Me and that local cabinet maker go back a long ways and other than drinking thinner and smoking grape vine, his only fault is being overly modest about his finishing skill.

BM paint is very far from a professionsl cabinet coating. The fact that they use homeowner level trim paint would rule them out immediately.

“Local custom” can be some of the worst quality that you will ever see. Or the best. But if local custom isn’t *more* expensive than a quality manufactured custom, you are *not* getting *something* that the manufactured custom provides. They have economies of scale in materials production and production processes, that cannot be matched by a small business craftsman. Unless he charges more.

You have to be searching for something unique, to be able to find a local craftsman who is the only one capable of creating it. Like bookmatched emberwood veneers.