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Additional Kitchen Cabinet Sources

Sound buying advice and a listing of cabinet box, door, and drawer manufacturers

When husband-and-wife design/build partners Bill and Sarah Shideler remodeled their own kitchen, it was a lesson in both compromise and penny-pinching. One of the biggest money-savers, aside from their own sweat equity, was mail-order knock-down cabinets. Sarah has updated the list, most of which appeared in Sven Hanson's article Mix and Match: Mail Order Cabinets, and added additional sources you should know about as well. Along with ordering advice, she includes a list of cabinet box, door, and drawer suppliers.

To learn more about the Shideler kitchen remodel, read Thrifty Solutions for an Outdated Kitchen from Fine Homebuilding Issue # 190 (Oct/Nov 2007) pp. 54-57.

A note about buying componants

Some component manufacturers sell only to the trade. Others sell to both pros and non-pros, taking the retail/wholesale approach to pricing. But one rep at a company that sells only to cabinet shops said that "if you can sound like a cabinet shop, we'll sell to you." The important point is that you need to know what you want and how to ask for it at some of these shops. Other shops, such as Scherr's, welcome what they call "weekend wood warriors." Some companies will even apply finish to their products for an extra charge.