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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about drawer dividers? The ones from the cabinet maker seem much nicer but I'm not sure how many we need. There will be a lot of drawers.[/quote]

Is this a cabinet maker or a "custom" cabinet line? [i](Are you dealing with the person whose company is making them or is it a company that carries multiple cabinet lines from different suppliers).[/i]  If it's a cabinetmaker, the inserts are usually (not always, I'd imagine) a bit nicer and you can probably do a specific layout per drawer -- not a trim-to-fit unit like you'd deal with aftermarket or a generically laid out unit like you'd get via many custom box kitchens. Those still usually work fine and can look nice -- I have a trim-to-fit in one of my cabinets that's perfectly adequate.

Regarding pricing for pullouts or components - If it's a cabinet line, that designer or salesperson has to specifically order every component that is going to be delivered from the supplier, from toe-kick to under-skin.  As such, that order will have an easily defined price for each item that should be easy to provide -- just ask.

If it's a cabinetmaker, it depends on how they do their pricing.  My company (different state so not lobbying for work here) factors at least one trash pullout, a blind corner unit and 2 inserts in a standard kitchen.  If we're pricing a larger kitchen, we'll adjust accordingly.  This type of pricing back and forth can be an anchor for moving a project we're building forward, so we just assume it in the initial pricing and will note if there's a larger expense we see incurring from a request.  Not many people are deleting trash pullouts, after all.  But we don't advertise, work with established builders and are rarely "shopped around."  Other shops facing more competition may feel the need to give a pared-down price and then line-item each addition, else it comes out of their pocket.  It's reasonable, but it might muddy the water on final cost, which makes everyone a little distrustful of the process in the end.
 
In reality all of the answers provided by others throughout this thread may or may not be correct based upon your specific kitchen and how much clearance is available in each space. Regarding peg boards, I've stored plates and bowls in drawers for years with a non-slip mat and never needed the pegs, but when we recently got new taller bowls they sometimes toppled when fully stacked and operating the drawer, so after years I finally started to use one single peg.

You can absolutely buy aftermarket vertical pan dividers and a door-mounted spice rack (I think that's where you landed in an earlier post), but pantry inserts (if they're pullouts) I would order from your cabinet maker/supplier and have them fitted specifically to the box and able to clear any door or hinge unencumbered.

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