Countertops & Cabinets in Los Lunas & Valencia County

Valencia County is growing, and so are its kitchens

Los Lunas has added thousands of houses in the last fifteen years, most of them in subdivisions along NM-6, Huning Ranch, and the west side of the river. Those houses came with a standard builder package, and the owners are now at the point where the laminate or entry-level granite top is the first thing they want to change. At the same time, the older parts of Los Lunas, Belen, Bosque Farms, and Peralta are full of adobe and mid-century houses on acreage where every wall is different and only custom cabinetry fits. We do both, out of the same shop.

Newer subdivisions: replace the top, reface the doors

The cabinets in a 2012 Huning Ranch house are plywood boxes that were installed properly. The top is the problem. Tile or laminate out, quartz or granite in, undermount sink, one day on site. If the doors bother you, we reface at the same time: new Shaker fronts, veneer on the frames, soft-close hardware. No walls move, no permits, and the kitchen is current. Full details on countertop replacement and cabinet refacing.

Older houses and acreage: cabinets built to the wall

Belen, Bosque Farms, Peralta, and the old village of Los Lunas have houses that were built by hand and added onto over decades. We measure every wall at three heights, build to those dimensions in our Edgewood shop, and scribe to the walls on install. Stained alder and hickory, a honed or leathered stone that reads warm against plaster and brick floors, and a layout that uses every odd inch.

Hard water, open sun

Valencia County is flat and open, and newer homes have wide south and west exposure with few trees. Afternoon sun on a kitchen counter is hard on engineered quartz, and we say so at the measurement. Water across the county is hard, and on wells in Bosque Farms and Peralta it is harder, which argues for a non-porous quartz in a forgiving color or a honed natural stone that hides spotting. These two factors can pull in opposite directions, and sorting them out for your specific kitchen is the conversation we have on site.

Communities we serve

Los Lunas, Belen, Bosque Farms, Peralta, Valencia, Tome, Los Chavez, Rio Communities, and Meadow Lake. From Los Lunas we are also a short run to the Albuquerque Westside and the South Valley.

What we do in Los Lunas

• Granite Countertops — natural stone laid out on your actual slab, sealed at install.
• Quartz Countertops — engineered, non-porous, never sealed — the zero-maintenance choice.
• Marble Countertops — vanities, surrounds, and baking stations, with honest guidance on etching.
• Countertop Replacement — tear out tile, laminate, or dated stone and install new tops in days, not weeks.
• Custom Cabinets — built to your walls in our Edgewood shop, not ordered in three-inch increments.
• Cabinet Refacing — new doors, drawer fronts, and veneer on boxes that are still sound.
• Kitchen Remodeling — cabinets and countertops from one crew, on one schedule.
• Bathroom Remodeling — custom vanities and stone tops built to the space you actually have.
• Commercial & Hospitality — hotel vanities, reception desks, break rooms, and multi-unit cabinet packages.

Choosing a countertop material in Los Lunas

Most people arrive with a material already in mind. We will fabricate whatever you choose, but we are also going to tell you where each one struggles, because the climate here is not neutral. Valencia County is flat and open, with wide-open south and west exposure on most newer homes. Water across Valencia County, especially on wells in Bosque Farms and Peralta, is hard enough to drive the material recommendation.

• Granite — $55–$95 per sq ft installed. Igneous stone, every slab unique, indifferent to heat and sun. Needs sealing every one to three years. The default recommendation for sunrooms, outdoor bars, and anyone who cooks hard.
• Quartz — $65–$120 per sq ft installed. Engineered, non-porous, never sealed, consistent from sample to slab. The default for busy family kitchens and for anyone who will not think about maintenance. Keep it out of direct all-day sun.
• Marble — $75–$150 per sq ft installed. The most beautiful stone we cut and the softest. Perfect for vanities, fireplace surrounds, and a baking station. Etches from acids in a working kitchen, and we will say so.
• Quartzite — $85–$160 per sq ft installed. Natural stone that reads like marble and wears like granite. The answer when someone wants a white veined top in a kitchen that actually gets used.

Every one of those is templated, cut, and polished in our shop at 2369 Old Hwy 66, Edgewood, NM 87015, which is why we can hold a seam tight and keep an overhang even. You can see the full breakdown on our pricing guide.

How we build cabinets for Los Lunas homes

Custom does not mean expensive for its own sake. It means the box is built to the wall you actually have, in the increment you actually need, rather than the closest three-inch stock size plus a filler strip. In a region where very few walls are square and ceiling heights change room to room, that is usually the difference between a kitchen that looks fitted and one that looks installed.

• Boxes. Three-quarter-inch plywood, not particleboard. Particleboard that has met water once — a slow dishwasher leak, a sink trap drip — swells and never recovers. Plywood survives it.
• Doors and drawer fronts. Shaker, flat-slab, raised panel, or inset. Paint-grade maple or poplar, stain-grade alder, hickory, oak, or walnut. Knotty alder is the regional favorite for a reason: it takes a warm stain and hides the dings of a real household.
• Hardware. Soft-close hinges and full-extension undermount drawer slides as standard. Not an upgrade.
• Finish. Sprayed in the shop, not brushed on site. Conversion varnish over stain, or a catalyzed enamel over paint. It is the difference between a finish that holds up to fifteen years of hands and one that chips at the pulls in two.
• Layout. Drawers where you reach down, doors where you reach up. Pull-outs for trash and spices. A pantry that uses the full height of the wall. This is the part that makes a kitchen work, and it is the part a catalog cannot do.

Typical installed pricing runs $350–$900 per linear ft installed depending on wood species, door style, and how much of the run is drawers. Full details on custom cabinets →

Why hiring one shop for cabinets and countertops matters in Los Lunas

Most remodels in Los Lunas involve two companies who have never met: one sets cabinets, another fabricates stone. When the countertop does not sit flat, each explains why it is the other’s fault, and you are left holding a gap, a tube of caulk, and two phone numbers.

We run both sides under one roof. Cabinets are set and leveled by our crew, then the countertop is templated against those cabinets, cut in the same building, and installed by the same people. If something is off, it is ours, and there is nobody to point at. That is not a slogan. It is the reason the business is structured this way, and it is the reason the seams line up.

It also has a practical scheduling benefit. One contractor means one calendar, so cabinets and tops land in sequence instead of leaving your kitchen torn out for a week while a second company finds an opening.

How a project runs with us

1. Call or send the form. Jesus answers, asks what you are trying to do, and books a time to come measure. Los Lunas is about an hour from the shop down I-40 and I-25, and we group Valencia County visits so there is no travel charge.
2. On-site measurement and a straight conversation. We look at the room, the plumbing, the walls, and how you cook. If a material is wrong for your situation, this is where we say so.
3. One written number. Template, fabrication, tear-out, install, haul-away, sealing. No per-item surprises after the fact.
4. Slab or sample approval. For natural stone you see the actual slab and where the cuts land. For cabinets you approve a door sample and a finish chip.
5. Fabrication in Edgewood. Cabinets built and finished in the shop. Countertops laser-templated once the cabinets are set and level, then cut on the CNC and polished.
6. Install by the same crew. The people who measured are the people who build and the people who install. One point of contact from first visit to final walkthrough.

Countertop-only projects typically run one to two weeks from template to install. Full cabinet packages run four to eight weeks depending on wood and finish. A complete kitchen remodel is usually six to ten weeks once materials are approved.

Typical installed pricing in Los Lunas

Service	Typical range	Unit
Granite countertops	$55 – $95	sq ft installed
Quartz countertops	$65 – $120	sq ft installed
Custom cabinets	$350 – $900	linear ft installed
Cabinet refacing	$150 – $350	linear ft installed
Full kitchen remodel	$25,000 – $75,000	full remodel
Full bathroom remodel	$12,000 – $40,000	full remodel

Ranges include template, fabrication, standard edge, tear-out of existing tops, install, and sealing where applicable. Exotic slabs, waterfall edges, full-height backsplashes, and structural changes move a project toward the top of the range. Every job is quoted individually after an on-site measurement. See the full pricing guide →

What Los Lunas homeowners say

We hold a 4.0-star rating on Google, and the reviews behind it come from the same towns we list on this site. Read them on our Google Business Profile, then ask us for the phone number of a recent customer near you. We would rather you hear it from a neighbor than from us.

Also serving the areas around Los Lunas

Our shop in Edgewood puts the whole metro, the East Mountains, and the Santa Fe corridor within a normal working radius. There is no travel charge anywhere on this list.

• Albuquerque
• Northeast Heights
• North Valley
• Westside Albuquerque
• Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
• Rio Rancho
• Corrales
• Bernalillo