Need new cabinetry for your home?
Do you need new cabinetry for your home for either the kitchen or bathroom, or even for your entire home. Where do you start to look? Is price the driver for your decision or is quality and style your most important factor when making your decision?
There are SO many options when it comes to cabinetry companies, but I would like to talk about the cabinetry companies that are the medium value choices. I would like to show you what to look for when your selecting your cabinets for your home.
Finish and door style is what usually grabs a consumers interest first. Dont be wooed by a pretty face. A door can entice you into making a bad decision or at least an uninformed decision.
Lets take some of the overseas cabinetry that has started to saturate the market lately. The price seems to be a good deal until you look closely. For example at GS SUPPLY Seattle WA, I studied some of there cabinetry offerings such as there American Cherry. The American Cherry cabinetry comes standard with in-motion guides but you can NOT get finished ends on these cabinets that are lacquered ..instead they are merely stained and are rough to the touch and the finish color was not consistent with the front of the boxes or the cabinetry doors.
You are told that you can get your cabinetry right away UNLESS you need to get a piece made specifically to your particular needs or size. Lets take for example a client of mine who needed a pantry only 18″ deep instead of 24″ deep. I asked the sales person if we could get it 18″ deep..they said yes, we can CUT the cabinet down and staple the back of the cabinet back on to the cabinet. Problem is that the pre drilled holes would be cut off and then there would be NO pre-drilled holes to put my clients shelving into.
The other option was to order with the correct depth but we would have to wait 60 days for the cabinets to come in from over seas, through customs. Who knows if within 60 days you would really receive your cabinetry, you are dealing with custom you know.
The construction was not lacking great craftsmanship to say the least. SEE PHOTOS of GS SUPPLY Seattle.
Compare with the construction of regionally produced cabinetry that is durable, consistent and more responsible due to regionally produced.
Pacific Crest Bellmont Cabinetry.
Kock Cabinetry available at ECOHAUS in Seattle.
Mid Continent Cabinetry available at SAVVY CABINETRY in Seattle.
What I am saying is if your don’t know what to look for when it comes to cabinetry construction details then seek the advise from a qualified professional that can guide your through all the ins and outs of any cabinetry line. Listen to them you are investing into a kitchen and it may be this one time for you but that professional has seen 100’s of kitchens similar to your perimeters.
Keep your eyes open and don’t just focus on what seems to be the better buy based on cost. If you choose these bargin priced cabinets just know what your really going to get.
If you need guidance from here or your just plain lost contact Bagley Custom Interiors for professional help.
Copper:
The (2) pictures that are see above are from a home that was the 2009 Pasadena Showcase House of Design, April 2009. Classical style with a modern touch. 
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