Whole-home
cabinetry, drawn
once.
Coordinated millwork design for Calgary custom builders working from architect drawings. Whole-home cabinetry is more complex than a single kitchen — every room, every closet, every built-in, drawn as one coordinated package with full site coordination through construction.
— Starting at
$4,500
Whole-home millwork package
— Timeline
8 — 14 weeks
Plus ongoing through fabrication
A new build is
never just
a bigger kitchen.
Single-room residential work has a known site, fixed openings, and one cabinet shop on the other end. New builds carry coordination complexity that compounds across every room.
Many rooms, one finish vocabulary
A new build typically includes kitchen, butler's pantry, two or three baths, mudroom, primary closet, library, and several built-ins. The finishes, hardware, edge profiles, and door styles need to read as one design language across every room.
Architect coordination
Cabinetry interferes with structural, mechanical, electrical, and lighting drawings. We integrate millwork into the architect's Revit model — or build a coordinated reference set when the architect works in CAD — so cabinet positions reconcile with everything else.
Site dimensions drift
Framed openings change after drywall, electrical, and plumbing rough-ins. The two-measure protocol catches this drift before drawings reach the cabinet shop, eliminating the most common source of field adjustments and change orders.
Schedule pressure
Cabinetry sits late in the build sequence but ordering must happen early — long-lead hardware and slab tops drive procurement weeks ahead of install. We sequence drawings to release rooms in the order the build needs them, not all at once.
Two site measures.
No field adjustments.
The most common source of cabinet shop pain on Calgary new builds is dimensional drift between framed openings and finished walls. We solve it by measuring twice.
Measure 01
Initial measure
Once framing is complete and the architect's set is locked, we measure rough openings, ceiling heights, and mechanical positions for design. Concept drawings build from these dimensions.
Measure 02
Final measure
After drywall and rough-ins are complete — before drawings release to production — we return to measure as-built dimensions. Final numbers update the CAD before the cabinet shop sees them.
What's in a
new-build package.
Every whole-home commission delivers the same complete drawing set, coordinated across rooms and integrated with the architect's drawings.
Architectural coordination
Review of the architect's drawings (Revit or CAD), site-walk with the builder, and a coordination memo noting any conflicts before millwork design begins. We work alongside the architect, never on top of them.
Concept design — all rooms
Mozaik models for every cabinetry-bearing room: kitchen, butler's pantry, baths, closets, mudroom, library, built-ins. Coordinated finish vocabulary across the entire home.
SketchUp + Enscape rendering
Photoreal walkthroughs of every room, with material and lighting context. Used for owner approval before drawings release to production.
Two-stage site measure
Initial measure at framing complete, final measure after drywall and rough-ins. Final dimensions update the CAD before release to production.
Released shop drawings
Production-ready AutoCAD or Revit set: plans, elevations, sections, details, hardware schedules, finish callouts. Released room-by-room on the build schedule, not all at once.
Finish & hardware book
A single bound or digital reference: door styles, edge profiles, finish samples, hardware selections, materials. Travels with the drawings to the cabinet shop and the site.
Cabinet-shop RFI support
During fabrication, the cabinet shop will have questions — material substitutions, hardware mounting, integration with appliances. We answer RFIs through the build at no additional cost.
Three revision rounds
Three formal revision passes are included. Owners typically use one for layout refinement, one for finish selection, and one for adjustments after final site measure.
Sized by
scope.
Whole-home fees scale with home size, room count, and finish complexity. Final fees confirmed after we review architectural drawings on a discovery call.
Compact custom build
From $4,500
Single-family home under 3,000 sq ft. Kitchen, primary bath, secondary bath, mudroom, primary closet, and 2—3 built-ins.
- Coordinated finish vocabulary
- Two site measures
- Complete shop drawing set
- Three revision rounds
- Cabinet-shop RFI support
Standard custom home
From $7,500
Single-family home 3,000—5,000 sq ft. Adds butler's pantry, ensuite bath count, walk-in dressing room, library or office, multiple built-ins.
- All compact-build deliverables
- Revit BIM coordination if applicable
- Phased drawing release on build schedule
- Multiple cabinet shop bid documentation
Luxury / estate
From $12,000
5,000+ sq ft homes, secondary suites, complex integrated spaces. Wine rooms, libraries, primary suites with multiple closets, gallery built-ins.
- All standard-home deliverables
- Extended coordination with multiple sub-trades
- Site supervision visits during install
- Additional revision rounds as needed
Built for Calgary
custom builders.
We embed into your existing project workflow — architect, interior designer, trades, and cabinet shop — without introducing a new layer of bureaucracy.
Architect-led custom builds
Where the homeowner has hired an architect and you're executing — we sit alongside the architect to detail the millwork they've sketched.
Builder-driven custom homes
Where you're working with stock plans or your own designs and need a millwork specialist to detail kitchens, baths, and built-ins.
Spec / production builders
Repeating plans with finish variations. We design once, then deliver finish-package variants for each completed home.
Renovation & addition builders
Where existing spaces need millwork integrated into a larger renovation — we work between the renovation architect and your cabinet shop.
Questions from
Calgary builders.
Do you work with our existing cabinet shop, or recommend one?
Both. If you have a long-standing relationship with a Calgary cabinet shop, we draw to their preferred standards — Mozaik file delivery, AWI conventions, or whatever you use. If you're open to bids, we'll recommend shops we've worked alongside that match your scope and budget.
Where do you fit between the architect and the cabinet shop?
Architects detail rooms and openings; cabinet shops fabricate to drawings. We bridge — taking the architect's intent and detailing it into the production-ready drawings a cabinet shop needs. On Revit projects we coordinate inside the architect's model. On CAD projects we work from the architect's release set.
When do you need to be brought into a project?
Earlier is better. Ideally, at design-development phase, before the architect has finalised cabinet positions and dimensions. We can also engage later — at construction-document phase, or even after framing — but earlier integration prevents the most costly re-work.
Can you draw to AWI standards?
Yes. AutoCAD shop drawings follow AWI Quality Standards Illustrated formatting by default — title block, sheet index, dimension strings, hardware schedule, section keys. Custom title block formats available for established builder relationships.
How does Revit integration work?
If the architect's project is in Revit, we integrate the millwork model directly. Cabinet families, finish materials, and hardware schedules become part of the project Revit file. The cabinet shop receives either the Revit export or a CAD set produced from it.
What does the cabinet shop typically charge to build, on top of your drawing fee?
Calgary cabinet fabrication runs $250–$650 per linear foot for kitchens, $500–$1,200 per linear foot for premium custom work. Whole-home builds at the $750K–$1.5M finished cost typically carry $40K–$120K in cabinetry. Our $4.5K–$12K drawing fee is a small fraction of that — and often pays for itself in reduced shop markup on drawings.
What if the architect changes plans mid-design?
Three revision rounds are included. Beyond that, architectural changes that ripple into millwork are quoted as change orders — typically $500–$2,000 depending on scope. We're explicit about scope in the original quote so this stays predictable.
Have a custom build on the boards?
Send the architectural set and target completion date. We respond within one business day with scope and a fixed-fee quote.