Cabinet Solution! - Week of Jan. 7

Well, based on my last posting, you'll understand that I am concerned about the cost of new cabinets.  I want new cabinets and that are step above 'stock' and have some upgraded features.  I remembered seeing advertising for Cabinets-to-go on HGTV www.cabinetstogo.com  I looked them up online and found that the closest locations were Cleveland (2.5+ hours) and Indianapolis (2 hours), and ordered a brochure (which they said would take 10 days to 2 weeks to receive), not a positive start.  But, I decided to call the Indianapolis location on Wed. afternoon (1/9), and I had a great conversation with Joe, and emailed him our layout and cabinet needs on Thursday morning. 

St. Moritz Cherry Kitchen

He explained that Cabinets-to-go carries about a dozen door styles in a limited number of cabinet configurations to keep costs affordable.  He said that he might have to modify my cabinet selections slightly to work within their available sizes.  The great thing is that these are the quality level of cabinets that I was pricing at Menards and Lowe's (and even a little more), with full overlay hardwood doors/frames including cherry, oak and birch.  The drawers are dovetailed and the cabinet boxes are plywood, not furniture board (particle board), and they are available for pick-up in one-week from a Wed. order date!! 

Now I have to select a door style and get a quote, to see if we're OK.  There wasn't a door style exactly like our favorite Shrock Parker Whiskey Black Cherry Cabinet.  Their cherry choice closest to our door style was called St. Moritz Cherry, however this is in a lighter natural finish that is less dramatic and detailed than the Parker style we liked. 


There was another cabinet style called Buckingham Sienna Rope with a more detailed face panel and an added rope trim that made it quite dramatic, and it had a warm brown finish with black accents (liked the Whiskey Black finish).  This cabinet isn't made of cherry, but another hardwood, birch. 

Buckingham Sienna Rope Kitchen

On Friday, 1/11, Joe sent a layout for the kitchen using the available cabinet sizes that closely matched our layout.  I asked a few questions, and he said he could pull together quotes for both cabinet styles fairly quickly.  He also told us that the showroom in Indianapolis had all of the cabinet options in kitchen layouts, so that we could see them in person, and that they were open on both Sat. and Sun.  Doug and I decided we should take a road-trip on Sunday to see them in person, if we were happy with the price quotes he said he'd send on Saturday.

Saturday morning 1/12, Joe sent a quote for the St. Moritz Cherry for...

$5,761.89   

YEAH!  Finally a quote in the same ballpark as my budget!  Based on the detail of the Sienna Rope cabinet, we figured it was probably more expensive, but Joe said no, it was less, as it isn't cherry.  That quote came back at $5,252.58 (even better for the budget).

 

St. Moritz Cherry Door

On Sunday, we made a road trip to their showroom, in a commercial office park on the west side of Indianapolis, not too far from the airport.  It was a cold day with pouring rain, and when we first got there around 1 pm, we were the only ones in the showroom, and got to ask a lot of questions, and check everything out.  We spent about an hour there, and also were impressed with their selection/pricing of bathroom cabinet/vanities (as our bathrooms are the next remodeling project)... In person, we actually preferred the Sienna Rope cabinet to the St. Moritz cherry, in person, but took samples of both door styles, as well as one other more traditional dark cherry/mahogany color, that was also quite impressive in person.



Buckingham Sienna Rope Door

St. James Mahogany Door

 

The awesome news from this week/weekend, is that we can move forward with our plans for tear-out and the kitchen remodel, I'm back on budget, and our project is back-on at full-speed ahead!!

Best,
Marianne