I can't but I just had to pop in and say I have a warm place in my heart for Pittsburgh. My youngest daugter goes to University of Pittsburgh. Good luck with your kitchen!

I live near Pittsubrgh - I could not find a reasonable custom cab mfg. I ended up going with Kahles Cabinets that are made in Clarion, PA. Price wise they were pretty close to the Amish in Sugarcreek, Ohio's pricing. A friend of mine had the Amish in Smicksburg make her cabs and they were less than 1/2 the cost of mine. But, they had to do all the major measuring and they installed themselves.

The cabs are finished, but they will not be delivered until next week.

Good luck in your search

Another vote for Amish. There's an outfit in eastern Ohio called Mullet Cabinet that a friend of mine told me does work in Pittsburgh--they'll install and everything. Very reasonable as long as you don't somehow think you can get granite counters and quartersawn oak cabinets for cheap. In other words they cater to all price ranges--they definitely have plenty of nice stuff for low prices.

Here is a link that might be useful: Mullet Cabinet - Amish in eastern Ohio

Ellendi, would luck to your daughter at Pit!!!

jeannie01 and ideagirl2 thank you for the info about the amish. One question, do I have to go to Ohio, or go through their dealers? Is going through the dealer more expensive?
thanks again, sorry about so many questions.

I started working with a local general contractor that was the go-between. I just could not afford the cabinets and probably since there was a go-between involved he was getting a cut too.

My friends that dealth with the amish in Smickesburg, had to go and pick them up when they needed extra measurements or questions, etc.

Some amish still do not have their own phones or vechiles. My newphew who lives in Ohio used the amish also and his did drive.

I do not believe you HAVE to use a dealer. But if you cannot measure, do not have time to pick them up, etc. you will need someone to do that for you or you need to find an amish group that does drive, etc.

The cabinets I saw were absolutely beautiful. The workmanship was perfect. But, you do have to ask around and find the right group for your project.

Good Luck and I hope you get the kitchen of your dreams

The Woods Custom Cabinetry in 84, PA....about 35 min south of Pittsburgh.

I am just installing the cabinets that I got from them. They were great to work with. I ended up pricing the cabinets in the Shenandoah line that Lowe's sells. Lowe's was doing their buy more, save more event so I was getting $800 off plus free soft close doors and drawers. The woods met all of their promotions and ended up being less expensive for a superior product. They also worked with me to come up with a custom stain that I wanted. They came to my house and measured everything and built it to fit. Very happy with them!

It was a long time ago, but unless google is steering me wrong in jogging my memory, I once used Mid City Cabinet in North Versailles. Like many custom places, they buy doors elsewhere. I was really pleased with the work. And they were up and done -- demo to useable kitchen -- in two weeks, even with some redesign. Back then, Mid City's price came in under semi custom from kitchen and bath shops.

Kitchendreaming, if you live within a reasonable driving distance from them in Ohio, the Mullet Cabinet folks will drive out and do measurements, drive the cabinets to you and install, etc. At the very least I know from my friend that they will drive to Pittsburgh, which is like 125 miles from them. Evidently they have non-Amish people to drive them around.

If you're really far away from them, it's probably still worth calling them because I have found that Amish people who aren't in your area will refer you to Amish people who are in your area. There's this nationwide network of Amish people... Amish households literally have phonebooks (i.e., address books, plus phone numbers for the ones who have phones) that list every Amish person in America. I vaguely remember hearing about Mullet Cabinet once referring someone to another Amish cabinet maker out west somewhere. They're all very local and so they don't compete much with each other.

Thank you all for your
recommendations, I will start looking...

stacey06, I do not understand, how did the price of the custom made compared to Lowes in the end?

thanks again

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