IonBuilds

Our Flagship Build

Custom kitchen cabinets in Plano, TX — built to outlast the house around them.

The kitchen is the command center of your home. We design and build bespoke cabinetry from thick domestic plywood and solid wood, finished to furniture grade, with zero particleboard anywhere in the build.

Finished white shaker kitchen with island and pendant lighting, built by IonBuilds in Plano, TX
Material: Domestic Plywood / Solid Wood · Joinery: Structural Dado + Glue · Doors: Seamless Inset Shaker · Particleboard: Never

The Build

What makes a kitchen cabinet structurally sound, not just good-looking.

Layout

Engineered, Not Templated

We measure and design around your kitchen's exact dimensions and how you actually cook — not a stock module width.

Materials

Plywood & Solid Wood Only

Thick domestic plywood boxes with solid wood face frames and doors — built to stand up to a busy Texas kitchen for decades, not years.

Joinery

Structural Dado + Glue

No staples, no cam-lock shortcuts. Precision digital manufacturing keeps every joint tight and zero-flex.

Choose Your Look

Three door styles. One construction standard.

Every door style we offer is built on the same thick plywood box with structural dado joinery — the look changes, the quality never does.

FLUSH INSET

Inset Shaker

Precision-milled doors that sit flush inside the face frame — consistent 1/16" reveals on all four sides. The furniture-grade standard for high-end custom cabinetry.

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3mm FULL ACCESS

Frameless (European-Style)

No face frame — doors attach directly to the box for a 3mm reveal and full-access interior. Clean lines, maximum storage, modern aesthetic.

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FLAT SLAB

Slab Door Modern

Flat, grain-matched slab faces with no frame or panel detail. The choice for contemporary kitchens where the material and color do the talking.

Built For How You Actually Cook

The details that make a kitchen work, not just look good.

Feature

Bespoke Kitchen Islands

Centerpiece islands designed with proper seating clearances and structural support for stone countertops.

Feature

Built-In Pantry Systems

Floor-to-ceiling pantry cabinetry with heavy-duty, adjustable shelving arrays sized to what you actually store.

Feature

Hidden Trash Pull-Outs

Dual-bin trash and recycling slide-outs built directly into the lower cabinets — out of sight, full-extension.

Feature

Deep Culinary Drawer Storage

Reinforced, deep under-counter drawers with heavy-duty joinery, built to carry the real weight of pots and pans.

Feature

Soft-Close Hardware

Premium under-mount soft-close glides and concealed hinges rated for daily heavy use, not the cheapest part on the cut list.

Feature

Custom Appliance Panels

Solid hardwood face frames built to cleanly disguise built-in refrigerators and dishwashers into the cabinetry line.

How We Design It

From rendering to install, nothing is guesswork.

3D Layout & Design

Parametric 3D renderings of your kitchen before a single board is cut, so there are no surprises at install.

Wood Species Selection

Choose from hard maple, white oak, walnut, or cherry — selected and finished for how you'll actually use the space.

Premium Box Materials

Sustainably sourced plywood and premium lumber, direct-sourced rather than pulled from a generic supply chain.

Under-Cabinet Lighting

Structural upper cabinet valances milled with hidden channels for a clean, flush-mounted lighting install.

Kitchen island with waterfall-edge quartz countertop by IonBuilds Kitchen island with subway tile backsplash by IonBuilds Custom appliance panel and built-in coffee nook by IonBuilds

Common Questions

Kitchen Cabinet FAQ

Why are custom cabinets better than retail/big-box cabinets? +

Retail cabinets are mass-produced to generic dimensions, usually around a particleboard or thin MDF box. We build every cabinet from scratch using thick domestic plywood and solid wood, sized to your kitchen's exact dimensions — not the other way around.

Do you ever use particleboard or MDF? +

No. Zero particleboard, on every project, every time. That's a firm line for us, not a marketing line.

How long does a custom kitchen cabinet project take? +

Timelines vary with kitchen size and material availability, but most full-kitchen projects run several weeks from final measurements to install. We'll give you a firm timeline once we've scoped your project.

Do you offer cabinet painting or refacing? +

We don't — to keep our focus on new, structurally sound builds, we don't offer cabinet painting, refacing, or repair work. Every project we take on is built new, from scratch.

What areas do you serve? +

We're based in Plano, TX and serve the greater Dallas–Fort Worth area, including Frisco, McKinney, and Allen.

Which cabinet door style should I choose? +

It comes down to look and budget: inset shaker is the timeless, furniture-grade choice; frameless (European-style) maximizes interior storage with a clean modern reveal; slab door is the most minimal, contemporary option. We'll walk you through samples of all three during design.

Service Area

Custom kitchen cabinets serving Plano, Murphy, and Collin County.

Based in Plano, TX, IonBuilds designs and builds custom kitchen cabinets for homeowners across Collin County and North Dallas. We regularly work in Murphy, Allen, McKinney, Wylie, Sachse, Frisco, Prosper, Richardson, and Garland — always built in our shop, always installed by us. No subcontractors, no outsourced labor.

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Serving Princeton, TX
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Serving Anna, TX
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Serving Carrollton, TX
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Ready to design your kitchen?

Serving Plano, Murphy, Allen, Wylie, Sachse, McKinney, Richardson, Garland, Rowlett, Rockwall, Frisco, Prosper, and the greater DFW area.

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