First off DO NOT buy an imported Chinese made cabinet. In China little to nothing is regulated as you all know and they make their particle board boxes with very heavy use of formaldehyde. This will make you sick. They are also very ugly. Most are plastic like finish with a very very high gloss finish with strange colors like bright red or blue or yellow. In China they do not have drawers in kitchens, only doors.
Some one a couple posts above mentioned Merillat. That happens to be the brand I recommend first as it has been in my showroom for at least 25 years. In recent years I will not touch another brand. Honest ! Merillat is the oldest and largest cabinet company in the world. Merillat Masterpiece is Merillat's high end cabinet and is made by Kraftmaid but stamped as Merillat. Just like Kenmore makes appliances for Sears and Sears puts their name on it.
A few mentioned Kraftmaid. Just so you all know. Merillat is a Masco Company. Masco owns many cabinet companies including Kraftmaid, Mills Pride, Quality Cabinets, Cross Creek and several more. Masco owns 90% of the world market in faucetts. All the names you know like Delta, Peerless, Aqua Glass and more are all Masco products.
Other simular good quality cabinets are Wood-Mode, Cardell, Karman, Masterbrand, Mastercraft, UltraCraft, Norcraft, Armstrong. There are some very very high end production boxes like Omega. The biggest junk on earth next to Chinese cabinets are IKEA or Cabinet Tec.
You cant really go wrong with any of these quality brands I mentioned and Im sure I left a few out. Another real piece of trash are those unfinished birch faced with corrugated cardboard cabinets sold by Home Depot. How they can sell those things with a straight face floors me. Why anyone would fall for laying out money for one insults me.
One thing is for sure though, and I said this so many times on here so forgive me for saying it again: Refacing cabinets are far more expensive then buying brand new cabinets. Any day any time any place. Refacing is like you wearing a nice brand newly pressed suit and tie while wearing dirty old sneakers. And you still have old filthy rotted interiors.
And another thing. Do not pay anyone retail price. Your big box stores like Home Depot and Lowes charges full list price. I call that rape. You would not pay sticker/list price for your new car then dont pay it for cabinets. Almost every area has a discount building supply place.
If you have any questions I would be happy to answer.
Best of luck to you......
Last edited by desertsun41; 10-28-2008 at 11:57 AM.. Reason: sp
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