Lowes Kitchen Cabinets Part Deux
Posted on July 27, 2007 - Filed Under Housing |
Last time I went to Lowe’s, Blonde Employee deflated my master plans of a $5k cabinet install. With a quote nearing $10,000 I thought I was doomed. Kitchen Cabinets are expensive.
Next was the quote for $6600. It was in the ball park and serious consideration was given in pursuing this avenue.
Walking through Lowes I realized the "off the shelf" cabinets looked just as good as the $6200 cabinets. So I figured "Why not?" and decided getting them at Lowes may be cheaper.
Armed with dimensions for the kitchen, Lowes was my target. Cabinets lined the shelves. My particular desire, maple, was found everywhere. Thus began my quest to fill the spaces with pre-made cabinetry.
Until I couldn’t find the first piece.
Lowe’s only has 36 inch corner cabinets. Thirty four was my maximum. Ugh.
"It looks like you’ll have a dead space in your corner," crackled Mikki’s voice over my cell phone.
Dead space? Unacceptable. My objective was a nice kitchen. No "white trash" allowed here!
So I did what any grown man would do: temper tantrum.
When I had calmed down, paper sketches of failed kitchen designs laid around me. Every possible combination had been exhausted.
"Do you need some help?" a sweet voice asked.
My quivering voice, "I need all the help I can get."
"We know. We’ve been watching you and laughing."
Simply known as "The Elder", this Lowes Employee was sympathetic to my cause. My ears perked up when she informed me I could have pre-fabbed cabinets delivered to my house per my specifications within two weeks.
Price tag: $4500 (including tax)
My objective: $5000
It seems there are three tiers of cabinets at Lowes. First, there is the low-end, off the shelf, ebay destined cabinets. Then there is the higher end, pre-fabs only available in variety of dimensions. Last, but not cheap least, is the custom cabinets made to fit any kitchen.
Anger filled me as the Elder explained this to me. Why didn’t Blonde mention this before?
You know something? When you’re really angry you can’t feel yourself ripping your hair out.
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I have been struggling with my kitchen layout as well. I spent hours drawing up rough sketches of the kitchen on scrap pieces of paper, trying to find a good layout. Finally, a contractor hooked me up with a guy from Lowes that came to my house with a fancy software app. He put in the dimensions and current layout and then changed the whole layout of the kitchen, producing nice fancy drawings.
I went with the Shenandoah cabinets from Lowes (Maple, honey finish). I’m not sure what the exact price was on the cabinets because I basically am paying one price through a contractor and he bought the cabinets. He said the cabinets were a little over $5000. They should be here in 3 weeks.
Wes, the “fancy software app” sounds like what the Elder used for me. It was a rather cool, if not bulky, piece of software.
I have to admit I liked the return policy for damaged cabinets. If one is damaged, I get a replacement the next day.