Remodeling a 10 × 10 ft kitchen costs about $15,000 on average, $10,000 to $25,000 for most jobs (Fixr); HomeAdvisor’s range for 100 sq ft is $7,500 to $25,000. The cabinets alone, priced the industry’s way as an L of two 10 ft walls, about 20 linear feet, run from about $1,650 for ready-to-assemble lines to $25,000 or more for custom (sellers’ prices).
Two kinds of 10x10 kitchen
- The room: a kitchen 10 × 10 ft wall to wall, 100 sq ft of floor. Layouts that fit it are on 10x10 kitchen layouts.
- The price example: cabinet sellers quote a standard “10x10 kitchen” so lines can be compared: an L of two 10 ft walls of cabinets, about 20 linear feet measured wall to wall with the appliance openings, and usually 10 to 12 cabinets, though each seller picks its own. It leaves out the island, pantry, crown molding, countertops, appliances, delivery and installation (Captivating Cabinets). It is a benchmark, not your kitchen.
What a 10x10 kitchen remodel costs
| Source | 10x10 remodel |
|---|---|
| Fixr, 10x10 kitchen remodel | $15,000 average; $10,000–$25,000; from $7,500 if you paint or reface and keep the appliances |
| Fixr, by scope | minor $7,500; major $15,000; luxury $60,000 |
| HomeAdvisor, 100 sq ft | $7,500–$25,000 |
| This Old House, 100 sq ft | $10,000–$25,000 |
Fixr’s breakdown of the 10x10: appliances about $5,000 on average ($2,500 if you keep some, $7,000 or more to replace all), flooring about $11 a square foot or $1,100, countertops for about 30 sq ft, and labor $7,500 to $9,000, half or more of the job. Moving the sink or an electric range adds $1,000 to $4,000, and a kitchen designer $1,500 to $3,000.
A 10x10 in our calculator
One measured 10 × 10 ft room in the kitchen remodel cost calculator: the L that the kitchen cabinet layout tool fills along two 10 ft walls, with a 36 in fridge, a 30 in range, a 33 in sink base and a 24 in dishwasher. New cabinets are priced on the sample’s 20 linear feet, as on the rest of this page. The other quantities are measured from that layout, not taken from the 20 feet: about 26 sq ft of countertop (25½ in deep over the base cabinets and the dishwasher, where 20 feet of counter would be 42½ sq ft), 21 sq ft of backsplash (18 in high) and about 27 ft of base and wall cabinets to paint. Each job is the calculator’s planning estimate with low to high, a 15% contingency included:
| Job | Planning estimate | Low to high |
|---|---|---|
| Refresh: paint 27 ft of base and wall cabinets, laminate top, tile backsplash, new sink and faucet | $4,880 | $2,620–$8,470 |
| New stock cabinets, laminate top, vinyl plank floor, keep the appliances | $12,820 | $6,340–$22,020 |
| New stock cabinets, quartz, vinyl plank floor, keep the appliances | $14,760 | $7,390–$26,200 |
| The same with a new appliance set and hood | $21,330 | $10,840–$44,600 |
| The same with semi-custom cabinets | $25,930 | $11,990–$52,650 |
| Major: semi-custom, tile floor, moved plumbing, a designer; no island | $32,090 | $14,660–$64,960 |
Every job has the tile backsplash, a new sink and faucet and wall paint; every job but the refresh also has four recessed lights, two outlets, demolition and permits. The refresh paints the cabinets themselves, upper and lower added together, since painters price both: about 12 ft of base and nearly 15 ft of wall cabinets in this L. The major job has no island, since a standard one doesn’t fit a 10 × 10 ft room closed on all four sides (10x10 kitchen layouts). Fixr’s $15,000 average for a 10x10 includes new cabinets, countertops and appliances, the scope of the fourth row, but it is an average of other kitchens’ jobs, not a price for this one: treat it as a separate benchmark, not a check on any row.
What 10x10 cabinets cost
Cabinet sellers price their 10x10 sample in each line. The figures below are the sellers’ own, for cabinets only unless noted:
| Grade | 10x10 cabinets | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Ready-to-assemble (RTA) | $1,650–$3,960 | CabinetSelect |
| RTA by layout | $2,500–$7,500: galley $2,500–$4,000, L $3,500–$6,000, U $5,000–$7,500 | RTA Cabinet Store |
| Value RTA | $3,000–$5,000 | Captivating Cabinets |
| Pre-assembled stock | $4,400–$8,000 | Captivating Cabinets |
| Semi-custom | $8,000–$13,000 | Captivating Cabinets |
| Custom | $15,000–$25,000+ | Captivating Cabinets |
| Installed, any grade | $2,000–$24,000, most $4,000–$13,000 | HomeAdvisor (20 to 25 linear feet) |
Installation runs about $1,000 to $4,000 on top of cabinet-only prices (Captivating Cabinets), and assembled cabinets cost about $75 a cabinet more than RTA at RTA Cabinet Store.
A quick check with HomeAdvisor’s installed prices per linear foot, times 20 feet (our arithmetic): stock $2,000 to $6,000, semi-custom $3,000 to $13,000, custom $10,000 to $24,000, which matches its 10x10 range. Prefinished Cabinets suggests the reverse: divide a line’s 10x10 price by 20 to get its price per foot, then multiply by your own kitchen’s linear feet. Per-foot prices by grade are in kitchen cabinet cost.
What is in a 10x10 cabinet sample
One seller’s sample, Prefinished Cabinets’ 10x10, lists 14 boxes and parts:
- Base cabinets: a 42 in blind corner base, a 36 in sink base, a 9 in base and a 30 in base.
- Wall cabinets: 9 × 30 in, 15 × 30 in, two 30 × 30 in, 30 × 12 in and 36 × 12 in (the short ones go over the range and the fridge).
- Fillers and panels: a 3 in base filler, two 3 × 30 in wall fillers and a dishwasher panel.
It leaves out a lazy susan, extra drawers, trim, crown, toe kick, the countertop, sink, faucet and hardware. To size your own walls, the kitchen cabinet layout tool starts from the same 10x10 L and fills it with stock widths.
Refacing a 10x10 and pricing a 10x12
- Refacing a 10x10: Fixr’s $100 to $450 a linear foot ($275 on average) comes to about $2,000 to $9,000 for the sample’s 20 feet, $5,500 at the average (our arithmetic). Against new stock cabinets it can cost as much; it saves most against semi-custom or custom.
- Cabinets for a 10x12 kitchen: Fixr prices a 10 × 12 ft kitchen with 20 linear feet at $3,000 to $13,500 installed, at mid-range prices per foot.
Questions people ask
How much should a 10x10 kitchen remodel cost?
About $15,000 on average, $10,000 to $25,000 for most jobs (Fixr); from about $7,500 if you paint or reface the cabinets and keep the appliances.
How much are 10x10 kitchen cabinets?
About $1,650 to $5,000 for ready-to-assemble lines, $4,400 to $8,000 pre-assembled, $8,000 to $13,000 semi-custom and $15,000 to $25,000 or more custom, cabinets only (sellers’ prices).
How many cabinets are in a 10x10 kitchen?
Usually 10 to 12 in the industry’s sample, about 20 linear feet (Captivating Cabinets). Prefinished Cabinets’ sample has 10 cabinets plus fillers and a panel.
How many linear feet is a 10x10 kitchen?
20 in the cabinet industry’s example: two 10 ft walls, measured wall to wall with the appliance openings. Counting cabinets only, the L our layout tool fills has about 12 ft of base and nearly 15 ft of wall cabinets; Fixr’s guides use 16 feet, or 20 to 30 counting upper and lower cabinets.
Sources
- Fixr: 10x10 kitchen remodel (updated 6 February 2025: a $15,000 average that includes new cabinets, countertops and appliances; 20 to 30 linear feet counting upper and lower cabinets), kitchen remodeling (27 January 2026: minor, major and luxury by size), cabinet installation (22 January 2026: 16 linear feet for a 10 × 10 ft kitchen; a 10 × 12 ft kitchen) and refacing (26 January 2026)
- HomeAdvisor: kitchen remodel (17 June 2026: 100 sq ft) and kitchen cabinets (17 June 2026: a 10x10 installed, per-foot prices by grade)
- This Old House, small kitchen remodel cost (5 June 2026)
- Cabinet sellers’ own prices: Captivating Cabinets, What is a 10x10 kitchen? (updated 21 October 2026: prices by tier, what the sample leaves out, 20 feet measured wall to wall); Prefinished Cabinets, 10x10 kitchen pricing (no date shown); RTA Cabinet Store, the average cost of RTA cabinets for a 10x10 (updated 31 July 2026); CabinetSelect, kitchen cabinets (updated 20 January 2026)
- Our kitchen remodel cost calculator, which names the source of every price it uses
Checked 20 October 2026; the sellers’ and Fixr’s figures again on 28 October 2026. Seller prices are for their own lines and change often; get a quote for your layout.