Kitchen Remodel Update: Cabinets

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 11/02/2016 at 18:47 • Filed to: ttyymmnn's new kitchen

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Houston, we have cabinets. The countertops get measured tomorrow, and I have a punch walk with the production manager from the company that sold and installed the cabinets. At least one door will need to be replaced, and many of the shelves were 1/4" short and will be replaced. All free of charge, of course. The installers took three days to complete the work. I have never seen anybody work so meticulously as the two men who did the installation. Really exceptional work.

Appliances get delivered tomorrow, and the tile floor installation begins on Monday. By the end of next week, we should have appliances in place and functioning. Just no sink yet. We’re still on track for our December 1 completion date.

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rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > ttyymmnn 11/02/2016 at 18:52

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Those look nice. Are they Kraftmaid? I just put those in my house and they are phenomenal quality for the price.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn 11/02/2016 at 18:53

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Nice job, it all looks nice and clean.

ttyymmnn > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/02/2016 at 18:53

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I can’t say enough about the installers. They did a remarkable job.

ttyymmnn > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S 11/02/2016 at 18:55

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Mid Continent Cabinetry out of Minnesota.

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > ttyymmnn 11/02/2016 at 18:56

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They do good work.

TheHondaBro > ttyymmnn 11/02/2016 at 18:59

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Designed By Oppo™

ttyymmnn > TheHondaBro 11/02/2016 at 19:02

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Yes!

ttyymmnn > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S 11/02/2016 at 19:03

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The installers were amazing. Their attention to detail, and the methodical pace at which they worked, just blew me away. I’m thrilled.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn 11/02/2016 at 19:07

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The cabinet choice was great too.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > ttyymmnn 11/02/2016 at 19:12

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I am very jealous. Also, I hate you.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > ttyymmnn 11/02/2016 at 19:13

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Some things are worth paying for. Labor is one of them.

DynamicWeight > ttyymmnn 11/02/2016 at 19:21

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Good job! They look great. Really glad you didn’t center the handles.

ttyymmnn > DynamicWeight 11/02/2016 at 20:38

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Thanks! Me too!

ttyymmnn > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/02/2016 at 20:38

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And in this case, skilled labor.

ttyymmnn > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/02/2016 at 20:39

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Sorry.

ttyymmnn > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/02/2016 at 20:42

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Thanks. We were going to go with IKEA. We would have saved a lot of money, but we got some super high quality cabinets instead. Also, my contractor refused to install IKEA cabinets.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn 11/02/2016 at 20:48

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I’m pretty split on IKEA cabinets, some look great, but some look like they’ll only hold up to about 15 minutes of actually being in a kitchen.

getFuckedHerb > ttyymmnn 11/02/2016 at 21:24

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Show me in your pantry cabinet plz and thank you, just finishing how we want ours to be laid out.

ttyymmnn > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/02/2016 at 21:44

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I have heard from a couple of people that IKEA cabinets simply don’t hold up in the long run. It has a lot to do with the locknut construction (or whatever you call those twisting things that lock onto a screw). These things are laminated wood (not particle board or plywood) that are nailed, screwed, dovetailed, all that. They were NOT inexpensive.

ttyymmnn > getFuckedHerb 11/02/2016 at 21:52

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Not the greatest picture, but you get the idea. Shelves on the top, large drawers on the bottom. I will probably remove the top shelf above and use the space for large items like blenders and crockpots. Not sure where I’m going to put my cereal boxes. They need to be in a place where the kids can reach them.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn 11/02/2016 at 22:42

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Just look at how they wear in store from having herds of people play with them, some already show their age in the store. Also, I assume that your cabinets are plywood, which is a good material unlike particle board or OSB (which most people mistakenly call plywood).

ttyymmnn > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 11/02/2016 at 22:51

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Well, they are , but it’s fancy plywood.

http://www.midcontinentcabinetry.com/downloads/2016-Spec-and-Design-Planner-MCC.pdf

shop-teacher > ttyymmnn 11/03/2016 at 00:42

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Looking good! Shaker style doors are my personal favorite. Clean and simple.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/03/2016 at 09:06

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Just remember that originally, they only wanted a new faucet.

CaptDale - is secretly British > ttyymmnn 11/03/2016 at 11:31

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Beautiful!

ttyymmnn > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/03/2016 at 11:40

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Thanks. I’m really happy with it. Particularly because my wife and I made all the choices, not a designer. Well, the kitchen designer laid out the cabinets to maximize space and countertops, but colors, floors, etc. were are ours.

CaptDale - is secretly British > ttyymmnn 11/03/2016 at 12:12

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Well that is the most important part. Makes me really want to buy a project house...

ttyymmnn > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/03/2016 at 12:30

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My fear is that having such a nice kitchen is going to make me want to upgrade the rest of the house, which desperately needs it. Bathrooms, carpets, new deck, the list goes on and on.

CaptDale - is secretly British > ttyymmnn 11/03/2016 at 12:36

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That is what happened with my mom, but we did a lot of the work ourselves. Did the kitchen/dining room, then the living room, then the master bedroom, the the front yard, then the back yard, and now she is pitching the roof (was flat), adding forced heat and air, and changing the panel siding to stucco.

ttyymmnn > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/03/2016 at 12:48

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That’s my fear, that it will never end. I might tackle the bathroom myself.

CaptDale - is secretly British > ttyymmnn 11/03/2016 at 13:00

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Oh yeah we did those too... lol. I mean its been over the course of 14+ years in the same house.