Kitchen cabinetry is a term that refers to a bunch of shelves, doors and
drawers that are :
(1) designed to hold specific items, efficiently, in the least amount of
space,
(2) impress everyone,
(3) cost a fortune.

"Cheap" Kitchen cabinetry is a violation of rule #2 and #3.
"Standard" Kitchen cabinetry is a violation of rule #1.
"Custom" Kitchen cabinetry is the only solution... and that's why it's
expensive.

If one was not interested in #2 and #3, one could whip up a set of custom
kitchen cabinets for about $150-$200 in plywood (double that if one uses
furniture grade plywood). However, only ex-hippies will find them
interesting. :-)

An intermediate approach would be replace doors, etc, with new doors and
drawers from :
http://www.woodcabinetdoors.com/

HTH

Lynn wrote:
Hi All,

I am new here and have just bought my first house. I wanted to see if
I could get some advice. I am doing some kitchen remodeling and I am
trying to select cabinets. The guys doing the work highly recommends
a fellow who custom makes cabinets. I met him and he seems really
nice. Have not inspected any of his work, but I trust the people
recommending him. The only thing is that the cabinets for 30 linear
feet cost 12K! This is for cherry cabinets (they are not all Cherry
as I guess the insides and shelves are particle board?) and its just
the basics.

I looked at home depot, and KraftMaid is around 5 grand. I was told
the KraftMaid line at home depot is of lower quality and is made just
for home depot. It will cost 1600 for my guys to install the
KraftMaid cabinets (or whatever else I buy).
Thus we are talking about 6600 vs 12,000. Does anyone have thought or
advice on this?????

I would really appreciate it!

Lynn