Any recommendations for a cabinet line for kitchen renovation?

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Anonymous wrote:We have Brighton cabinets we got through Cabinet Discounters. Remodeled five years ago and very happy with them. They are semi-custom and we paid on average $1k/cabinet.

We just spent a TON of money on a very expensive cabinet line. We ended up having to buy some additional cabinets “on the cheap” because our budget ran out and so we figured we’d compromise. (Cheap is in quotes because nothing is cheap). We stumbled on Brighton at Cabinet Discounters and installed them in the same kitchen as the expensive line. The construction is not exactly the same but in terms of look and feel they are almost identical. If we’d found Brighton sooner we may have saved ourselves a lot of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Avoid Wolf.

Can you say more about what you don’t like about Wolf?

[Anonymous]

I don't really see the point of finding the cabinet line before hiring a contractor. Contractors will know much more than you do and may well have preferences for certain lines. Every contractor I interviewed had 1-3 lines they were willing to work with. Why does your architect want you to do this?

[Anonymous]

Forevermark is what my guy suggested

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We used Century 21 and they are fine. They don’t have a lot of style and color options but they’re dovetail and slow close. The price was right.

I decided I didn’t want to keep waiting for “someday” when I could afford the custom cabinets I really wanted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ikea would be your best bet here. Far far better quality than anything else in the bottom half of the price point - quality more like top 20% of cabinets. And price in the bottom 20%. People make a big stink about the non customization, but for 95% of kitchens it works without any trouble.

Their wall cabinets are 15" deep.
Too deep in my book. I dont know why they did that. Used to be 12".

[Anonymous]

Wellborn sucks.

My spouse talked me into tearing out our highAquality but very dated wood cabinets and replacing them with a new kitchen on “the cheap” (noting it’s impossible to do any home remodel in Dcumlandia on the cheap).

Long story short: I’m babying these stupid cabinets to protect them long enough until we downsize and relocate. They look pretty, but the quality is just cheap and easily marked/scratched.

I miss my old 1980s wood cabinets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wellborn sucks.

My spouse talked me into tearing out our highAquality but very dated wood cabinets and replacing them with a new kitchen on “the cheap” (noting it’s impossible to do any home remodel in Dcumlandia on the cheap).

Long story short: I’m babying these stupid cabinets to protect them long enough until we downsize and relocate. They look pretty, but the quality is just cheap and easily marked/scratched.

I miss my old 1980s wood cabinets.

Is this a painted vs wood (stained) thing?

[Anonymous]

My designer uses Shiloh for people who want semi-custom. No upcharge for inset.

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We've had our Kraftmaid for maybe 14 years and still happy with them.

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Kraft maid is not cheap.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Avoid Wolf.

Can you say more about what you don’t like about Wolf?

They were not particularly inexpensive but they came with plastic shelf pegs that don't hold any weight. We're trying to find metal replacements. I'm a little worried that once we do, they'll strip out of th e peg holes or something.