Kitchen Rebuild (part 1) - choosing base cabinets

Now that the demolition and gutting of the kitchen is complete, I needed to decide on what should be done first. I decided that I needed to begin shopping for cabinet makers for my base cabinet extension. There were a few things that I needed to keep in mind when choosing cabinets. (1) I needed something that was unfinished so I could use the same stain that I would be using for my existing cabinets that I was refinishing. (2) I needed a flat (slab) door for the cabinets and drawers. (3) I needed maple wood to match my existing cabinets. I started my search on the internet where I found a company called Young Furniture in New Hampshire. After giving them a call, I was informed that I could purchase their custom cabinets at my local Home Depot. They had exactly what I was looking for - maple wood, unfinished, with a flat faced door. Buying cabinets unfinished will save you money if you don't mind staining them yourself.

So I headed over to Home Depot to get an idea of how much this would cost and what steps I would need to take next. I made sure I brought my kitchen dimensions with me. A nice lady at Home Depot put my dimensions into an AutoCAD program and then walked me through picking out cabinet sizes and styles. She printed out the final version, and made an appointment for a contractor to come out and verify the design and measurements. She noted that the cabinets would take 3 weeks to be made and quoted me a price of $2,600 not including installation.

AutoCAD version of cabinets

DIMENSIONS