Had not heard of them before but they sound intriguing and are definitely worth a look. https://www.housebeautiful.com/room-decorating/kitchens/a27632819/stoffer-home-cabinetry-new-line/

I think their cabinets look beautiful and I requested a quote for my new build. They are true inset which I love the look of. I am waiting for a quote from a local woodworking company to compare.

With them being made by a local Amish shop, I would be interested to know the finishing standards. Today's cabinetry is considered state-of-the-art if waterborne, two-part, post-catalyzed coatings are used from companies like Milesi, Renner, ICA, and Sayerlack. This helps avoid yellowing on down the line and provides greatest durability against premature finish failure.

@Molly I was curious if you would share your thoughts on your quote. General price and roughly how many cabinets?

redkidder, thank you so much for sharing the information as we too are considering Stoffer as well. I just sent in for a sample and if we like it we will go ahead with the quote process as a next step. Would you mind telling us how big a kitchen the quote is for? We also have an 11 foot island with an "L" shapped kitchen around it so I'm very curious if the dimensions are similar. Thank you in advance for any information you can share.

Yes, Thanks @redkidder ! I'm still in the early planning/saving stage of my kitchen but it gives me a good idea of what I can expect.

With a quote in the $43K to $46K range with a 10-foot island and inset doors/drawers, I would expect the wood to be mostly or all paint grade (that is, opaque finish with no clear coat), the door style to be a standard 5-piece, the number of cabinets to fall around 25, and few if any interior accessories. This sounds like a large budget for one kitchen, but after seeing quotes from cabinetry companies in the mid-range for my own small kitchen, I can assure you that you may not get everything you want even in the $40K range, particularly if the kitchen is large like this one in all inset styling and with a long expanse of island cabinetry that must be finished on all sides. Now, if the earlier poster returns to this thread and says something like the design is spectacular with accessories inside every unit, added trim on doors, and premium furniture grade finishes on wood like quartersawn white oak or cherry, then I would be impressed with that pricing. If not, then Stoffer has plenty of competition in that price range for a basic offering of quality cabinetry. Plato Woodworking, Jay Rambo, William Ohs, and Harmoni/Bentwood Kitchens all have categories of semi-custom products that compete at that price level including for inset (the full custom lines in those brands would be higher than products configured for those same brands' entry-level lines), and it would pay to get comparison quotes from dealers of these or other mid-range lines that are represented in your vicinity. The shipping quote in the earlier comment sounded low. I would guess at least $5K for that distance with rising fuel costs and trucking labor shortages. Calculating the cost advantage of a manufacturer nearest you for shipping is smart in the current economy.

Thank you @Aglitter for your insight and comments. I would imagine that for a kitchen with an island that size, you would be correct; the price would be for the cabinets alone. Regarding the quality, Stoffer pretty much spells it out on their website if you are interested. I'm following them mainly because I really like the aesthetic, even if they are comparable or slightly higher in price to other companies. Hopefully @Molly will come back to help clarify, and if only to give us a sense how big the kitchen actually is. Thank you all.

My kitchen dimensions are 19’ wide with a 9.6’ island and 17’ deep. There are only cabinets on the long 19 foot wall, the island and then paneled 30” refrigerator freezer columns with small coffee bar in between them. No uppers in the whole space (for now!) If you are interested in seeing their cabinets you can look at the Chris loves Julia blog who are using them for their kitchen Reno. She mentions the cabinetry would cost 80k if they were paying full price.

@Molly Sounds like about 40 linear feet of cabinetry which puts that quote over $1,000 USD per linear foot. Indeed you have lots of other high-quality options in that price range. I did take a look at both the new white kitchen and the older blue kitchen on the blog to which you referred, and if I were the shopper, I would be wary of a cabinetry manufacturer that configured such an odd mix of one-piece drawer fronts along with the doors (5-piece is recommended for most non-MDF drawer fronts, if doors are also made of this style, for warp prevention) unless specified by the homeowner, and even then, warping is a risk. Also I am seeing larger than standard gaps for the inset pieces as well as some uneven gaps. The stiles are also not evenly spaced in some areas. Price out your kitchen in Plato, William Ohs, and Bentwood and see what you get. All three of those companies will give you the same styling as Chris' and Julia's with none of the aforementioned errors.

Interesting! My eyes are not trained to see errors like that but now I am going to take a look! I’m unaware of these other cabinet makers so will check out!

Luxury inset has a tight tolerance for the recessed fit and should be perfectly equally spaced all around. If you live in an area where you expect high humidity and do not have a whole-house humidity control system, inset cabinetry is an inappropriate choice unless you go with quartersawn wood such as from Kennebec cabinetry as you will encounter sticking drawers and doors. I am more concerned about the large, one-piece fronts than the big and uneven inset gaps at this point. Non-five-piece fronts made of real wood in anything but sizes too small to support five-piece construction are a warping disaster waiting to happen.

@Aglitter, living in the Pacific Northwest, where it is fairly humid and rainy most of the year, would frameless cabinets be a better choice than inset? I was looking at Stoffer Home Cabinetry but perhaps should consider the other options you mentioned.

To be precise, it is the SWINGS in humidity that may be a problem for you. If in the unlikely event that your cabinetry is manufactured in the exact same high-humidity environment that your home also presents and you have a way of controlling that humidity to keep it stable, even if high, then you could absolutely do inset. However, if the cabinetry is manufactured in an arid environment and comes into your home where you often have windows open and no whole-house humidity control, inset may be a risk not only when acclimating after installation but also if humidity swings from high to low throughout the year. However, I think inset is a wonderful, classic look, and I can see why you are drawn to it. If you have your heart set on inset, I would consult with reps at William Ohs, Plato Woodworking, Bentwood Kitchens, and Jay Rambo for starters to see what their recommendations are for inset in your area of the country. There are, of course, plenty of other high-quality manufacturers around, but I can tell you that every one of the companies I just named does excellent work with a lifetime warranty. Jay Rambo may be the least costly of all the options I named yet one of the best in terms of color matching natural wood and doing a durable finish. All those companies offer inset. As for frameless, that is definitely a great option too, but the boxes aren't as strong so have some design limitations. I avoided frameless for my recent kitchen remodel because I needed some very wide and deep wall cabinetry that could only be done in a framed style, since frameless cannot support as much weight. Also I reviewed my comments above and see I had recommended Kennebec, and they make spectacular cabinetry, but since I recommended them earlier, I discovered that they do not use a 2-part, post-catalyzed conversion varnish for their finishes but rather a 1-part lacquer that can yellow and fail over time. Unless they have upgraded their finishes since about 2018 when I last checked, I would be cautious of using them.

@Aglitter, thank you so much for all of your input. If I don't do inset, I was thinking frameless to get that look where the doors and drawers are lined up so nice and tight and you don't see the frame. Is there another way to get that look with a frame?

@JJ Mekai There is a framed style called "full overlay" that might interest you, but the current trend would probably be to go with frameless rather than a full overlay to save on expense.