"RP" wrote in message
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Why don't you just have "your cabinetmaker" manufacture the cabs? He's
obviously invested some time and interest in your project. Even if
he's 25% -50% higher it seems as though you would be a lot better off.
I recently had a client tell me that my prices were higher than Ikea,
and in my nicest, most concerned voice I told her that you get what
you pay for and that I use "green" products as much as I can with low
VOC finishes. That sold the kitchen right then and there.

I did buy cabinets from the cabinet maker. It was he who suggested that
for the simpler cabinets - such as those in a bathroom - that I might be
better with off the shelf. But he didn't know of any website that sold
frames that were a higher quality birch plywood construction.

So I'm investigating using a mixture of custom and off the shelf.

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W