Here at Remodelista, we are eternally on the hunt for thoughtfully designed kitchens stocked with fresh ideas. The spaces that meet those qualifications tend to fall under three categories: entirely personalized and custom-built; supplied by a European specialty firm, such as Reform, deVol, and Plain English (all of which now have showrooms in the US); or assembled from Ikea cabinets upgraded with outsourced doors and drawer fronts.
What we don’t often present are kitchens entirely made by American kitchen companies. Two notable US kitchen startups, Isla Porter and Corner, have far-away millworkers building their cabinets. Many others work with on-the-ground teams producing kitchens that may be well-made but style-wise leave much to be desired.
With the fallout from tariffs looming, not to mention the environmental cost of international shipping, we’ve been looking locally. Here are five kitchen brands that stand out for being American-designed and -fabricated—and also modernist-minded and, yes, a bit European in sensibility.
Boxco
“We have carefully curated a selection of innovative plywood products that we trust for our cabinetry,” assures Boxco. “For our plywood doors and drawer fronts, we use high-quality hardwood veneers over a Baltic birch core renowned for its 13 layers of solid birch that provide exceptional stability and strength. All of our plywood products are formaldehyde-free, void-free, and sourced from sustainably managed forests.”
Boxi from Semihandmade
The company also offers pricier Semihandmade Cabinets made in the US of maple plywood that ship flat-packed, and, they say, assemble faster and are stronger than Ikea’s. Photograph by Kate Jordan.
Jewett Farms + Co.
Shown here, a banquette and fridge cabinet in a kitchen by Kerri Murray Architecture hand painted in Farrow & Ball’s Pigeon. The company also makes bespoke hardwood flooring. Pricing on request.
Henrybuilt
Henrybuilt is headquartered in Seattle and has showrooms in NYC, LA, and Mill Valley, CA. The firm likens its fittings to “finely tuned instruments.”
Space Theory
Space Theory’s kitchens begin at $27,500 but most are in the $49,500 to $60,000 range.
Here are three favorite American kitchen remodels with bespoke cabinets:
- Rethinking Perfection in a Maine Cabinetmaker Ben Block’s Own Kitchen
- A Closeup of Architect Jess Thomas’s Crowd-Pleasing Brooklyn Kitchen
- One for All: TBo Remodel a Townhouse for Multigenerational Living
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