Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s important to know. It helps with planning. I’m putting my kitchen and bath renovations off until 2029. It’s just smart.

75% of the cost of remodels is labor, not materials.

It's insignificant unless one is buying gaudy cheap materials from overseas. If one was already buying American products, there is no difference.

It’s closer to 2/3 and 1/3. I finished a $500k remodel two years ago,

You poor impoverished person! How awful you must worry about money!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our cabinets are made in the Shenandoah Valley out of US lumber. Our granite countertops also are US sourced. (NH is called The Granite State.) No tariff impacts.

Our furniture, silverware, and steel pots and pans also are made in US. No tariff impacts.

Our crystal was made in EU, but we don't need more. Our lead-free china also was made in EU, but we do not need more. (Frustrated that we were unable to find any high-end lead-free made-in-US china.)

FYI, your countertops are not from New Hampshire. NH doesn’t have countertop grade granite. Its granite is not dense or iron free enough for high end use. US sourced granite is mostly Virginia mist.

Interesting. We had thought the use of Virginia in the name was just marketing.

I think it either originally came from Virginia or was mainly quarried there at first, but now it comes from several different states - ny, pa, and va. Much of the other countertop quality granite quarried in the U.S. is that speckled type that was used a lot in the 90’s.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our cabinets are made in the Shenandoah Valley out of US lumber. Our granite countertops also are US sourced. (NH is called The Granite State.) No tariff impacts.

Our furniture, silverware, and steel pots and pans also are made in US. No tariff impacts.

Our crystal was made in EU, but we don't need more. Our lead-free china also was made in EU, but we do not need more. (Frustrated that we were unable to find any high-end lead-free made-in-US china.)

FYI, your countertops are not from New Hampshire. NH doesn’t have countertop grade granite. Its granite is not dense or iron free enough for high end use. US sourced granite is mostly Virginia mist.

Interesting. We had thought the use of Virginia in the name was just marketing.

Anonymous wrote:Our cabinets are made in the Shenandoah Valley out of US lumber. Our granite countertops also are US sourced. (NH is called The Granite State.) No tariff impacts.

Our furniture, silverware, and steel pots and pans also are made in US. No tariff impacts.

Our crystal was made in EU, but we don't need more. Our lead-free china also was made in EU, but we do not need more. (Frustrated that we were unable to find any high-end lead-free made-in-US china.)

FYI, your countertops are not from New Hampshire. NH doesn’t have countertop grade granite. Its granite is not dense or iron free enough for high end use. US sourced granite is mostly Virginia mist.

Why kitchen cabinets? Did Home Depot ask for the Epstein files to be released or something

Nytimes article on cabinet and furniture tariffs

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/realestate/trump-tariffs-cabinets-vanities.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pE8.kbDh.wSmoLtmqJi30&smid=url-share

Our cabinets are made in the Shenandoah Valley out of US lumber. Our granite countertops also are US sourced. (NH is called The Granite State.) No tariff impacts.

Our furniture, silverware, and steel pots and pans also are made in US. No tariff impacts.

Our crystal was made in EU, but we don't need more. Our lead-free china also was made in EU, but we do not need more. (Frustrated that we were unable to find any high-end lead-free made-in-US china.)

We are wrapping up a remodel and trying to buy furniture. It’s already an issue from existing Trump tariffs. Appliances suddenly unavailable, made-in-US furniture having issues with things like fabric, and all of it getting more expensive. So glad ours is almost done.

I can’t stand Trump but as someone who cares about the environment I would be somewhat happy if this kills the market for cheap furniture sold on wayfair etc.
This is going to totally kill Ilea though, right?

This is gojng to totally screw his base. I’ve got money so I’m already buying upholstered furniture from places that make it in America. But most of America that voted for him is buying stuff at Walmart or Target or wayfair that is cheap imported stuff.

The cabinets are made in America but I think a lot of them are using Canadian lumber. Appliances mostly made abroad. Even hardware made here is using metals mined abroad. Our countertops were made abroad as well but I think you can find sl made in America (from imported materials). Our tile was imported from Spain — the American made tile was surprisingly limited in color, shape etc,, and it was really hard to find places with samples of it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s important to know. It helps with planning. I’m putting my kitchen and bath renovations off until 2029. It’s just smart.

75% of the cost of remodels is labor, not materials.

It's insignificant unless one is buying gaudy cheap materials from overseas. If one was already buying American products, there is no difference.

It’s closer to 2/3 and 1/3. I finished a $500k remodel two years ago, and I would have been unhappy to spend almost an additional $100k in tariffs. Increasing 1/3 of a renovation budget by 50% is going to cause an overall increase of 17%, not to mention the cost of delay in getting materials.

And American products will increase their prices because they can. This is how tariffs work. If you are an American company making cents on the dollar because your labor costs so much more than labor in country X, and now all of a sudden, tariffs are making country X’s products 1.5 times as expensive, then it’s obvious that you will and should increase your prices. American cabinetmakers have already had to increase their prices due to tariffs on imported wood and metal hardware. Cabinets “made in America” consist of 30+ components coming from all over, many of which are tariffed.

Just buy stuff made in the US.

A lot of cabinetry is made in the US and you can get some great cabinetry (and modern furniture too) from the Amish right up the road.

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s important to know. It helps with planning. I’m putting my kitchen and bath renovations off until 2029. It’s just smart.

75% of the cost of remodels is labor, not materials.

It's insignificant unless one is buying gaudy cheap materials from overseas. If one was already buying American products, there is no difference.

I think it’s important to know. It helps with planning. I’m putting my kitchen and bath renovations off until 2029. It’s just smart.

Just an FYI if you are planning upgrades or a reno soon.