Charlotte cabinetry, drawn and built for your room.
A truly custom cabinet shop. The Distinctive Cabinets team has been designing, crafting, and installing custom cabinets and shelving for Charlotte homes since 1995.
Custom kitchen · Charlotte, NC
We are a truly custom cabinet shop, and we are at your service.
As a client, you have a wide variety of wood species, custom stain colors, paints, and finishes available, along with a vast variety of door styles and combinations to create the cabinetry of your dreams.
Steve Young took over the business in 1997 and applied his background in Engineering and Industrial Manufacturing Technologies to grow it into one of the premier custom cabinet shops in the area, with a high emphasis on quality control, craftsmanship, and on-time manufacturing.
Recognized work
- Home-A-Rama houses
- Today’s Custom Home
- South Park Magazine
One shop. Every room in the house.
From kitchens to closets, every piece is designed, cut, and finished as a custom project. These are the categories of work you will find throughout our galleries.
Engineering precision, applied to craft.
Quality control, craftsmanship, and on-time manufacturing. It is how we outperform our competition, and why the area’s best builders and remodelers keep coming back.
Design it with our team
Call or email to schedule an appointment with one of our sales professionals. We welcome collaborating with outside designers, and we will walk you through wood species, finishes, and door styles.
See it before we build it
Our staff includes full-time CAD engineers, so you receive timely drawings and 3-D renderings throughout the build process. You approve exactly what will be made.
Cut with machine accuracy
The same software drives our computerized cutting and milling machines, producing cabinet parts with extremely high accuracy before our team crafts, finishes, and installs your cabinetry.
Custom cabinetry built for the exact dimensions of your home.
We pride ourselves on building nothing but custom projects. Whether you have an idea in mind or need a solution to a cabinetry problem, our carpentry experts are prepared to bring your ideas to life.
Start your projectThe people you will work with.
Highly experienced in custom design, and here to assist you through the design process from first appointment to installation.
What Charlotte homeowners say.
“Steve is wonderful to work with and builds beautiful cabinets! We could not be happier with the way our kitchen turned out!
Rhonda Hebert
“I highly recommend this professional firm. They have extensive knowledge of kitchen and cabinet design. Flexibility to design most any cabinet dreamed up. Their product is superior. Their design and installation are top-notch.
Karen Coma
“Work is great!
Roy Holley
Ready to design your dream kitchen, bath, or space?
Contact our sales staff today for an appointment, and allow us to help turn your cabinetry dreams into a reality.