06 / West Metro / Jefferson County
Lakewood custom cabinets work best when they suit the house, and Cabinets911 designs, builds and installs them for the mid-century ranches and hillside walkouts that make up much of the city. Slab doors, long horizontal lines and wood that looks like wood are usually right here. Cathedral raised panels usually aren't.
Lakewood didn't exist as a city until 1969, when it incorporated as Jefferson City and took the Lakewood name that November. The houses were already there. Postwar building filled in the neighborhoods off West Colfax, now known for mid-century modern architecture. Farther west, Green Mountain's hillside streets put walkout basements on the downhill side. Each of those changes what a cabinet plan should look like.
Brief 01 / Lakewood
A mid-century ranch is all horizontal: low roofs, long windows, wide eaves. A kitchen full of raised-panel doors and stacked crown fights every bit of it. Slab doors, or a flat-panel door with a very narrow frame, sit with the house. Our kitchen cabinet design for these homes starts from that.
Slab doors are less forgiving, though. There's no frame to hide a crooked reveal, and grain shows every mismatch. When the material allows it, we sequence veneer so the grain runs across a bank of drawers, and we keep reveals tight and even. Walnut, rift-cut white oak and painted slabs all suit the era. High gloss works in some houses and looks cheap in others.
Brief 02 / Lakewood
Hillside lots in west Lakewood put many houses on two full levels: a main floor and a walkout that opens to the yard. In Green Mountain Estates, built from the early 1960s into the mid-1970s, ranches with walkouts line the downhill side of the street. That lower level tends to become a family room, guest suite or bar.
A wet bar on a walkout level needs a drain, and if the sewer line leaves the house higher than the bar sink, you need an ejector pump. Find out before designing the bar. The pump needs service access, so we plan a removable panel or an open bay for it.
The walkout door takes the dirt, the dog and the ski gear. A short run of lockers or a bench with drawers keeps it all downstairs. Use a finish that tolerates water and grit at the bottom, or raise the base off the floor.
Walkout walls are partly above grade and partly buried, and the buried section runs cooler and damper. Leave a small air gap behind cabinets on foundation walls, use moisture-tolerant material for the lowest boxes, and don't hang heavy uppers on a furred wall without solid blocking.
Brief 03 / Lakewood
Ranches of this era often have long, low living room walls and a fireplace meant to be the focal point. A low cabinet run under the windows or beside the fireplace fits better than a tall bookcase. Keep it below the sill line and the room keeps its shape. Custom built-ins like that are one of the easiest ways to add storage without touching the kitchen.
Response units / Lakewood
Services for homes in Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Edgewater and Morrison.
Mid-century ranch kitchens get slab and flat-panel designs that fit the house.
Floating vanities suit mid-century baths, provided the wall gets proper blocking.
Low, credenza-style runs beside fireplaces and under long windows.
When the original boxes are past saving, the new ones should still look like they belong.
Walkout basement installs get air gaps and blocking planned before the boxes arrive.
Builder, remodeler and light commercial work across Jefferson County.
Routing
IfYour mid-century kitchen still has original wood fronts
ThenAssess before demo. Refinishing, or copying the profile, may beat starting over.
IfYou're finishing or updating a walkout basement
ThenConfirm the drain elevation and check foundation walls for moisture before designing a wet bar.
IfYour ranch got a raised-panel kitchen in a later remodel
ThenLook at slab or flat-panel doors. The house will look more like itself.
IfYou're in a condo or townhome near Belmar
ThenStorage first. Small footprints reward deep drawers and a full-height pantry.
Coverage / Jefferson County
Lakewood is spread out, from the older West Colfax corridor in the north to Green Mountain and the foothills on the west side. Edgewater sits on the west shore of Sloans Lake, Wheat Ridge lies to the north, and Morrison is out by Red Rocks. Measure trips get bundled by part of town; installs get their own dates.
Call transcript / Lakewood
Slab doors, or flat-panel doors with narrow frames. Raised panels and heavy crown fight the house's horizontal lines. Walnut or rift-cut oak veneer is period-right, and painted slabs work too. Pick pulls that match the look: edge pulls, long bars or small simple knobs. Skip anything ornate.
Usually. The question is drainage. If the bar sink sits below where the sewer line leaves the house, you'll need an ejector pump, and its access affects the cabinet layout. A plumber confirms the drain. We design the bar around the answer and build in a way to reach the pump.
If the boxes are solid and the fronts are real wood, get an opinion before demo. Original fronts can sometimes be refinished, and even when they can't, they're the best reference for new doors. If the boxes are water-damaged or the layout doesn't work, replace them with something that respects the house.
Yes. Much of the same advice on door style and basement moisture applies there. We also cover Denver to the east. Send photos of the kitchen and the outside of the house through the quote request to get started, and mention whether there's a walkout.
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Send photos of the kitchen and the street view of the house. We'll suggest cabinetry that fits both.
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