The next day Larry and I turned to the Internet in an attempt to find high quality custom kitchen cabinets at a reasonable price, and hopefully a company we would feel comfortable dealing with. Our experience shopping on the Internet in the past had been generally limited to small purchases such as books, CD’s and an occasional item of clothing. With as daunting as the task of buying cabinets seems anyway, how in the world would we be able to make a selection over the internet? At the time, we weren’t sure, but we decided to press on. Then we discovered Cabinetry Direct. With their well laid out web site, we found it easy to browse and shop for our kitchen cabinets, and even easier to obtain full and detailed pricing – all at the click of a mouse.

It took us just 30 minutes of comparing the numerous door styles and wood choices, cabinet and hardware specs, and we had ourselves a complete price quote for our new cabinets. At this point, we were pleased to discover how easy it was for us to tweak our kitchen design using the full pricing that is listed on-line. We would upgrade or downgrade various components of the whole project, like the door and drawer styles, the wood choice, the box make-up and even the drawer hardware, and were able to immediately see how it affected the bottom line. We soon settled upon a combination that we felt would give us the most kitchen for the money and the look that we desired.

The process of ordering our kitchen cabinets was over almost as quickly as it began. We faxed our drawings to Cabinetry Direct for review. From this, their designers drew up a computerized plan of our kitchen which they promptly faxed back to us. During a telephone conference about our kitchen, they made pertinent suggestions for cost saving as well as other helpful recommendations. With their guidance we were able to maximize the use of our unique space and enhance the workability of our design. For instance, we eliminated the need for any filler strips. The absence of fillers gives you more usable space, a cleaner look, and a truly custom installation.

Back on the phone with Cabinetry Direct. We double and triple checked our specs and measurements and made sure that all the doors and drawers on the cabinets would function properly without interfering with one another upon opening. We discovered this is an especially important consideration at inside corners and near range hoods.

By now, we were very comfortable with our plan, our choices and our dealings with the folks at Cabinetry Direct. Excitedly, we went ahead with our order for the cabinets. That evening I turned to Larry and said “Boy, we sure could have saved a lot of time and frustration if we’d only known about these guys earlier.”

Since we’d gone this far without a local cabinet shop, we decided we would save even more money and install the new cabinets ourselves. We’d never done this before, but can tell you now that it’s not nearly as hard as you might think. Anyone with reasonable handyman skills and just some basic tools can install a kitchen. You’ll know you’re getting a good job, and will have even more pride in your new kitchen. Follow this link to our other article, “Installing Kitchen Cabinetry Yourself" and we’ll detail the simple steps that you need to take to install your own kitchen cabinets, plus show you a picture gallery of our finished kitchen.

The time passed quickly, as we were busy preparing for our new cabinets. As promised, our kitchen was shipped 8 weeks to the day after our order was placed. Upon arrival, we were pleased to see how well the kitchen cabinets were padded and packed for safe shipping. With great anticipation, we removed the careful packaging from each of the cabinets and were thrilled to see the rich glowing tones of the natural cherry we had chosen. In all honesty, these kitchen cabinets far exceeded our expectations. Thanks Cabinetry Direct for making our internet shopping experience for kitchen cabinets a pleasure.