Kitchen Cabinets in Meridian, Idaho

Kitchen Cabinets Options for Meridian Properties

Full gut of an L-shaped kitchen

Most Treasure Valley production kitchens are an L with a fridge wall. We pull the old boxes, check the drywall, and reset uppers on a ledger. The corner gets a lazy susan or a blind-corner pull-out. The sink base is 36 inch unless you say otherwise. Dishwasher openings stay 24 inch.

Galley kitchens with 24 inch bases

Old Town Meridian and many Boise bungalows are two parallel runs. Depth is 24 inch on the bases so a 25.5 inch counter still leaves an aisle. Wall cabinets can go 12, 15, or 24 inch deep. A galley does not get an island. It gets fillers that hide pipes.

Keep the plumbing, swap the boxes

If the sink, range, and fridge stay, the job is a box-for-box replace. We match existing openings so the plumber does not move a trap. This is the cheapest path that still gives you new plywood cases. Crown and light rail can still change the look.

Peninsula add without moving the sink

Some 1990s Meridian kitchens have a peninsula that was never there from the builder. We add a run of bases off an existing wall, with seating on the room side if the overhang is 12 inch. Electrical for pendants is another trade. We leave blocking.

How We Handle Kitchen Cabinets in Meridian

1. Photograph each wall and note the fridge, range, and dishwasher model.
2. Measure linear feet, ceiling height, and the window stools that interrupt uppers.
3. Draw the run. You pick door style, species, and whether uppers go to the ceiling.
4. Order or build the boxes. Label every case for the wall it belongs on.
5. Strip the old kitchen, patch obvious holes, then hang uppers first.
6. Set bases, scribe the fridge panel, and leave a straight counter line.

Materials and Methods

Kitchen cases are 3/4 inch plywood with a captured back. Uppers hang on a steel rail or a wood ledger lagged into studs. Bases sit on a level line, not on the slab's dip. A 4 inch toe-kick scribes to the floor. Filler strips at 1 to 3 inches hide the last gap.

Kitchen boxes are plywood or furniture-board as quoted. Door stock is 3/4 inch. Concealed hinges with a damper. Drawer slides that travel the full box. Factory lines cite ANSI/KCMA A161.1. ANSI/AWI 0641 on custom. Conversion varnish or a durable paint. Scribe fillers. We screw to studs. A toe-kick of at least 3 inches high and 2 inches deep is the KCMA construction note on factory bases. We still scribe to this floor.

The sink base gets a rear cutout for supply and a floor cut for the trap. We do not replumb. The dishwasher opening is a 24 inch gap with a finished end. A 3 inch filler next to a range keeps the door from hitting a handle.

Doors and drawers get soft-close hardware. Pull-out trash, a tray divider, and a spice pull are kitchen-specific add-ons. Light rail hides under-cabinet LED tape. Crown returns to the ceiling on 8-foot plates, or stacks on a 9-foot plate. We cut those on site.

What Kitchen Cabinets Cost in Meridian

Fixr's 2026 guide puts kitchen cabinet installation at $4,000 to $14,000, national average $7,000. Stock runs $100 to $300 per linear foot. Semi-custom $150 to $650. Custom $500 to $1,200. HomeAdvisor lists professional install between $1,935 and $10,763, average $6,188. Angi uses the same band.

Three levers move a Meridian kitchen number. How many linear feet. Stock versus custom boxes. Whether we gut and haul the old run. A 10x10 kitchen in Fixr's table needs about 16 linear feet. A 12x15 needs about 30. We quote the tape, not the table.

Ask for that number at (208) 759-1616 .

Production L-shapes vs Eagle custom kitchens

South Meridian kitchens along Ten Mile, Tuscany, and the Lake Hazel belt are usually an L with a fridge wall, an 8-foot plate, and builder overlay doors. The ticket is linear feet and whether the sink stays. A box-for-box replace keeps the plumber off the clock. A full gut shows the drywall and the fill settlement under the slab. Bases need a laser line on that fill. Uppers hang on a ledger. The dishwasher gap stays 24 inches unless you bought an 18 inch unit and said so on the measure.

Eagle and Hidden Springs jobs are a different kitchen. Inset doors, stained oak, a scullery, and a seating island show up more often. Nine-foot and ten-foot plates let us stack crown. HOA design packets can limit paint and glass that faces a common walk. Bring the packet. We will not guess a beige from a phone photo under LED cans.

Laundry and mudroom walls in those 2000s Meridian plats are often a leftover next to the garage, not a second kitchen. If you want a folding counter and a broom tower on the same visit as the kitchen hang, say so early. We can match the door style without pricing the laundry as more linear feet of great-room cabinet.

Crown on an 8-foot plate is a simple cap. On a taller plate we can stack. Light rail hides under-cabinet LED tape. We cut both on site. A fridge that sits proud of 24 inches needs a panel plan before we order. Write the model down. Soft-close hardware is a line, not a free default we invent after the hang.

Call (208) 759-1616 with the kitchen shape, the plate height, and whether this is a production L or an Eagle custom run. We bid the tape, not a national square-foot guess.