to $30,000 worth of cabinets in them. The highest paid trim carpenters get 4.00 per square foot to trim a house not including the cost of the plywood. Using these numbers, a 2000 sq ft. house would cost the builder $8,000.00 and probably another $2000.00 in materials. You paid for $20,000 but got $10,000 in cabinets. More than likely, on smaller homes, your trim carpenter charged around $2.50 per square foot. You should never see a nail hole on the outside of your cabinets. You should have adjustable shelves. You should never see the "end grain" of the wood on your cabinets. You should never have plywood for a face frame. What follows are some examples of what Mason's Millwork offers compared to what is offered by site built cabinets.
THEIRS Plywood face frame. Cheapest possible hinges.	OURS High quality European hinges. Fully adjustable, snap on/off. Pre-finished birch or maple interiors. Clear lacquer. note: no screws in the edge of the wood like plywood faces. Full access cabinets.
THEIRS No back on cabinet, it's your sheetrock! 2" nailer strip painted interior	OURS Finished wood back. Camar mounting box with adjuster in upper corners. Steel mounting rack behind cabinet. Access behind cabinet for wiring lights.
THEIR MAIN TOOL Jobsite saw. Pencil.	OUR MAIN TOOL Custom built CNC machine. Various computers running thousands of dollars of cabinet software. (Enroute, Autocabinets, Cabinet Parts Pro, etc...)