First time building cabinets, I looked into a ton of places, I learned about all the different components, wood, hardware.
Bristol chocolate had it all. Soft close drawers, all plywood, solid all around.
I only had doors as the base units in my previous ugly, outdated mdf cabinets.
Now, all the bases are soft close drawers, dove takl.
Doesn't get any better I don't think.

I went against the trendy white shaker, and went with a traditional color, chocolate. Why? Because of its features. The sturdyness and mainly the cost as it is on clearance. Right now I couldn't build the kitchen I needed since most things are now out of stock. But I would have saved a ton more $$ anyways.
My favorite cabinets are hands down the glass ones. Because I now decorate for every season and ocassion. My kitchen looks cheerful and I can't wait to put all my Christmas decorations even though we are in may:-)

We ordered about 20 pieces plus all the trimmings, it does require a ton of planning, thinking, re planning, re thinking. Because shipping is expensive if you don't need the minimum purchase.
So, double check every thing you need, don't forget anything.
I placed a second order later on, because we liked it so much we ended up doing a "coffee station" but is a multi purpose area.
We used 42" plus shakers on top, since the ceiling is higher on that side of the house.

For my kitchen cabinets I had 30" before and I measured the shortest side of the ceiling and it was just more than 12" so when I ordered my cabinets I went with 42"
And i love it! And if I had more space I would had added more glass shakers.
I love the glass units!

I never considered glass because they are so expensive! But not here, my cabinets were cheaper, because of the non trendy color.

We still need to add the backsplash. Today we got out quartzite countertops installed.
By saving money on my cabinets I put it towards nicer countertops, which I stilll shopped around and paid $4200 installed. I went to a stone boneyard and got a local fabricator.
So my entire kitchen was 15k if I include the new small appliances.

I used various apps to make sure I had the right measurements, and the right specs. I could have done my design without it.

My kitchen island is Bristol linen, I regret it, since the wood in the middle of the door is not as solid as the chocolate one. Still a nice cabinet, but the cheaper chocolate cabinet was better made.

Pay attention at those samples.
The only bad thing is the freight company they used, they were delayed, rude, a nightmare.
Reached out to LillyAnn cabinets and Cindy made it right and she was very nice about it.
Next order I had placed they sent me a better company. We still have to install the crown molding, and the light rail molding.
As well as the toe kick, etc. but I wanted to share!