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Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry

A-1 Custom Design carries a full array of cabinetry designed for every style, taste, and budget. From our beautifully handcrafted custom cabinetry to our semi-custom, prefabricated lines of Prestige and Jim Bishop to our builder series Marsh, we have the perfect cabinetry for any project or application.

Custom Cabinetry

A-1 Custom Design, Inc. has been perfecting true custom designs since 1963. We are a family run business who believes in providing the best products and services the industry has to offer. The quality and craftsmanship that goes into each piece is what guarantees customer satisfaction. When we say custom, we mean it! To A-1, a custom-built project means a project built to your specifications.

The term “custom” has become increasingly misused by many cabinet makers. To them, custom means custom-sized box cabinets which require fillers and wasted space. These box cabinets are not what you’ll get from A-1. The fact is, A-1 Custom Design still practices the true art of custom cabinet building as we have from the day we began. We fully integrate every cabinet to fit the project design and exact use.

Since beginning production in 1967, Prestige has had a single objective: to provide the finest quality cabinet at the best value in the industry. Our determination to fulfill this mission has created a self-contained, technologically advanced manufacturing plant that matches craftsmanship with precision equipment.

Because we did not want to be dependent on others to meet critical delivery schedules, we have our own fleet of trucks. We wanted the best finish in the industry so we have installed a state of the art finishing system. To maintain absolute control of our quality we build all of our products in house. Prestige even cuts and builds all of our own parts and doors. To not be dependent on dimension lumber suppliers, we operate our own rough mill which allows us to select our clear woods and offer a truly rustic product also.

Prestige cabinets deliver the beauty and strength of real wood. Our cabinets have maple “furniture type” interiors and no particle board anywhere! Prestige has become famous for producing quality all-wood cabinets. We take very possible step to protect that reputation.

Our mission is one of commitment and value by a small family in a middle-sized American town. From our founding by Jim Bishop Sr. in 1964, our traditional business approach and old-fashioned ethics have resulted in extraordinary customer satisfaction and healthy growth. As a family-owned company we don't have board members or greedy investors to answer to--which allows us to focus our energies on the most important people in our industry, our customers.

We love what we do. Maybe that's why we're more concerned with providing excellent quality, value and service than anything else. After all, it would be awfully hard for us to put our family name on anything else.

We will create long term relationships with our customers, where they will be actively involved in marketing decisions, and where future customers are waiting in line to become a part of our team as we increase our overall capacity.

Our service will be geared towards making life as easy as possible for our customers.

We will approach ethics according to the Golden Rule: Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.

We will foster an environment in which every team member is not only encouraged to grow, but is given the resources to do so.

Each member of our staff will recognize how they fit into the overall organization, and will know that he/she is an appreciated, vital member of the team.

Our products will be unique and laden with value.

We will foster long-lasting, trusting relationships with our suppliers, and will provide them with measurable, easy to understand requirements for each product that they provide to us.

From the start, Marsh was all about innovation. While other furniture companies were building for the bedroom, dining room or den, Marsh built furniture for the kitchen.

Marketed as "Kitchen Safes" and sold through retail stores, these ornate free-standing cupboards were innovative in another way. They were among the first pieces of furniture to be shipped "Ready To Assemble" or "Knocked-Down" in the jargon of the day.

The only constant in Marsh's first decade was change. Features like tilt-out flour bins with built-in sifters, sliding tambour doors and enameled metal work surfaces (the precursor to today's countertops) were added to Marsh cupboards as they began to define the modern kitchen cabinet. In 1914 Marsh introduced the radical concept of a portable kitchen cabinet by putting casters on their cupboards.

Natural wood finishes were introduced in the early 1940's and sales of Marsh cabinets grew even faster. In order to keep up with the demand, Marsh acquired a sawmill in Pamplico, South Carolina in 1944. The mill was expanded, revamped and renamed Marsh Lumber Company. Through constant updating with new equipment and management tools, it continues to be a major source for wood used in Marsh cabinets today.

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