Author: kitchen crayon
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Types of Lazy Susans: Your Quote Names the One You Chose, Not the One You Got
Your quote says Lazy Susan. Or it says Super Susan, if you went that way. Either way it’s one line, you glance at it, and…
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Blind Corner vs Lazy Susan: The Comparison Actually Makes
Search this and you’ll get a dozen articles, and they all land in the same place. Blind corner holds more. Lazy Susan is easier to…
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Framed vs Frameless Cabinets: What “More Storage” Actually Means
I sold both for years, and by the end almost nobody walked out with framed. That wasn’t an accident. I recommended frameless, and I recommended…
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Thermofoil vs Painted Cabinets
Three years of writing kitchen quotes. Nobody ever asked me about thermofoil vs painted cabinets — not once. And I sold plenty of thermofoil. I…
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What Decides Cabinet Price
Nothing in your kitchen is priced by the square foot. Keep the same layout, the same cabinet count, the same dealer — and your number…
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The Fine Print I Put in My Own Quotes
In three years, not one customer ever asked me about the small type. I know exactly what they asked about instead, because it was always…
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One Door, 107 Days, and Nothing Behind It
One door. One hundred and seven days. And there was nothing behind it. Not nothing as in the cabinet was empty. Nothing as in there…
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Lazy Susan vs Super Susan? Lose the Pole
Every kitchen has a corner. Most have two. Sooner or later somebody points at the drawing and asks what goes in there. Short version: skip…
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The Nine Wall Cabinet Heights, and Why Your Ceiling Picks One
Across the counter, one of the most common questions I used to get from homeowners was some version of: “How tall should my upper cabinets…
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Kitchen Countertop Materials: Which One’s Flaw Can You Live With?
I sold countertops for years, and I could set my watch by the first question. Somebody would walk in, put both hands on the sample…
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Should You Hire Your Own Cabinet Installer? The Hidden Cost Nobody Talks About
Many homeowners save money by buying cabinets from one company and hiring a separate installer. Sometimes it works perfectly. Sometimes it creates a problem no…
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Which Cabinets Actually Hold Up in a House With Kids
Nobody with kids has ever asked me this. I’ve thought about why. I think it’s because you don’t walk into a showroom in durability mode.…
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Why I Couldn’t Just Give You a Number
Somebody I knew asked me what a kitchen would cost. Roughly. Ballpark. Just so they’d know. I couldn’t answer. I explained why — I’d need…
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The Upgrades Worth Paying For, and the Ones Nobody Uses
People used to come in and ask about wood. Now they come in with a phone. They’ve seen the flat white kitchen with no handles…
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What Your Cabinets Are Actually Made Of
There are four or five lines on a cabinet quote that describe what you’re actually buying, and almost nobody reads them properly. Structure. Cabinet box.…
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The Kitchen You Approve Isn’t the Kitchen They Order
When it’s time to approve your kitchen, someone is going to show you a picture. It’ll look like this. Clean, three-dimensional, lit nicely. You’ll see…
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Why the Same Cabinets Cost Different Amounts at Different Dealers
You get three quotes for your kitchen cabinets. Same manufacturer. Same door style. Same color. Same box construction. The prices are thousands of dollars apart.…
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What “Lifetime Warranty” Actually Means on Kitchen Cabinets
Somewhere in your cabinet paperwork is a document called a Limited Lifetime Warranty. Almost nobody reads it. It arrives in a stack with everything else,…
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What Happens When Your Cabinets Arrive Damaged
By the time your cabinets arrive, you’ve already paid for them. That’s how this industry works — the balance is usually due before delivery, not…
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How to Read a Cabinet Quote, Line by Line
Most articles about cabinet quotes describe them. This one shows you one. Below is a real quote I wrote when I was designing and selling…