We're in the midst of a kitchen remodel and just had our Eudora cabinets delivered yesterday. Two were improperly packed and destroyed in shipping. The rest have multiple paint flaws, cracks in joints, and generally shoddy workmanship. The glaze is 5 different shades and looks like is was applied by a kindergarten class. My wife and I are so upset with this absolute junk we called our designer and told him to get them out of our house and refund our money. We'll see how that goes but the final word is: don't buy Eudora cabinets!

We also are current members of Direct Buy but when we joined the membership was $2500. Their sales tactics are creepy and I was a nervous wreck after we joined. But we made up that money in savings our first year on furniture and I had priced out through several locations including North Carolina. We have purchased many things there at a good savings but I have also found things cheaper on certain items through the internet. We are in the process of doing out kitchen but I did not use Direct Buy for the cabinets. At our location you have to pay for the kitchen design (ridiculous considering the membership fee)plus they do not come to your house or do the measurements. You are solely responsible and if anything goes wrong you will be responsible unless it was an ordering mistake on their part. I do feel that we got a very good savings on the granite and tile and definitely furniture but I don't know if I would join at $5,000. I know there are mostly negative opinions about Direct Buy and had I read those when I joined I think I would have turned and run. I think it depends on the location but we have been very satisfied but I also think we are more the exception than the norm.

All any warrant is is a measure of the confidence of the manufacturer has in their products. Hardly anyone ever receives satisfaction from a flooring warranty, or a furniture warranty either, but the fact that a manufacturer is willing to stand behind their products for that long is a testament to how confident they are that they have a good product. You have to balance that out with the actual longevity of the company so far. If Kraftmaid offers you a lifetime warranty, you can bet that they will be in business 15 years from now to fulfill that warranty. If JoeDon's Cabinet Shop has only been in business 3 years, then you've got far less chance of receiving any warranty service 3 years from now, much less 15 years from now. Even though JoeDon may have a beautiful product, statistically, Kraftmaid is a better bet. However, you may pay for for that surety with Kraftmaid. And, the only things that are covered by a warranty are manufacturer's defects. Most of those will be apparent in the first 6 months of usage, not years down the road. And the reason that you have issues down the road is usually due to normal wear and tear or abuse, not a manufacturer's defect. An example would be a corner base cabinet with the 2 hinged doors. If you aren't careful closing the door, you can scratch the adjacent door on the handle side. And if you lean on the door a bit while you are trying to find something in the interior and over time the hinges start to come lose, that's abuse in both cases and wouldn't fall under any warranty coverage.

I did my whole showroom in Hafele. Did the install myself. Simple to do. They are dimmable. You plug a dimmer controller into the driver. Simple. Warm White lower wattage for up lighting, warm white higher wattage for under cabinet. Drivers inside corner cabinet, hidden by basket. Warm white higher voltage also hidden behind face frame of corner cabinet to light it. The electrical outlet is underneath the right side of the corner cabinet, and the occupancy sensor switches are under the corner cabinet. They aren't pretty. But, they have to be visible to detect motion. [Traditional Wine Cellar[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-wine-cellar-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_755~s_2107) by Other Metro Kitchen & Bath Designers ProSource Memphis Cool White, except under glass cabinets, which is warm white. Controller/dimmer to left of sink, right where the electrical outlet is that powers the install. Driver on top of cabinets. Wires run through cabinet interior, hidden by face frame. Glass cabinet tape lights hidden behind face frame to light cabinet interior. The outlet and driver for this section is on top of the wall. [Transitional Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/transitional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2112) by Other Metro Kitchen & Bath Designers ProSource Memphis Warm White, dimmer controlled underneath cabinet to the left next to oven, where the power originates. Driver is in top glass cabinet, with control wire run through cabinets hidden behind face frame. [Transitional Kitchen[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/transitional-kitchen-ideas-phbr1-bp~t_709~s_2112) by Other Metro Kitchen & Bath Designers ProSource Memphis