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Stephen Cabitt Company, at 55 Glen St in Rowley, MA, says it has built "uniquely designed and finely crafted custom cabinetry" for homes, offices and businesses since 1976. Its website lists a service area that includes Rowley, Ipswich, Topsfield, Newburyport, Hamilton, Boxford, Boston and Cambridge. On Houzz, the company says scale drawings are part of how it communicates before it builds, and its Houzz listing names custom kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, built-ins, bookcases, entertainment centers and cabinet repair among its offerings. In a 2025 Google review, a homeowner said Stephen built and installed a large built-in bookshelf/bench that "covered all the custom requirements that we had," said the cost was reasonable, and said Stephen was very communicative from start to finish. The same homeowner said that while the bookshelf was in progress, he modified the kitchen cabinets to fit a new refrigerator, and "no one can even tell" the original doors had been cut down. In a 2023 Houzz review, a returning customer said Steve had built their kitchen cabinets and curly maple counters over 20 years earlier, and this time designed and built a 10 ft x 10.5 ft set of bookshelves with a rolling ladder, prepainted and installed with every detail completed. In a 2020 Houzz review, a Beverly, MA customer said Stephen turned a generic two-drawer base cabinet into one large full-extension drawer, doubling the storage. In another 2020 review, a customer who hired him for three projects said he communicates clearly and regularly and is fairly priced. Google shows 5 stars from 4 ratings and Houzz shows 5.0 stars from 4 ratings. Houzz lists a Greater Boston Home & Interior Design Show First Place and a feature on HGTV's Old Homes Restored.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Stephen Cabitt Company. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Finished floor area of the rooms in scope — not wall area.
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$6,000 – $9,000
Typical painting project around $7,500
We had Stephen build and install a large built-in bookshelf/bench in one of the rooms of our house. Could not be happier with the result, it is absolutely beautiful and covered all the custom requirements that we had. The cost was reasonable and Stephen was very communicative from project start to finish. I would go back to him for again for anything in the future. In fact, while the main bookshelf was in progress he did the modifications in our kitchen to fit our new refrigerator which was slightly too large for the space. No one can even tell the original cabinet doors had a section cut out of them in order to shorten them.
Steve previously built our kitchen cabinets and lovely curly maple counters in our 200-year-old house. But that was over 20 years ago, and we have moved to a new location. This time we have less space for our stuff, but we have 10 1/2 ft ceilings. He designed and built to perfection a 10 ft x 10.5 ft set of bookshelves with a rolling ladder. They were prepainted and installed with every detail completed. The finished product is exactly what we envisioned, and Steve made sure that we had all of the dimensions correct. When we gave the go-ahead he responded immediately, delivered on time, and completely. What a delightful experience and such a gorgeous product.
Stephen’s work is extraordinary and I highly recommend him! I have hired him for three different projects and been extremely pleased with all. In addition to his stellar cabinetry skills, he communicates about projects clearly and regularly - he is prompt, attentive to detail, flexible, fairly-priced and a pleasure to work with.
First off, I can’t thank Stephen enough, my kitchen cabinet / drawer project came out better than I could’ve ever hoped for. I’m sure like most people I probably oversimplified the idea of what I was hoping to achieve. My kitchen cabinets are your basic Home Depot generic two door two drawer base cabinet, that I wanted to remove the two drawers as well as the center and create one large drawer. The new drawer extends all the way to the back with full extension doubling the storage and usability. Stephen not only came through on this project but you can see the quality workmanship in the fabrication of my new drawer. I highly recommend him for your woodworking project needs. Brian in Beverly MA
Stephen really understands the project and the timelines and the budgets. Exceptional understanding of what needs to get done. If you get a chance, hire him!
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Won't push work you don't need5.0
Rot repair included5.0
Careful prep3.1