Brookhaven Cabinets: Similiar in Quality and Pricing to...
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Comments (12)We just got BH cabinets but I never even considered using Home Depot or Lowes. The experience of the KD we used for Brookhaven blew me away. Quality wise, I think BH is much better than what you'd get at the big box stores but that could just be me. Our KD was amazing and worked with us to get what we wanted in our space. The quality of the BH cabinets in the showroom was really good and they seemed much sturdier than the ones at the big box stores or even through other Kitchen Designers. BH has a lot of different options - framed vs frameless (which we got), particleboard vs plywood (we got), tons of different inside features, really solid drawer glides and soft closes, etc. We wanted cherry and their cherry was really nice and much better looking than other lines. Note, we did not look at full custom cabinets and our KD actually told us that there was no need for us to look at their Wood-mode line since we could get exactly what we wanted with BH and spend about 30% less....See Morecabinets_ help! omega brookhaven welbourne
Comments (3)Can't help with the comparison, but will put in a plug for Brookhaven. I have Brookhaven cabinets, style Colony in color Sierra on Maple. These were installed about 6 years ago (when we did our kitchen remodel with much help from this board) and they still look great and I love them. The finish is extremely durable and the "special" cabinets are great (corner pullout, pot drawers, file cabinet, spice cupboard, etc). I didn't like the "rubber" (probably plastic) strips inside that blocked the slight gap between 2 doors that met, and have pulled these strips off, but that's probably my only complaint. Imagine pictures of my kitchen have long since scrolled off the gallery. Good luck with your remodel!...See MoreCabinets--Ghrrrrrrr--Kraft Maid or Brookhaven
Comments (18)About half of my kitchen is the same Brookhaven cabinets that sarahandbray has. They are wonderful -- well made adn beautifully finished. Since I just saw a thread about cabinet depth, I will point out that standard wall cabinet depth on Brookhaven is 13" and allows you to fit larger plates and bowls in your upper cabinets. Don't get trapped into thinking that wood is necessarily better than composite materials. There are different grades of wood (generally plywood) and MDF, poarticle board or other composites. I've had plenty of plywood around here for home and school projects. In fact, there is a sheet sitting under concrete blocks on my driveway because it had some serious warping issues. Plywood is very vulnerable to warping. I can also tell you that in the two years since I had my cabinets installed, I have had several water issues -- my plumber didn't connect the prep sink properly. I had a leak inside the cabinet. Even though I mopped it up and thought I caught it fairly quickly, the bottom of the cabinet bubbled in places. No -- it wasn't MDF or particle board. This was inside my all wood Woodmode cabients on the island. On the other hand, I had water run through the pan of my rangetop and down into the cabinet belwo when someone turned their back on the new and fast flowing potfiller. I was sure there would be a problem, but you would never know. Similarly, the main sink and faucet were also not connected properly (the plumber was the source of the bigger pains in my remodel). I have had water in the bottom of that cabinet at least three times before everything was caught and hopefully fixed. No problems there either. Both the rangetop and main sink cabinets are Brookhaven. Another thing -- my KD ordered the cabinets on the end of each run with wood sides -- not because they wood was better but because she wanted to assure that the finish was the same on the ends as on the front (I have seen the two materials with the same finish and they do look different). Overall construction and finish should be more important that generic terms like "wood" or "MDF". I have heard of Crystal here but don't know anything about them personally. I don't get the imprssion that they are on par with Brookhaven though. If Brookhaven and Kraftmaid are within a few hundred dollars, I have no doubt that I would pick Brookhaven -- for the finish (which also has a lot to do with how well your cabinets last over the years), the added inch of depth and the overall quality. Plus, you have the Woodmode company behind you if you have any problems....See MorePrice and quality comparisons of frameless brands
Comments (9)I also know of InnerMost (sp?) at Home Depot, which I did not price because I somehow missed them. Also Executive, which look really nice but I have flakey local dealers that did not get back to me so not sure on price other than I got the impression they were very reasonable (one dealer was brand new to the line and just getting materials so I don't hold that against them). Plus Bellmont, which I have currently stacked all over the great room waiting for install in May. They look really nice. They have a 1900 series and a 1600 series, which differ on what's standard and also material thickness....See Moreherbflavor
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