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Custom & DIY Drawers and Cabinets - What They Cost!
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Ashley@Biggerthanthethreeofus
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I've been asked and asked about how we accomplished parts of the kitchen and what the costs were. I think that it's hard to find exact prices when you want to DIY parts of things and want to have other parts ordered. So, I'm sharing the price breakdown and what was DIY'd versus what we hired out for our kitchen cabinets.
*If you want to know more of the backstory to why we made some of the choices that we made, the wood we used, what paint I would recommend or just want to see more before/after pictures... make sure to head to my blog.
*If you want to know more of the backstory to why we made some of the choices that we made, the wood we used, what paint I would recommend or just want to see more before/after pictures... make sure to head to my blog.
I guess we will talk about the original kitchen cabinets first. We KEPT all the cabinets and drawers in the 'U' shape. There was nothing wrong with the actual cabinets or drawers and this saved us a lot of money! The drawer fronts on all the drawers and the cabinet doors were tossed out.
Here's the BEFORE.
My grandpa and I then made drawer fronts. We used the original drawer fronts for sizing. I believe we made 13 of them and they ended up costing around $125. They were pretty easy to make since I'm a simple girl. I wanted just a rectangle with no border or anything.
The cabinet doors were another story. There was really nothing wrong with the cabinet doors other than I didn't like the inset, raised panel AND the hinges were all on the outside. After lots and lots of looking (locally and online), we came to the realization that we weren't going to get the look we wanted without replacing the cabinet doors. The hidden hinge hardware was not meant to be mounted on a door with a raised inside panel. We were going to try to make them work but we weren't having much success. So, we went back and forth on whether to make the doors or have them custom made. After talking it over with my Grandpa (who helped me DIY the woodworking part of the kitchen), we decided to have them made.
Ok, so that get's all the drawer fronts and cabinet fronts taken care of. Let's chat about the wall that we completely took out in our kitchen and the cost/details of rebuilding it.
My grandpa and I built the fridge enclosure, the pantry and the two cabinets that flank the stove. I think the total cost of these units, once we finished, was around $475. There's quite a bit of wood there and the pantry has lots of shelves.
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Published February 19th, 2016 10:27 AM
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Mary L Adkins on Mar 07, 2016I absolutely fell in love with your kitchen. You & your grandpa are very talented. Love the pantry, refrigerator enclosure & cabinets you built to flank your stove. The color is perfect. I can just picture your beautiful cabinets in my kitchen My Dad helped build his Dad, my Grandpa's kitchen cabinets with a huge hutch or buffet server in their dining room before I was born & I'm 63. They are still in the house & just as beautiful as ever. I know you will treasure these his work for years to come. Thank you for sharing. Wish I had just a little bit of your talent.
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Ashley@Biggerthanthethreeofus on Mar 08, 2016@Mary L Adkins Oh my, you are the sweetest! Thank you. I'm trying to soak up all my Grandpa's talent and experience. He's been teaching me for a few years now (just on little side projects) but this was quite a teaching/learning adventure. I love that I will always have something that we did together in this house. Makes me smile! We are getting closer to a full kitchen reveal, but aren't quite there. I'm so happy with al the little steps though. Thanks again for your sweet comment.
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Mary L Adkins on Mar 09, 2016@Ashley@Biggerthanthethreeofus Can't wait to see it when finished. Your kitchen looks so warm & inviting. Please pass on my compliments to your Grandpa. Would be wonderful if we could bottle their knowledge & experience for future generations. You are doing just that in your way by working with, learning from & sharing with all of us. Thank you for your kind words & for allowing me to observe your amazing transformation. You are a very talented lady.
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Sherry B. on Oct 12, 2016Beautiful design and job !!!! Grandpa is awesome, you are a lucky granddaughter !!!
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Ashley@Biggerthanthethreeofus on Oct 12, 2016Thanks so much!
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