Made in Santa Cruz since 1995
Silicon Valley Cabinets are high-quality cabinets manufactured right here in Santa Cruz, California since 1995. Our free browser design tool allows homeowners and contractors to design kitchens, bathrooms, garages and more without installing software! Design the kitchen of your dreams - we're always here to help. To learn more about our company, please visit our parent company Elements Manufacturing. To create a free design account, click the blue button, below.
Free, easy 3D design!

Use our free, easy browser-based cabinet design tool to design and install your own cabinets. [read more]
Design yourself, or...

Let us help! Choose your cabinet box material, door front style and material, and lay them out! Get the design you want. After 3D, we re-draw and present you with shop drawings. You are welcome to visit our shop and material library but we do not have a showroom of example cabinets.
Beautiful cabinets

Beauty and durability are important qualities in cabinets and countertops. Choosing quality components can give a lifetime of functional millwork that always look great. Check out our cabinet specifications (materials).
Video: making cabinets
We have been making great cabinets in Santa Cruz, California since 1995. Watch this short video to see how we go from design to CNC machining to create perfect cabinets!
Made in Santa Cruz, CA

Silicon Valley Cabinets are made right here in Santa Cruz, California. As a division of Elements Manufacturing, we have been building and installing commercial and residential cabinets since 1995. We live here, we work here and we care about our community and the success of your project. Learn more about us.
Fully-assembled, any size

Our advanced cloud-based cabinet design software allows you to create cabinets of any size. Nothing to buy and easy to learn. Click here to begin your design, or email a drawing of your cabinets to us and we can take it from there. Contact us.
Countertops!

Want an attractive, durable, affordable countertop option? Check out ThinScape by Wilsonart.
We can also provide you with laminate or butcher block countertops. Quartz, stone and Corian are also available from our stone partners.
Many colors and textures

Silicon Valley Cabinets are built with quality materials and feature doors and drawer fronts by Wilsonart. Click here to see the beautiful melamine colors and textures of the Wilsonart Lujo series for your doors, drawer fronts, edges and finished ends.
High-tech melamine

Melamine has come a long way. Today's "thermo fused laminates" (TFL) melamines are durable and the colors and textures are better than many expensive laminates. And, TFL price points are much lower! Textured melamines look great, are very durable and competitively priced. Doors come in modern slab and traditional shaker styles.
Garage cabinets

What's more fun than designing good storage and work areas for the garage? Design it and install it yourself, or let us help! Get the functionality that suits your working style. We can deliver and/or install your cabinets.
Closets!
Design your own closets! You can even mix closets and cabinets in our custom design tool. Click here to see amazing closets in various colors, shapes and sizes. We work with Closet Magician for design and installation.
Panel processing

We offer panel processing (aka component manufacture) for cabinet shops, closet installers and panel providers. Please visit our panel processing site to learn more about ways we can reduce your costs and simplify your next job.
News and jobs by Silicon Valley Cabinets
Kitchen design: the basics
In the mid-80’s, Ortho Books published a series of hardback construction books. One titled “Basic Remodeling Techniques,” published by Robert J. Dolezal, did a very good job of identifying basic design concepts that can be applied to most kitchens. Here is an excerpt you may find useful. “Arrange the various activity centers to provide the…
Euro-style cabinets, hinges and full overlay doors
European style cabinets don’t have face frames. This clean, efficient look is standard in commercial and modern residential settings. We use Blum hinges with .75″ thick doors with a full overlay (meaning the doors cover the edge of the cabinet box). A small reveal (meaning the box is visibly wider than the doors and drawers)…
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