Cost of Solid Wood Shaker Style Cabinet Doors From Cutting Edge
Updated November 22, 2024
Explore the pricing of solid wood shaker-style cabinet doors, and understand how wood species and customizations affect costs.
As a cabinet maker or contractor, you understand the importance of cabinet doors in defining a kitchen’s style. Shaker style cabinet doors, with their timeless appeal, have become a favorite over the past decade. Solid wood shaker doors offer exceptional quality and durability, but their higher price makes it essential to determine if they fit your client’s budget and project needs. Your reputation depends on delivering solutions that balance style, performance, and cost.
At Cutting Edge, we produce and sell both solid wood and plywood shaker style doors. We understand what goes into them and what affects the cost.
So, if you’re trying to decide whether you should offer this upgrade, this is a great place to start. In this article, you will learn:
Cost of Solid Wood Shaker Style Cabinet Doors
Before we dive into the pricing, there are three pieces of information you need to understand:
- All pricing in this article is retail pricing, so if you are eligible for a contractor discount, apply that discount for accurate pricing.
- We provide a square foot price because you can order cabinet doors in any size you need. Simply calculate the square footage (or area) of your cabinet door. Then, multiply that by the square foot price to determine your door cost.
Each option has a minimum price per piece because the doors take a minimum amount of material and labour to produce.
Thanks to the many options you can choose from, it is impossible to provide pricing for each option. However, here’s the pricing for the popular options.
| Wood Type | Minimum Price per Piece | Square Foot Price |
|---|---|---|
| Rustic Alder | $51.71 | $34.47 |
| Alder | $55.09 | $36.72 |
| Hickory | $65.62 | $43.74 |
| Rustic Hickory | $65.85 | $43.90 |
| Maple | $69.58 | $46.38 |
| Select Grade Rift Cut White Oak | $169.51 | $113.00 |
What Are Solid Wood Shaker Style Cabinet Doors?
Solid wood shaker style cabinet doors have two distinctive features. First, they only have solid wood materials; we don’t use plywood or composite materials. And second, they have a flat-fronted centre panel. These two features must exist for the cabinet door to be considered a solid wood shaker style door.
Now you are probably thinking, ‘Do all the doors in this style look the same?’
The answer is no. You can choose from many profiles and add custom details to adjust the appearance of the outer frame of shaker style cabinet doors. Simply changing the inside and outside profiles affects the appearance of your cabinet doors.
Here’s a couple of examples. The door on the left is a traditional shaker style door. The door in the middle has a bevel inside profile. Finally, the door on the right has a stepped shaker profile. However, because the centre panel of each door is flat, they are all shaker style doors.
Options Included in the Cost of Solid Wood Shaker Style Cabinet Doors
Pricing for solid wood shaker style cabinet doors from Cutting Edge includes four options.
1. The Wood Type You Select
The price includes the wood type you select. There are no extra fees added if we use more material than expected.
However, the price will change if you change the wood type or grade.
2. Outer Frame at 2.25” (57.2mm) Wide
At Cutting Edge, the standard width of the stiles and rails used in the outer frames is 2.25” or 57.2mm.
We have a standard width set because changing stile and rail widths requires changing multiple machines. You can customize these widths for a price.
3. Solid Wood Centre Panel
When you order a solid wood shaker style cabinet door, you can be confident that it is solid wood. We don’t use composite materials like MDF or plywood in these cabinet doors.
4. Doors Come Ready to Finish
When you receive your cabinet doors, they are ready to finish. That said, we still recommend you take about 1-2 minutes per door to do a quick inspection and scuff sand to remove any marks that occurred during packing, transit and unpacking.
Factors That Increase the Cost of Solid Wood Shaker Style Cabinet Doors
Next, let’s take a quick look at four options not included in the pricing and how these options affect the cost.
1. Hinge Drilling
Before you install your cabinet doors, you need holes drilled in the back for the hinges. As standard, cabinet doors from Cutting Edge are not pre-drilled for hinges because most customers prefer to complete the hinge drilling themselves, for simplicity’s sake.
There is such a wide range of hinge types available and so many hinge location options that it is often more complicated to communicate the hinge drilling requirements than to complete the hinge drilling on-site.
If you request hinge drilling, your cabinet door cost will increase by $1 per hinge hole. Most cabinet doors require two hinge holes; in this case, your price is $2 higher per door.
2. Finishing
Cabinet doors also need a finish. You may want a clear lacquer finish, a stain and lacquer finish, or a painted finish.
Cabinet doors from Cutting Edge come unfinished unless you specifically request our team apply a finish.
The price increase varies depending on the finish type you select. A clear lacquer finish adds about $13.20 per square foot, while a painted finish adds about $27.25 per square foot.
3. Custom or Oversized Stile and Rail Widths
As you’ve already learned, the standard stile and rail width is 2.25”. The pricing provided does not allow for custom or oversized stile and rail widths. Custom stile and rail widths are anything other than 2.25” (57.2mm) but less than 4” (101.6mm). Oversized stiles and rails are 4” (101.6mm) or wider.
So what’s the difference?
Lumber usually comes in boards between 4-6” wide. We can still cut custom stile and rail widths out of one board. However, oversized stiles and rails take extra labour and material. Our team must glue two boards together to get a piece wide enough for oversized stiles and rails.
Custom stile and rail widths cost about $1 more per square foot. Oversized stile and rail widths are an extra $25 each.
4. Custom Details
Last but not least – the pricing does not include custom details. Custom details include mullion frames, decorative end panels, range hoods, and more.
The price increase depends on the complexity of the custom detail. For example, a simple decorative end panel might only cost $25 extra. On the other hand, a more detailed end panel could cost an additional $75 or more.
| Factor | Description | Price Increase |
|---|---|---|
| Hinge drilling | Pre-drilled holes for hinges | $1 per hinge hole |
| Finishing | Any finish type applied by the Cutting Edge team | At least $19.80 per piece |
| Custom stile and rail widths | Stiles and rails widths other than 2.25”, but less than 4” | At least $1.50 per piece |
| Oversized stile and rail widths | Stile and rail widths 4” or wider | $25 per piece |
| Custom details | Any custom requests, like mullion frames, decorative pieces, range hoods, etc. | At least $25 per piece |
Price Out Your Solid Wood Shaker Style Cabinet Doors
In every kitchen project, budget is the ultimate decision-maker. As a trusted installer, your clients rely on you to recommend solutions that balance quality, style, and cost. With rising material costs, it’s more important than ever to understand the price of each choice before making a commitment.
By staying informed about costs, you can confidently guide your clients and protect your reputation for delivering high-quality results that align with their expectations.
Now that Cutting Edge has empowered you to make this decision, it’s time for you to take the next step. Learn how to price out your solid wood cabinet doors online for instant, exact quotes.
