Kitchen cabinets–do it yourself?

[jpinpb]

If you go to Home Depot, give them 50 bucks, they will have someone come out, take measurements and provide them to HD. Then you meet w/someone at HD who has a computer program, punches in your dimensions, locations of any windows, sinks, frig, oven, microwave, etc. They help you design it all. You decide what kind of cabinets, wood, color, etc, etc. They can actually give you a virtual view of what it will look like. Kinda cool.

You are not obligated to use their installers. You can just buy the cabinets yourself and then install them yourself, or hire someone else.

Been checking into this myself. Though I got a lead on someone who actually makes custom cabinets and says will beat HD pricing. Meeting on Saturday. We’ll see.

[ucodegen]

[quote=hbuzz]I installed our kitchen cabinets myself. We used IKEA’s cabinets which are probably more geared towards DIY.
The hardest part was the planning ahead on what types of cabinets you need, how the doors will open etc.
And, invest in a good laser-level.[/quote]

I would have to agree.. and emphasize, plan ahead, measure and then double check plans. Once you start, there is no going back, and changing your mind gets very expensive.

[ucodegen]

[quote=hbuzz]I installed our kitchen cabinets myself. We used IKEA’s cabinets which are probably more geared towards DIY.
The hardest part was the planning ahead on what types of cabinets you need, how the doors will open etc.
And, invest in a good laser-level.[/quote]

I would have to agree.. and emphasize, plan ahead, measure and then double check plans. Once you start, there is no going back, and changing your mind gets very expensive.

[ucodegen]

[quote=hbuzz]I installed our kitchen cabinets myself. We used IKEA’s cabinets which are probably more geared towards DIY.
The hardest part was the planning ahead on what types of cabinets you need, how the doors will open etc.
And, invest in a good laser-level.[/quote]

I would have to agree.. and emphasize, plan ahead, measure and then double check plans. Once you start, there is no going back, and changing your mind gets very expensive.

[ucodegen]

[quote=hbuzz]I installed our kitchen cabinets myself. We used IKEA’s cabinets which are probably more geared towards DIY.
The hardest part was the planning ahead on what types of cabinets you need, how the doors will open etc.
And, invest in a good laser-level.[/quote]

I would have to agree.. and emphasize, plan ahead, measure and then double check plans. Once you start, there is no going back, and changing your mind gets very expensive.

[ucodegen]

[quote=hbuzz]I installed our kitchen cabinets myself. We used IKEA’s cabinets which are probably more geared towards DIY.
The hardest part was the planning ahead on what types of cabinets you need, how the doors will open etc.
And, invest in a good laser-level.[/quote]

I would have to agree.. and emphasize, plan ahead, measure and then double check plans. Once you start, there is no going back, and changing your mind gets very expensive.

[paramount]

I replaced all of my kitchen cabinets on my own. Turned out pretty good, although I used stock cabinets from Lowes. I wouldn’t try it myself if I were ordering custom cabinets.

Also, many kitchens are cookie cutter meaning direct replacement cabinets are often in stock at Home Depot or Lowes. This assumes you want to stick to the standard layout which is exactly what I would do if this were your 1st time installing a kitchen.

[paramount]

I replaced all of my kitchen cabinets on my own. Turned out pretty good, although I used stock cabinets from Lowes. I wouldn’t try it myself if I were ordering custom cabinets.

Also, many kitchens are cookie cutter meaning direct replacement cabinets are often in stock at Home Depot or Lowes. This assumes you want to stick to the standard layout which is exactly what I would do if this were your 1st time installing a kitchen.

[paramount]

I replaced all of my kitchen cabinets on my own. Turned out pretty good, although I used stock cabinets from Lowes. I wouldn’t try it myself if I were ordering custom cabinets.

Also, many kitchens are cookie cutter meaning direct replacement cabinets are often in stock at Home Depot or Lowes. This assumes you want to stick to the standard layout which is exactly what I would do if this were your 1st time installing a kitchen.

[paramount]

I replaced all of my kitchen cabinets on my own. Turned out pretty good, although I used stock cabinets from Lowes. I wouldn’t try it myself if I were ordering custom cabinets.

Also, many kitchens are cookie cutter meaning direct replacement cabinets are often in stock at Home Depot or Lowes. This assumes you want to stick to the standard layout which is exactly what I would do if this were your 1st time installing a kitchen.

[paramount]

I replaced all of my kitchen cabinets on my own. Turned out pretty good, although I used stock cabinets from Lowes. I wouldn’t try it myself if I were ordering custom cabinets.

Also, many kitchens are cookie cutter meaning direct replacement cabinets are often in stock at Home Depot or Lowes. This assumes you want to stick to the standard layout which is exactly what I would do if this were your 1st time installing a kitchen.

[MANmom]

Not that hard to do unless your walls/ceilings are not square.

[MANmom]

Not that hard to do unless your walls/ceilings are not square.

[MANmom]

Not that hard to do unless your walls/ceilings are not square.

[MANmom]

Not that hard to do unless your walls/ceilings are not square.

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