Cabinetry.

[volvoguy87]

As I had posted awhile ago, I'm refurbishing a house. I'm at the point where I need to pick out some kitchen cabinets. I', hoping to find some high quality steel cabinets for my kitchen, but I need a backup plan. I also need to outfit one of the other kitchens as well.

I'm looking into Forevermark Cabinets. They seem to be made of high quality materials, but need to be assembled. They seem to be affordable and the display I saw was solid. I'm looking into their Shakertown line.

Has anyone used these before or had success with other cabinetry? I don't have a great deal of money for this project, but I want good results.

Thanks,
Dave

http://www.homeemporiumcabinets.com/

 

[hydralique]

An Idea . . .

I don't know anything about these cabinets, but can tell you that most factory made cabinets don't look authentically old if that's the look you're going for since most cabinets in older homes were built by small cabinet shops or carpenters, sometimes onsite.

 

You might check and see if any municipalities in your area have adopted Green building codes that mandate or give bonuses for deconstruction of old houses being demolished or remodeled. Usually this is stated as a percentage, with a maximum allowable percentage of waste that can be sent to the landfill while the rest must be reused or somehow recycled. It's pretty hard to economically save much lumber or finish material, but cabinets can usually be removed with little damage and then assigned a high value to assist in not exceeding the maximum waste to landfill amount. Some builders will give recycled cabinets to charities that then sell them but as you can imagine they go for pennies on the dollar because they are a PITA to move and adapt to a new building. However, if you get lucky you can find old, high quality cabinets for nearly free, you just need to be able to measure your space and know what will fit and what won't and then do the legwork to find the cabinets.

[this post was last edited: 7/1/2012-21:58]

 

[wayupnorth]

Older cabinets

That is a good idea to see if there is someplace near you that does a resale type of thing. We have a Habitat for Humanity resale store that has lots of salvage building materials. Some friends got some inexpensive cabinets there and refinished them with that new Rustoleum cabinet refinisher and they really came out nice.

 

[volvoguy87]

Salvage

I'm also looking into salvage, provided I can get salvage cabinetry in the configurations I need. The above post is my backup plan. There are some re-stores around here but most of their cabinetry stock tends to be builder-grade low-quality particle-board pulled from tract houses that has really reached the end of its life.

Wood and steel can be refinished, but particle board just turns to mush,
Dave

 

[maytagbear]

Builder grade low quality particle board

When were you in my apartment's kitchen?????

Good luck in your hunt! I hope you find some lovely Youngstown or similar cabinets!

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[vacbear58]

Ikea

If you decide to go new, I am a great believer in IKEA kitchens. At least here in the UK the cabinets (chipboard) seem to be well made and the fittings they use for drawers and hinges are excellent and common across all the price ranges. There are an excellent variety of cabinets and, as as all the components are listed separatly it is possible to mix and match to get a perfect fit if you know what you are about. There is an on line planning package too.

I have fitted several in my time and have been using my current Ikea kitchen for 9 years now with no problems. I have also updated the layout several times (and about to make another minor modification!) without any problems at all.

Of course you KNOW that once you commit yourself to something modern the perfect vintage layout at a bargain price will come along

Good luck

Al

 

[davey7]

I'll second Al, IKEA cabinets use top of the line hardware too (in the US). Though metal cabinets would be cool...