Laundry room cabinets in Lynn, MA share a small room with two machines that move, so Custom Cabinets Lynn plans your run around the machines instead of the walls. Wall cabinets with a folding counter across them and a tall broom bay run $1,600 to $6,000 fitted. Built-in cabinetry by the foot runs $500 to $1,200 custom, or $200 to $550 semi-custom. Our cabinet price guide shows why a short run looks expensive per foot.
We open with a question most people have never had to answer. Does your washer load from the top or from the front? A top-loading lid has to swing right open, so the cabinet above it hangs higher than a kitchen cabinet and you lose the bottom shelf. A front-loading pair lets us run a counter straight across both machines and hands you the whole surface.
We measure your machines before we measure your room. Then we need to know how far they stand off the back wall once the hoses, the vent and the drain pipe are all behind them. That gap is what your counter has to reach over.
Most laundries in this city are in the basement, and a basement is not a heated room. The damp hangs around down there for months after it has left the rooms upstairs. So we build the box for that space rather than matching what is already in your kitchen.
Where the cabinetry is going
Wall cabinets hung over the machines
We hang your cabinets off the wall and put nothing on the floor beside a machine. A base cabinet next to a spin cycle takes a shove twice a week and works its own screws loose. Where your washer loads from the top, we set the cabinet bottom high enough for the lid to clear. Where it loads from the front, we bring the run down and give you that shelf back.
A folding counter across the gap
Your folding counter is a bridge, and it is the surface in this room that gets leaned on hardest. A 3/4-inch top crossing two machines with nothing under the middle sags for good once a wet basket has sat on it. So we either carry it on a rail at the back with a leg at the open end, or we build the top thicker where it bridges.
A full-height bay for everything else
We give you one tall bay wherever the room allows it. The ironing board, the vacuum and the mop have nowhere else in a house to go. A deep supply drawer gets heavy, and a full case of liquid detergent gets close to the 75 lb a Blum soft-close slide is rated for. So we put that drawer on heavier side-mounted slides instead.
A hamper, a sink and the width between them
We fit a pull-out hamper and a Rev-A-Shelf tray unit where there is width for them, and we leave them out where there is not. A laundry that only works when everything has been put away is a laundry nobody uses. So we size your storage to how the room actually runs on a Tuesday night.
How we fit it to your room
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We measure your machines before your walls
We take the depth of both machines with the hoses connected and the vent on. That figure is larger than the one on the sticker, and it is what your counter has to cover.
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We find out whether your floor is flat
We lay a level across the machine bay in both directions. A basement floor is usually pitched toward a drain, and a washer standing out of level walks across it under load.
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We keep your shutoffs and drain pipe reachable
We leave the valve box open or behind a lift-off panel rather than closing it in. Burying it means cutting your new counter apart the first time a supply hose lets go.
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We work out where your dryer heat goes
We check the vent run and leave air around the machine instead of boxing it in tight. Trapped heat and lint is a fire risk on its own, and it also cooks the finish on the cabinet next to it.
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We fix into the framing and set every door
We land our screws in studs rather than in plaster, then adjust each hinge before we leave. The doors in this room get swung with a full basket in the other hand.
What a laundry does to a cabinet run
A shelf in here carries more than a kitchen shelf does
Detergent, softener and bleach are heavy, and unlike dinner plates they sit on your shelf all year. A well-built shelf holds 15 lb per square foot for a week without sagging, and a row of jugs sits near the top of that. So we keep the shelf spans short in this room, and a shelf that has bowed under a row of jugs was never built for it.
Damp air decides the box, not the door
A basement holds moisture that a heated room upstairs sheds by February, and the cut edges of a panel are where it gets in. We build your boxes from plywood, because plywood holds together down here. A particleboard box swells along its bottom edge and stays swollen.
The cabinets need no permit, the pipework behind them might
Hanging a run and a counter over machines that stay where they are counts as an ordinary repair, so you need no building permit for it. Moving the drain pipe, running a circuit for a second dryer or cutting a new vent through the house framing is a different job. We tell you which side of that line your plan sits on before you sign.
What a catalog run costs against a built one
Fabuwood boxes trimmed to read as built-in are the cheap version of this room. They are the honest answer where your walls are square and the run is a straight line. The giveaway is the filler strip at the end. In a basement corner that has moved there is usually a tapered one at both ends.
What the drawing has to say
| Laundry cabinetry, uppers and folding counter | $1,600 to $6,000 |
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| Custom built-in cabinetry, by the foot | $500 to $1,200 per linear foot |
| Semi-custom built-in cabinetry, by the foot | $200 to $550 per linear foot |
| Blum soft-close drawer slide rating | 75 lb per drawer |
| Shelf load test, held for 7 days | 15 lb per square foot |
| Indoor humidity across a New England year | 25% to 65% |
A custom closet system in Lynn runs $100 to $350 per linear foot. A fitted reach-in runs $1,046 to $3,210 and a walk-in $2,500 to $8,000. What moves the number is whether the run carries drawers and a finished face, or just hanging rail and shelf.
| What the job is | Typical range | Unit |
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| Custom closet system, priced by the footMeasured along the closet wall. The bottom of the range is melamine shelf and rail. The top carries drawer banks, a finished face and adjustable hanging. | $100 – $350 | per linear foot, installed |
| Walk-in closet, priced by the footLower per foot than a reach-in because a walk-in has more wall to spread the fixed costs over. The number to compare two walk-in quotes on. | $70 – $270 | per linear foot, installed |
| Walk-in closet, whole roomA fitted walk-in with hanging, shelving and at least one drawer bank. The spread follows the drawer count more than the square footage. | $2,500 – $8,000 | installed |
| Fitted reach-in closetA single wall behind a door, doubled up on hanging and shelved to the ceiling. The most common closet job and the one that changes a bedroom most for the money. | $1,046 – $3,210 | installed |
| Walk-in dressing room, hardwood face and full drawer banksBuilt like cabinetry rather than like shelving, in a room that is used as a room. Island, seating, glass fronts and lighting all sit at the top of this range. | $3,000 – $25,000 | installed |
| Garage cabinets and storage wallWall cabinets, a base run and a worktop in an unconditioned space. Different material spec from an interior cabinet, because a garage in this climate swings further than a heated room does. | $1,800 – $7,500 | installed |
| Laundry room cabinetry, uppers and a folding counterWall cabinets over the machines, a counter across them and usually a tall broom bay. Short run, so most of the cost is the fitting rather than the boxes. | $1,600 – $6,000 | installed |
Want yours measured properly?
We come out, measure the opening at three heights and check how far off square your walls sit, then put a written number on it before anything is ordered.
Questions we get asked
How much do laundry room cabinets cost in Lynn?
$1,600 to $6,000 for wall cabinets over the machines, a counter across them and a tall bay at one end. Your short run looks expensive against a kitchen at $500 to $1,200 per foot. That is because the planning and the trimming take us the same time whether the wall is 4 feet long or 14.
Can I put a counter over a top-loading washer?
No, not a fixed one. The lid has to swing right open. So a top-loader gets wall cabinets hung high and no counter over it, while a front-loading pair takes a counter straight across and gains you the surface.
Will cabinets survive in an unheated basement?
Yes, once we build the box for it. A plywood box holds together where particleboard swells along the bottom edge. We also hang your run off the wall rather than standing it on a floor that goes damp every spring.
How much weight will a laundry shelf take?
A well-built shelf holds 15 lb per square foot for seven days with no sag and no joints opening. A row of detergent jugs sits close to that all year round, which is why we keep your shelf spans short in this room.
Do I need a permit for laundry cabinets?
No, not for the cabinets themselves. Work that touches none of the plumbing, wiring or structure counts as an ordinary repair. Moving your drain pipe or adding a circuit is a separate conversation and a separate line on our quote.
Who fits laundry room cabinets near me in Lynn?
Custom Cabinets Lynn builds and fits laundry runs across Lynn and the North Shore. We measure your machines with the hoses on before we go near the walls, because the machines are the part of this room that cannot move.
Nobody wants a laundry counter that sags the first winter or a cabinet that swells in a damp basement. We build the boxes from plywood, hang them off the studs, and keep the floor beside your machines clear. We would rather leave you a gap you can reach a shutoff through than close the wall in and look tidy.
If you want the same treatment on a closet, reach-in closet systems covers the one-wall version of it. Garage cabinets and storage is the page for the other unheated room in the house, and everything we handle lists the rest.