Step 1: Set the budget Cabinets fall into three categories: stock, semi-custom, and custom. Stock cabinets start around $70 per linear foot (a typical kitchen has 25 to 30 linear feet of cabinets).

When you buy a house, you usually inherit things from previous owners that you never would have picked yourself. That’s the case in our 1948 remodeled ranch in suburban Denver, where my husband ...