Cabinets for your home

Serving Silicon Valley and the California Central Coast

Highest quality cabinets

made in Santa Cruz since 1995

Slab and shaker door styles

many colors to choose from

Full 3/4" pre-finished maple cabinet boxes

and high-pressure laminate door fronts

Let us help with your design!

...or, try our free, web-based cabinet design software

Full-service measure and install

We measure your space and install the cabinets for a perfect fit

Highest quality residential cabinets

Your home is your castle and it deserves high-quality, beautiful cabinets that last a lifetime. Silicon Valley Cabinets has been making cabinets in Santa Cruz since 1995 and we are ready to be your millwork partner.

You will like our process

From design to fabrication to installation, our process is transparent for homeowners and contractors.request a quote To get started, simply send us your drawings (they don't need to be fancy - hand-drawn with rough measurements are fine for estimating price). We will return to you a design and estimated price.  

 

Do you have a design?

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Do you know what you want your cabinet layout to look like? Send us what you have and we will return to you a rendering. Don't have a drawings? Let us help you get your concept started.  Contact us. 

Made in Santa Cruz since 1995
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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.

Estimating costs

Making the estimating process work for you:

  • Helping with your design - we offer 3D renderings throughout the bid process.
  • Competitive prices - our pricing model is competitive and fair.
  • Countertop options - we can quote and manage your countertops.
  • A free 3D design tool - If you are a hands-on technology person you are welcome to use our free cabinet design software. Complete this form if you want access to the free web design tool.
Value-add contracts

Once we are under contract to build and install your cabinets: 

  • Accurate measurements of your kitchen, bath or garage - our field super will visit your home to get very accurate measurements.
  • Detailed CAD drawings - we will provide you with professional drawings to review, red line and ultimately approve.
  • Fabricate highest quality cabinets - full 3/4" pre-finished maple cabinets with laminate or wood veneer doors, soft-close undermount drawer glides and soft-close hinges.
  • Professional installation - we use our own install teams. This allows us to guarantee a perfect install.

Built to WI standards

cabinets and countertops

All of our cabinets are made to Woodwork Institute specifications. Beautiful, durable cabinets with full .75" thick materials come standard. Check out our cabinet specifications (materials).

Garage cabinets

3d design

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 will deliver and install your cabinets.

Video: how we make 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!

 

Free, easy 3D design!

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Do you like technology? You are welcome to use our free, easy browser-based cabinet design tool to design your own cabinet layout. If not, just send us what you have and let us do it for you. Please complete this form to gain access to the 3D design tool (runs in your browser -- no software to install). [read more]

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.

Built to WI standards

cabinets and countertops

All of our cabinets are made to Woodwork Institute specifications. Beautiful, durable cabinets with full .75" thick materials come standard. Check out our cabinet specifications (materials).

Many colors and textures

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Silicon Valley Cabinets are built with quality materials and feature doors and drawer fronts by Wilsonart. Click here to see many colors and textures available for your cabinet doors, drawer fronts, edges and finished ends. You are welcome to visit our production facility to see samples from our material library first-hand.

Countertops!

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Quartz, stone, Corian, laminate and butcherblock tops available. [read more]

News and jobs by Silicon Valley Cabinets

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Garage storage bonanza!

By David Wright | February 17, 2021

15 feet wide, 7 tall – these tall cabinets can hold a garage full of stuff on a single wall! Not shown are the very cool flush pulls on a grey/green melamine. Garage storage has never looked so good!

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Kitchen design: the basics

By David Wright | February 16, 2021

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…

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The back of a cabinet can tell you a lot

By David Wright | February 8, 2021

The back of this cabinet shows us the thickness of the box material – .75″ white melamine (aka industrial grade particle board), as well as the .5″ nailers and the cabinet back. The box can also be made of .75″ Russian plywood where the preference is for a wood interior instead of white.

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Euro-style cabinets, hinges and full overlay doors

By David Wright | February 8, 2021

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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Flush pulls: form meets function

By David Wright | February 8, 2021

These flush pulls are great for garages and other applications where space is at a premium or protruding pulls are impractical. These are not available in the software right now but we can add them for you when we review your design together.

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Drag-and-drop cabinet design!

By David Wright | February 5, 2021

This kitchen was easy to design and will provide beauty and convenience to the homeowner for generations. Thermo-fused laminate (TFL) provides the color, texture and durability to this premium kitchen. The images show the kitchen in wire-frame and rendered forms.

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Point & click cabinet catalog

By David Wright | February 5, 2021

While the 3D designer is the most fun, many people just need a cabinet or two – no 3D room layout needed. With a simple point-and-click you can set the size and specs and order your cabinets quickly and easily! Read more about how it works.

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ThinScape Countertops go viral

By David Wright | January 27, 2021

ThinScape countertops by Wilsonart look great and the price is hard to beat (about the same as laminate tops). Popular in Europe, now available in North America. Below are photos of recently-installed ThinScape tops in the real world. Durable, attractive and affordable – a great countertop option!

3D design

How do the toe kicks work?

By David Wright | January 21, 2021

One of the tricky parts of installing cabinets is getting them level. To simplify this process, we use adjustable leg levelers with a “snap on” toe kick cover. The cover snaps onto the leg levelers once you have them set just right. To turn this feature on, go to “Room” settings (left nav > 3D…

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Capitola kitchen designed by the homeowner

By David Wright | January 21, 2021

This small kitchen was designed by the homeowner using the free design tool. It came out great and the customer was very happy with the price. The color choice is a light colored wood texture TFL called “Sandbank.” If we get photos after the install we will post them so you can see the finished…