We carry eight cabinet lines, but two of them account for most of what leaves our showroom: Fabuwood and Innovation Cabinetry. We are an authorized dealer for both, which means we have no reason to push one over the other — and customers ask us to compare them constantly.
Here is the straight answer.
The short version
Fabuwood is the safer pick for traditional and transitional kitchens, has the widest dealer network in the country, and is known for consistency — a Fabuwood door in Florida matches a Fabuwood door in New Jersey.
Innovation Cabinetry is the stronger pick for modern and frameless kitchens, is headquartered in Tampa, and offers frameless construction that squeezes more usable space out of the same footprint.
Both use plywood box construction and soft-close hardware as standard. Neither is a compromise.
Construction
Fabuwood builds framed cabinets — the classic American construction, with a face frame around the box opening. Framed cabinets are structurally forgiving, which matters in older homes with out-of-square walls, and they suit shaker and raised-panel door styles naturally.
Innovation builds frameless, also called full-access. No face frame means the door covers the whole box front, drawers can run the full interior width, and you gain a few usable inches across a run. It also gives the flat, continuous look that modern kitchens rely on.
Both use plywood boxes rather than particleboard, which is the specification that matters most in Florida humidity, and both come with soft-close doors and drawers as standard rather than as an upcharge.
Style range
Fabuwood’s catalog is deep in the traditional-to-transitional range: shaker in several widths, raised panel, beaded inset looks, and a large painted palette. If you want a white shaker kitchen that will still look right in fifteen years, this is the easy answer.
Innovation is stronger at the contemporary end — slab fronts, high-gloss and matte lacquers, textured melamine and acrylic finishes, and European-influenced door profiles. If your reference photos are flat-front and handleless, this is the line to look at.
There is overlap in the middle. Both do a competent transitional shaker.
Finishes
Fabuwood’s finish range is broad and well-documented, with published door style and color combinations you can look up before you visit. Their signature and designer palettes cover most of what homeowners ask for, and custom color matching is available on some series.
Innovation leans into finishes that suit frameless construction — high-gloss, textured, and wood-grain melamines that read as contemporary rather than traditional. The gloss finishes in particular are hard to replicate in a framed line.
Both need to be seen in person. Finish photographs are unreliable; a warm white on a screen can read grey in a north-facing kitchen. We keep full-size door samples of both on the floor for that reason.
Lead times and availability
Both are semi-custom lines built to order, so both run weeks rather than days. Painted and specialty finishes take longer than stock stains in either line. We give you the current lead time for your specific selection when you order, because it moves.
Innovation being headquartered in Tampa is a genuine practical advantage on logistics and on resolving problems quickly, though it does not change the manufacturing lead time itself.
Which one should you choose?
Choose Fabuwood if your kitchen is traditional or transitional, your home is older and the walls are not perfectly square, you want a shaker or raised-panel door, or you want the reassurance of the most widely carried line in the country.
Choose Innovation if your kitchen is modern, you want slab or high-gloss fronts, you are working with a tight footprint where the frameless interior gain matters, or you like the idea of a manufacturer twenty minutes up the road.
If you are undecided, the door samples will decide it faster than any comparison article. Both lines are on our floor at 10286 US Highway 19 N in Pinellas Park, open seven days a week.
See all eight cabinet lines, read our guide on how to choose kitchen cabinets, or book a free design consultation.
