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Kahle's Kitchen Cabinet Quality?
Comments (7)Jennifer, Sorry about that! Houzz didn't auto sign me in and I didn't realize. We're a dealer who has been using them since pre2010. They're a great family run business. They are an excellent company to work with, modifications to your heart's desire, and pricing is comparable to other semi-custom lines of the same construction quality. Their quality is wonderful and most other known brand names that consumers are aware of are not even close in comparison. We'd compare them to Richmaid and Vermont Cabinetry in the 90s/00s. Their workmanship is superb but their brand is not known to the masses. If you check out our business page, you can see many dozens of their installed products....See MoreQuality all wood kitchen cabinets online or at big box?
Comments (38)So I read this about the 10-20% suggestion -- "The suggested numbers will be skewed at both the low end and the high end. It's really hard to do anything less than a 15K kitchen in a 50K house, as even rental grade components still cost a certain amount. It's the same with the upper end homes in areas where the market hasn't crashed too badly. When you live in a 1950's 1400 square foot box close inside the beltway in DC, you're not likely to spend 100K on a kitchen, even if your home is valued at that 1M. Most of the value is in the land, not the home." I was thinking "holy moly" until I read the qualifier -- five bedroom house in Arlington way inside the beltway (closer to 4k feet than 1.5) and we never ever pondered 100-200k when we were updating our kitchen. With respect to cabinets, we went the other way when updating (not remodeling -- and not gutting and rebuilding) our kitchen. When we bought the house a little over 13 years ago, it had a newly updated kitchen. White Shrock cabinets -- no solid wood was harmed in their construction. We never loved them, but we never hated them either. They're still fine. Heavy use from a family of five (well, 5 for the past 9 years) and they're still fine. Some little issues here and there, but they are not falling apart or listing or coming off the walls. When updating the kitchen early this year we started with the cooking facilities -- a 36" range and proper hood, with adequate ventilation. Added a new floor, because it really was time, a new matching pantry (which does have some solid wood inside), and small things, such as pot racks. We elected not to replace the cabinets because the old ones basically still work for us and the basic white looks fine to us -- not beautiful or lovely or awesome, but fine. Lovely cabinets are lovely, but it's a big kitchen, and the extra 30k or more we might have spent on substantially nicer cabinets was money we chose to keep. Similarly, we kept our granite counters -- not our favorite pattern, but a decent neutral tone, decent counter space, and they've held up just dandy to everything -- hot pans, you name it. I've nothing at all against the up-market cabinet suggestions. Paying for quality materials and workmanship absolutely makes sense if it's in-budget and appreciated. I'm just adding the perspective of somebody who has found a more budget oriented option to hold up fine. For me, the kitchen is about cooking. Storage is necessary, but I start with the cooking equipment -- range or top plus oven(s), ventilation, and prep space. For me -- just my perspective -- the boxes come somewhere down towards last. For free, I'd swap them in a heartbeat, but it's not free....See MoreGood quality kitchen cabinets
Comments (2)We bought stained hickory cabinets from home depot in a previous house and ten years later they were still in great condition....See MoreUpper Kitchen Cabinet Interior Quality Issues
Comments (0)Took a look at our install and am very disappointed in the quality of the upper cabinets - specifically the interior where the side and back panel meet the bottom of the cabinet. All are cut poorly with various uneven gaps. I’m also concerned about issues with water & pests down the line. This is the Diamond line of cabinets from a local cabinet place - not big box - so I wasn't expecting this. Our budget Ikea cabinets didn’t have gaps! Is this normal and if not, what kind of fix should I expect? Also where in the process would this have occurred? Fabrication, install, etc? Thanks for any insight - new to all this!...See Moretryingtounderstand
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