I was really surprised, when we re-designed our kitchen, that the price tiers for cabinets were basically, lowest to highest: 1) Very-bad premade, 2) mid-range

I was really surprised, when we re-designed our kitchen, that the price tiers for cabinets were basically, lowest to highest: 1) Very-bad premade, 2) mid-range custom made(!!!), 3) mid-range premade (worse than tier 2 on quality), 4) high-end custom made, 5) high-end premade. You'd think the mass-manufactured stuff could win on price, but it only did at a quality level so low that nobody bothers having anything that bad custom-made. Ended up going with some local shop, paid the tier-2 pricing, easily the best bang for the buck. The custom stuff we bought was barely more expensive than getting Ikea cabinets! And it fit perfectly to our floorplan, allowed some custom extras to make better use of space, was exactly the color we wanted, et c.