Amish Custom Cabinetry in Delaware County, PA
Our shop sits in Honey Brook, west of the county line in Chester County, and a steady share of our work goes east into Delaware County: Media, Springfield, Drexel Hill, Wallingford, Broomall, Newtown Square, Glen Mills and the Main Line townships.
Delco is a good county for a custom cabinetmaker and a hard one for a stock cabinet, for one reason: almost nothing here was built to a standard that a catalog box fits.
Amish Woodworking and Craftsmanship
Everything we build is made to order in our own shop. Drawer boxes are solid hardwood, dovetailed at the corners. Face frames are mortise-and-tenon. Boxes are furniture-grade plywood, not particleboard under a printed wrap. Each piece is hand-sanded, stained or painted, and sealed with a catalyzed topcoat.
That is not a marketing list. It is the difference between a kitchen you refinish in twenty years and one you replace in ten.
What Delaware County Houses Actually Need
Delaware County was split off from Chester County in 1789 and has been filling in ever since. It is the third-smallest county in Pennsylvania by land area and the fifth-largest by population: 576,830 people across 49 separate municipalities, most of them built out well before 1970. That density and that age are why the cabinetry work here looks different from a new-construction market.
The 1920s and '30s twins and rowhomes through Upper Darby, Drexel Hill, Lansdowne and Clifton Heights. Stone and brick, plaster over lath, and a kitchen at the back of the house that was designed for one person and an icebox. Nothing in these rooms is square. We scribe and hand-trim to the actual wall rather than covering the gap with a filler strip, and we design vertically because these kitchens have more wall than floor. A full-height pantry cabinet is often worth more here than another three feet of counter.
Postwar capes, ranchers and split-levels through Springfield, Ridley, Folsom, Brookhaven and Aldan. Built fast between the late 1940s and the early '60s, usually with an eight-by-ten kitchen and a soffit above the uppers. Taking the cabinets to the ceiling instead of stopping at the soffit is the single change that makes these rooms feel bigger, and it adds storage that was never there.
The older stock along the Main Line and around Media, Swarthmore and Rose Valley. Stone colonials, Tudors, Victorians, and in Rose Valley an Arts and Crafts community founded in 1901 that still reads that way. These houses often have an original butler's pantry or back kitchen worth restoring rather than demolishing, and they have trim profiles that a new built-in has to agree with. We profile your existing casing and crown and match it in the new work.
The 1990s and 2000s subdivisions in Newtown Square, Middletown, Concord and Thornbury. Open-plan kitchens, big islands, and builder-grade cabinetry that is now twenty to twenty-five years old and starting to show it: delaminating boxes, sagging shelves, hinges that will not hold adjustment. The layouts are usually fine. It is the cabinets that are done.
Request an EstimateCabinetry We Build for Delaware County Homes
- Kitchen cabinets — built to your room's real dimensions, with a 3D plan before anything is cut.
- Bathroom cabinets and vanities — sealed at every cut edge, set on non-porous shims, and leveled tight enough that a stone top does not carry stress in one corner.
- Laundry room cabinets — designed around your supply valves, drain and dryer vent, with access ports cut in the shop drawing rather than on install day. Basement laundry is common in this county and the slab is rarely level, so we raise the run clear of the concrete and laser-level it rather than trusting the floor.
- Garage cabinets and storage — off the concrete on adjustable steel legs, anchored into framing, with butcher block or stainless work surfaces.
- Closet and storage cabinetry — walk-ins, reach-ins and under-stair storage in the same hardwood as the rest of the house.
- Home office cabinetry and built-ins — desks, bookcases, library walls and entertainment centers, scribed to walls that are not straight.
Permits, HOAs and the Practical Side
There is no single county building department in Delaware County. All 49 municipalities issue their own permits under the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code, and a fair number of them contract it out to third-party inspection agencies. Radnor's process is not Springfield's process.
For most of our work this does not come up. Replacing cabinetry in an existing footprint, with the same walls, plumbing and electrical, generally does not require a permit. It becomes a permit conversation when the project moves plumbing, adds circuits, or takes out a wall, which is exactly when we are coordinating a plumber or electrician anyway. Check with your township before you assume either way.
If you are in a newer Newtown Square or Concord development, your HOA almost certainly does not care what you do inside the house. If you are in a historic district in Media, Swarthmore or Rose Valley, exterior work is a different conversation — interior cabinetry usually is not.
Delaware County Towns We Work In
- Ardmore, PA
- Atglen, PA
- Avondale, PA
- Berwyn, PA
- Broomall, PA
- Bryn Mawr, PA
- Chadds Ford, PA
- Chesterbrook, PA
- Chester County, PA
- Chester Springs, PA
- Cheyney, PA
- Coatesville, PA
- Cochranville, PA
- Concordville, PA
- Devon, PA
- Downingtown, PA
- Elverson, PA
- Exton, PA
- Frazer, PA
- Gap, PA
- Glenmoore, PA
- Glen Mills, PA
- Honey Brook, PA
- Kimberton, PA
- King of Prussia, PA
- Kennett Square, PA
- Landenberg, PA
- Malvern, PA
- Media, PA
- Modena, PA
- Morgantown, PA
- Newtown Square, PA
- Nottingham, PA
- Oaks, PA
- Oxford, PA
- Phoenixville, PA
- Paoli, PA
- Parkesburg, PA
- Pottstown, PA
- Quakertown, PA
- Radnor, PA
- Royersford, PA
- Sadsburyville, PA
- Schwenksville, PA
- Spring City, PA
- Springfield, PA
- Swarthmore, PA
- Thorndale, PA
- Tredyffrin, PA
- Unionville, PA
- Upper Darby, PA
- Uwchlan, PA
- Villanova, PA
- Wayne, PA
- West Chester, PA
- West Grove, PA
- Westtown, PA
- Willistown, PA
- Wynnewood, PA
- Yardley, PA
We also work throughout Chester County, where our shop is.
Frequently Asked Cabinetry Questions
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Do you actually come out to Delaware County, or is it a service-area listing?
We come out. Honey Brook to Media is a normal drive for us and we run installs across the county regularly. The measure, the install and the follow-up adjustment are all done by our own people. -
How much does custom cabinetry cost in Delaware County?
Custom cabinetry generally runs $600 to $1,200 per linear foot, and pricing is driven largely by design and style — wood species, door style, finish and storage features. Costs here run similar to Chester County. That is a planning range — we give you a real number after we measure. -
How long does it take?
Most projects run 2 to 6 months from the time you first reach out to a finished, installed project, whether that's a full kitchen or a single bathroom or laundry room. The build is the long part; your existing space stays in use for almost all of it. -
My kitchen is from 1928 and nothing is straight. Is that a problem?
It is the normal condition in half this county, and it is the main reason custom is worth it here. Stock cabinets get shimmed and filled. Ours get scribed to the wall that actually exists. -
Can you match the trim in an older house?
Usually. We profile your existing baseboard, casing and crown and reproduce it. Matching an existing stain on old woodwork is harder than matching paint, and we will show you a sample on the real species before committing. -
What wood species do you use?
Maple, oak, cherry and walnut most often, with furniture-grade plywood for interior components where it performs better than solid stock. -
Do you handle the whole remodel?
We design, build, finish and install the cabinetry ourselves. For plumbing, electrical, flooring and tile we bring in trade partners we have worked with for years and coordinate the schedule, so you have one point of contact. We would rather be the cabinetmaker doing the cabinet work than a general contractor.
Get a Quote for Your Delaware County Project
Free in-home consultation and measure.
Call 717-692-1200 or request an estimate. 353 Pequea Ave, Honey Brook, PA 19344 · Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM