Cabinets

We knew cabinets would be a big dollar item in our construction budget because Lynna needed an ergonomic work area with lots of extra drawers for storage and special features like appliance lifts, upward opening doors and some surface mounted uppers. The extra bathrooms also meant more cabinets. We went through the design process with 5 suppliers and looked at one other showroom. Three of them were unable to provide the drawer sizes & special features Lynna needed and their bids were coming in the $26,000 to $40,000 range. We found two small shops that only did custom cabinets and they could build anything we wanted in any size or configuration. We were surprised to find their prices lower than the two "Big Box" stores and the big "Custom Cabinet" shop. To get the best price, we chose cabinets in ready to finish condition. The final cost was $13,670. This was about what we spent on cabinets for our Olympia, WA home twelve years ago and less than half the cost of the higher bids. Don't be confused by these pictures, some of the upper units are stored upside down for stability.