I found that Home Depot had qualified kitchen cabinet designers. Our designer especially listened to what we wanted and came up with the perfect design. For $120, we were able to see a sketch. With that sketch we could go to anyone to get a bid or just use Home Depot. If we used Home Depot it would be applied towards the price. We opted to use Home Depot because of the great sketch our kitchen cabinet designer shown us and because we were able to defer the cost, unlike other places, for a year.
We wanted to remodel our kitchen and had heard of all sorts of horror stories about Home Depot. So, we elected to check elsewhere. We went to semi custom stores and found it way beyond what we wanted to spend. Now, my theme was going to be a Tuscan kitchen. I have a small home with a small kitchen. So this was going to be a challenge. I also had a lot of statues that I wanted displayed in the cabinets, so that I would not need a china cabinet which would take up floor space.
Most of the other places we checked wouldn’t even give us a design unless we provided them the contract. All they would do is talk in generalities. One generality they gave us was the cost. For a semi custom job, we were looking at $30,000 easily without the appliances, sink, counter tops, or extra frills. Well, we finally decided to check out Home Depot and see what we personally could find out.
A clever way when you have a small kitchen and connected living room is to create extra small cabinets, called bistro cabinets, on top of your cabinets. They look great and you won’t need a china cabinet. What would have cost me $30,000 for semi custom cabinets, instead cost me about $16,000 for Kitchen Kraft Cabinets which look just as good. In fact, when people come into my house, they think I had it customed made. All we did is custom the design. It is also a good idea to bring in any pictures of kitchen designs that you would like to explore. You might not be able to have the exact design due to your space however, this gives the designer an idea of what your taste is like in a kitchen design.
It is not cheap to redo your kitchen. However, renovating a kitchen is the best dollar for dollar costs back to you. We sold a home a few miles away and decided to scale down as we approach our retirement. We had a smaller home that we rented out for two years. My goal was to create a Tuscan villa. We moved in and now we have our own Tuscan villa . Home Depot came through for us. We have used Home Depot in many of our renovations. Nothing is 100% smooth all the time, but overall we are very pleased with Home Depot.
