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Originally Posted by photon
Who are you using as a cabinet maker? I'm going to put a small kitchen in our basement and was looking around for cabinets, there's Ikea and a few other options when it comes to ready-to-assemble types but might be worth getting an estimate for something more custom (though to be honest the normal sizes end up being fine for what I've laid out).
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Somebody many kilometres away! Scoopy posted about a cabinet maker further up. (2812) .
In any case, Merillat owns KraftMaid, and I chose Merillat because they have the blue color I wanted and they also have a good selection of sizes or whatever you call it.
Down here KraftMaid is sold at Lowe’s and Home Depot. It’s also sold by some designers. However, Merillat has a line called Masterpiece that is (supposedly) better quality.
I was getting so fed up with the whole process that I almost went with Lowe’s. I asked the designer (just casually) how much space is needed behind a dishwasher. She asked me how it was going to be plumbed. I kinda
thought that might be her department but okay. I said assuming the lines are run from the sink which is how my present dishwasher is plumbed. She asked again, how is it going to be plumbed. And I said, I don’t know. In the layout I’m hoping for I’ll only have about 3” behind the dishwasher to play with. Is that enough room to run hoses like I have now. She slammed her hands down and shook her head.
Then I went to a locally owned shop and ended up with the owner designing my kitchen. We’ll then use the cabinet guy to fabricate what stock Merillat can’t.
I should have gone to the local people to begin with, but I always think they’ll be more expensive. They’re not. And the service is so much better.
Perhaps you meant to ask Scoopy, pho.
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