R&S Cabinetry

Our kitchen plans are ongoing - some things changed, some things stayed the same. Knowing virtually nothing about renovations going into this ordeal, we have learned a thing or two and hopefully have made some better decisions based upon those revelations.

At this point, we have decided to not work with Home Depot on our cabinets. Our initially meeting was not totally useless as Barb did give us a great kitchen plan to work from. The problem was, we were worried about the cabinet quality. The display models were not in the best of shape and a few things were considered "upgrades" that should have come standard. KraftMaid itself is an excellent brand (from what we hear) but they mass-produce for Home Depot so the quality of a Home Depot KraftMaid cabinet may differ from a KraftMaid cabinet bought elsewhere.

With this realization, we came to schedule an appointment with R&S Cabinetry in Pearl River, New York. They are family run and have been in business for forty years. I can't even begin to tell you the difference between someone working for a reputation and someone working for a paycheck. We thought Barb was great but didn't go above and beyond. Sue, at R&S, was very knowledgeable and explained everything in depth. We have decided to go with them for our cabinetry and are using the Omega Embassy line. We fell in love with a Pearl White color with Pewter Glaze maple door. Their line offers all wood construction and the drawer self-closing mechanism as standard features. The quality seemed much greater and the price was in the same ballpark as Home Depot.

We met with Sue at noon on Monday. We showed her the plans that we developed at Home Depot and she based her estimates off of that sketch. We decided on a color, glaze and door style before leaving. By Tuesday afternoon, she called Brian back with a figure that was largely comparable to the Home Depot estimate. However, R&S's estimate included molding and hardware whereas Home Depot's did not. I definitely think we got the better deal going with R&S. We got the exact cabinet color we wanted and added bonus features that we never thought we'd have (i.e. self-closing mechanism).

Sue's husband came out to measure by noon today. They work rather quickly and indicated that once Sue draws out a sketch based upon the new measurements and we confirm the design, it will take four to five weeks for the cabinets to arrive. R&S has a side-business for granite countertops and we will be visiting their showroom in Monroe, New York this weekend.

Until then, here is a sample of our new cabinet color (Pearl White with Pewter Glaze):