WHY COPPES

OUR PROCESS

CRAFTED CAREFULLY

By Design

There is an order to things well made. A quiet, unhurried sequence — from vision to material to the hands that shape it — that ensures nothing is lost along the way.

At Coppes Napanee, we work through a carefully cultivated network of designers and builders. This is not simply a business arrangement. It is a considered one. These are the people who stand closest to the work — who understand both the home it will inhabit and the craft that will bring it to life. By working through them, we honor the process and protect it.

BUILT FOR THOSE WHO BUILD

Tradesman

Coppes works alongside designers, architects, and builders who hold their craft to the same standard we hold ours. When you specify Coppes, your reputation and ours stand together. Fully custom cabinetry, built precisely to your specification, made in Nappanee, Indiana the way it has always been made.

IT STARTS WITH A CONVERSATION

Homeowners

Every Coppes cabinet begins with the right conversation. Our network of designers and dealers knows our craft from the inside. They guide you through the process, translate your vision into precise specification, and make sure what gets built is exactly what you imagined.

BUILT FOR THOSE WHO BUILD

Tradesmen

Coppes works alongside designers, architects, and builders who hold their craft to the same standard we hold ours. When you specify Coppes, your reputation and ours stand together. Fully custom cabinetry, built precisely to your specification, made in Nappanee, Indiana the way it has always been made.

IT STARTS WITH A CONVERSATION

Homeowners

Every Coppes cabinet begins with the right conversation. Our network of designers and dealers knows our craft from the inside. They guide you through the process, translate your vision into precise specification, and make sure what gets built is exactly what you imagined.

Step ONE

The Conversation

Every project begins as a conversation. The homeowner and the designer meet to talk through what the space needs to be — how it should feel, what it should hold, what the family expects from it for years to come. Nothing is built yet. The thinking starts here.

Dave Hartman Grandfather Ralph 1920
Coppes employees Thomas A. Rensberger

Step TWO

The Design

The designer brings that conversation to a Coppes account manager. Together, the three of them shape the project — wood, finish, configuration, price — piece by piece. When a detail needs to be seen and touched before it's decided, a sample is made to order.

Coppes employees Thomas A. Rensberger

Step TWO

The Design

The designer brings that conversation to a Coppes account manager. Together, the three of them shape the project — wood, finish, configuration, price — piece by piece. When a detail needs to be seen and touched before it's decided, a sample is made to order.

Coppes employees Thomas A. Rensberger

Step THREE

The Commitment

The designer brings that conversation to a Coppes account manager. Together, the three of them shape the project — wood, finish, configuration, price — piece by piece. When a detail needs to be seen and touched before it's decided, a sample is made to order.

Step THREE

The Commitment

Once the design and the price are settled, the project moves into production. Each piece is built to that agreement, nothing more and nothing less.

Dave Hartman Grandfather Ralph 1920
Coppes employees Thomas A. Rensberger

Step FOUR

The Delivery

Finished cabinetry arrives at its destination. If the project calls for it, Coppes installs the work directly — carrying it through from the first conversation to the last cabinet set in place.

This is how fine cabinetry is made. Carefully. Together.