European Cabinets & Design Studios — Local services in Palo Alto

This review is more of a thank you letter to Robert, Alexandra, Sarah, and their installation crew at European Cabinets. Our down-to-the-studs remodel was a big project and involved many logistical, design, and problem-solving decisions. We were extremely lucky to work with many talented and passionate individuals, and the European Cabinet team were among our favorites.

They provided the cabinetry for our kitchen, master bedroom closet, and laundry room. Then, as we saw in person, the beauty and functionality of their products, we asked them to provide the cabinets for our master bathroom, to put in an open riser staircase, and to also design our study. We have looked at many products from Germany, Italy, and of course, custom-built in the US. We felt what we got from European Cabinets in style, durability, quality, and price-- was unmatched. There were certain areas for which I had a very specific image in my head of what I wanted (the study with 3 walls of built-in desks and window seat, and wall of bookcases) and I swear, Sarah somehow exactly replicated that vision based on a poorly drawn sketch I drew and some vague hand motions I made  We also had a very modern, open-riser staircase in mind, which we were told either could not be done as we imagined, or would cost 2 to even 3 times as much as we ended up paying with European Cabinets.

We love our house and feel lucky to live here. We realized many of the favorite rooms in our house are in large part, due to the imagination, hard work, and products supplied by European Cabinets. And last but definitely not least important, is that my husband, daughter, and I had a lot of fun and genuinely enjoyed working with Robert, Alexandra, and Sarah! Home building can be stressful and overwhelming at times, but we had delicious cappuccinos and belly-laughed our way through many a design meeting and their attentive-to-our-needs, yet firm guidance when our ideas got too crazy or just in poor taste, helped keep us on track, within budget, and avoid any heated marital “discussions” which can easily arise during the course of this type of project.

Thank you to Alexandra for her impeccable and decisive taste! Thank you to Sarah for instilling her cool vibe into every thoughtfully planned design! Thank you to Robert for keeping his cool during port workers’ strikes and amidst multiple projects and getting our project done in a timely fashion! Thank you to the installation crew who worked hard, were innovative problem-solvers, and left our site as clean as possible. We cannot say enough good things about our experience with...

We LOVE our kitchen, and are very happy with the engagement with European Cabinets. TLDR; We'd highly recommend working with them on your project.

We primarily worked with Lena, who was awesome, although during our project, I think we worked with everyone on the team at some stage and everyone was really helpful and friendly.

We really liked how the process started by taking initial requirements and dimensions and then a 'maximum' quote was provided. The point here was that the kitchen would cost no more than that, and if we were good with that price then we could pay a deposit and start on the proper kitchen design. This was fantastic - meant that we could design and tweak our kitchen without worry of the price ballooning.

We'd never rebuilt a house before, and haven't had to remodel a kitchen either - so the team at European Cabinets really helped guide us through all of the stages and helped make sure we didn't miss anything. Lena worked with us patiently and we iterated through a few design options before finalizing on what we ordered.

Once ordered, the kitchen was made in Italy and then shipped to us in California. It all arrived 'pre-built' in its cabinets but of course the cabinets had to be arranged and mounted to the wall. This was all smooth, and everything went well. Lena also helped provide guidance on things like the countertop, and sink and appliances.

Anyway, now that its all installed, we are super happy with it and everyone that has seen it is super impressed. We haven't moved in yet as the rest of the project is still being completed, but we can't wait to use the kitchen and enjoy the new space!

Thank you Lena and...

We remodeled our kitchen and some other parts of our house recently.

European Cabinets were the best of all the people we worked with for the remodel. Robert and Alexandra helped us design the kitchen around the new space we were going to have, and were very patient with us - we went back and forth for weeks, deciding on the style, materials, colors and finishing. We also always got great cappuccino every time we drop by too =)

The kitchen cabinets took a while to arrive (3 months+), but they were gorgeous once installed. Their installer, Rick, was also outstanding - hands down the best installer I've ever met. He has an amazing work ethic, paid attention to details, and ensured that everything was installed perfectly. Now our kitchen looks like it came out of a design magazine and we couldn't be more happy!

You can tell that they really care about their work. They want the work done perfectly and for us to be fully satisfied. They communicate constantly when we need them (even during weekends), and willing to do work above and beyond their responsibility to make sure everything runs smoothly (eg. Rick fixed a badly installed kitchen hood for us even though it was my other contractor's fault).

After our remodel, we regret not trusting every single one of Robert's recommendation for other work we got done. Every one of his recommendation worked out great - that includes his installer (Rick) and countertop guy (Raul). We can't say the same for the contractor that we chose ourselves. Robert's very frank and can seem brusque at times, but that's part of the reason why we...