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mb3303
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Username: Mb3303
Post Number: 118
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, January 9, 2005 - 7:02 pm: | 
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I am looking to have my kitchen renovated and am particularly interested in what sorts of things I need to be considering and forewarned about when choosing cabinets (and countertops). The range in prices is considerable and I'm just wondering if anyone has any advice on what to be looking for, where to shop, etc. Thanks! |
6yearrez
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Username: 6yearrez
Post Number: 55
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 9, 2005 - 8:21 pm: |
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I'm sure others will have more detailed answers, but I'll start you out with our experience- we did our kitchen around 8 years ago and have done a few sizeable projects since then.
If you have "limited" funds for renovating a kitchen, the money goes the furthest (farthest?) when you put it towards good cabinets. It's relatively easy to change countertops, flooring, etc. later. This was our experience- we were limited in funds, and we got great cabinets but are planning to change the counters and floors as our next big project. (We have formica with a beveled edge, and good Armstrong vinyl flooring- the kind that has the color deep into the vinyl, which at the time was a more costly vinyl but didn't show scratches that easily). The cabinets are great (well, anything is great compared to what we moved into, but that's another story.) and will last forever, it seems. Just losing some knobs right now, but they're easy to replace.
Our contractors have always worked through certain local businesses at which we chose cabinets, plumbing fixtures, etc. My experience is that a contractor gets a deal (some % off), and you can potentially also get your contractor's price from that business. The places we generally shopped were Jaeger Lumber for cabinets and Lawrence Kantor over on Scotland Rd. for plumbing.
Hope that helps. |
happyman
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Username: Happyman
Post Number: 220
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 9, 2005 - 11:45 pm: |
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I recently did a kitchen and found this site invaluable:
Kitchen Forum
Check out the "Gallery" too. Also, I comparison shopped through the stores, but frequently bought through the internet.
PL if you would like . . .  |
Flik Chik
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Username: Flikchik
Post Number: 102
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:44 am: |
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Check out ikea cabinets...cheaper and very high quality.... |
Zoesky1
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Username: Zoesky1
Post Number: 608
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 2:16 pm: |
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I think it's a better investment to put in granite (or something similar) countertops from the get-go. I've redone three kitchens from A to Z (in three different houses), and just finished having granite installed in my current house, too. Of those complete renovations, 3 involved granite and one involved Silestone, which is a quartz-based countertop very similar to granite. I think kitchen renovations today practically consider granite "standard" in areas such as ours; granite has become typical in a new kitchen. You may regret going with a cheaper alternative such as laminate (Formica) or Corian. Granite is also getting cheaper and cheaper, and is no longer always considered a high-end material. |
cmontyburns
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Username: Cmontyburns
Post Number: 609
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 10, 2005 - 8:31 pm: |
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Midrange corian is as expensive as granite. High-end corian can be much more expensive than granite.
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