Serving the Main Line from Honey Brook, PA

Custom Cabinets for
Main Line Homes

Cabinetry worthy of the houses: stone colonials in Villanova, Tudors in Bryn Mawr, estates in Gladwyne. Built by Amish hands, installed by our own crew.

45+
Years Building
100%
Solid Hardwood
Own
Install Crew
Free
Consultation
Home  /  Custom Cabinetry  /  Main Line, PA

The Houses
Cabinetry That Respects a Main Line House

Main Line houses have architecture worth answering. A 1920s stone colonial in Villanova or a Tudor in Bryn Mawr deserves cabinetry with real proportions: inset doors, furniture details, moldings that continue the house’s own trim logic. Production cabinets in these rooms look like what they are, boxes from somewhere else.

We are Choice Custom Cabinetry and Design, an Amish shop in Honey Brook, about forty minutes west on Route 30. Since 1979 we have built for exactly this kind of house: luxury custom kitchens, paneled libraries, butler’s pantries, and the quiet secondary rooms that make old houses work. The housing stock here is well documented by the Lower Merion Historical Society, and we treat it with that level of respect.

We serve Villanova, Bryn Mawr, Wayne, Ardmore, Haverford, Gladwyne, Radnor, Rosemont, and Merion Station, plus neighboring Delaware County and Chester County.

“In these houses the walls tell you where the house settled a hundred years ago. We scribe every unit to that, not to the laser line. That is the whole difference between built-in and boxed-in.”

Our installation crew lead

Luxury custom kitchen with inset cabinetry built for a Main Line Pennsylvania home
Inset doors and furniture proportions for formal kitchens
Custom kitchen island and paneled cabinetry, Main Line PA style
Paneling and island detail from a recent luxury project
Detail of custom cabinetry finish and hardware by Choice Custom Cabinetry
Hand-finished surfaces that carry a room

Whole House
What Main Line Clients Ask Us to Build

Kitchens
Inset painted kitchens with walnut or white oak islands. Full design support through our 3D design service.
Libraries and Studies
Paneled walls and built-in bookcases with rolling ladders. The room these houses were always meant to have.
Butler’s Pantries
The between-rooms these floor plans already include, fitted properly. See our pantry cabinetry page.
Bars and Wine Rooms
Evening rooms in dark wood. Our wine cellar and bar work shows the direction.
Bathrooms
Furniture-grade custom vanities that match the house rather than the plumbing aisle.
Mudrooms and Entries
Bench, storage, and order for the daily side door. Formats on our banquette and bench page.

Practical Advice
Four Things We Tell Main Line Homeowners

1
Renovate around the architecture, not against it
Keep the trim language of the house in the cabinetry: same reveal logic, compatible moldings. Rooms feel calm when the millwork agrees with the doorways.
2
Order cabinetry before the contractor needs it
Custom lead times are measured in weeks. Bring us in when plans are drawn, not when drywall is up, and the schedule stays honest.
3
Insist on component-level answers
Whoever you hire, ask what the face frames, boxes, and drawers are made of, part by part. The National Kitchen and Bath Association publishes good baseline guidance; our solid wood guide shows what the answers should sound like.
4
Match the finish to the light
Main Line lots are often shaded by mature trees. Test finish samples in the actual room before committing; we build sample doors for exactly this reason.

Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Honestly, it depends on more variables than any web page can price: the wood species, the finish, the door style, how much of the room is cabinetry, and the condition of the walls we are building against. Two kitchens of the same size can land far apart. We explain the methodology in our kitchen cost guide, and the fastest way to a real number is a free consultation with your measurements.
Constantly. Units arrive finished from the shop, so installation is days, not weeks of sanding and spraying in your kitchen. We protect floors, control dust, and leave rooms usable each evening.
Yes. Matching a 1920s profile or an aged shellac tone is normal work for our finishing room. Bring a drawer front or a clear photo and we will build a sample before production.
Our shop and showroom in Honey Brook are about forty minutes west of Wayne on Route 30. The showroom visit is worth the drive: you can open drawers and see finishes at full scale.
Yes, from measured drawings to full 3D through our design service, and we are comfortable working alongside your architect or designer.


Talk to the People Who Build It

Request a free consultation. You will speak with the shop that builds your cabinetry, not a sales layer in front of it.