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"Custom costs too much"
"You have to wait forever to get the cabinets"
"Factory-made cabinets are better"
"Custom is only for high-end projects"
Have these misconceptions kept you from investigating the custom option? If so, take a tour of this kitchen!
A painted kitchen was commissioned in the fall. The original plans were populated with stock kitchen sizes. The contractor convinced the homeowner to consider the custom approach, which he knew would result in a better kitchen for his clients. Case by Case Cabinets worked with the client and contractor to produce a design that worked much better with the existing space and constraints.
Plans were submitted for preliminary costing in July. The homeowners decided to move forward with Case by Case and approved the final design in October. Cabinets were delivered on time on November 10th. Cost was competitive with semi-custom stock cabinets and including a shop-applied finish.
It took only 4 weeks from design approval to delivery because Case by Case Cabinets uses the same advanced technology and production techniques as any large-scale cabinet "factory." The size of a production facility is irrelevant to getting a quality product in a reasonable period of time.
Although the kitchen is modest in size and materials, it is an outstanding example of custom work at its best. Below are the details that made the owners of this kitchen very happy.
"You have to wait forever to get the cabinets"
"Factory-made cabinets are better"
"Custom is only for high-end projects"
Have these misconceptions kept you from investigating the custom option? If so, take a tour of this kitchen!
A painted kitchen was commissioned in the fall. The original plans were populated with stock kitchen sizes. The contractor convinced the homeowner to consider the custom approach, which he knew would result in a better kitchen for his clients. Case by Case Cabinets worked with the client and contractor to produce a design that worked much better with the existing space and constraints.
Plans were submitted for preliminary costing in July. The homeowners decided to move forward with Case by Case and approved the final design in October. Cabinets were delivered on time on November 10th. Cost was competitive with semi-custom stock cabinets and including a shop-applied finish.
It took only 4 weeks from design approval to delivery because Case by Case Cabinets uses the same advanced technology and production techniques as any large-scale cabinet "factory." The size of a production facility is irrelevant to getting a quality product in a reasonable period of time.
Although the kitchen is modest in size and materials, it is an outstanding example of custom work at its best. Below are the details that made the owners of this kitchen very happy.
A fridge has to be away from an adjacent wall enough for the door to open at least 90°. In a stock cabinet, this would be a filler; we made it into a tall narrow cabinet perfect for a broom and dustpan.
A radiator was fit into the back of the island, and precise measurements were taken to wrap the frame and bead board door style around it. This is not a stock cabinet detail.
This shows what to do when the lower kick of a kitchen cabinet encounters the higher baseboard of the room. The scribe of the cabinet is made wider than the thickness of the baseboard, and goes all the way to the floor. The recessed kick butts into the filler under the cabinet for a clean look.
A typical upper corner cabinet, except that it is 11" taller than a standard stock cabinet, to take advantage of the high ceilings. Going with a standard height would waste a lot of space.
This is the interior of the cabinet over the stove. The exhaust pipe goes through this cabinet. No stock cabinet provider supplies the pipe covers that help muffle the sound, create some additional insulation from the hot/cold air going through the vent, and rescue what storage space is left over.
Cabinet depth is 18" not the standard 24" to provide a 6" overhang on the other side to keep the counter from being too wide. Cabinet height is 6" higher than standard so the stools will fit on the other side.
The view from the other side showing the area for the stools. A shallow base cabinet supports the counter, and along with the counter extension, creates a micro-desk area.
The rail sits at the exact height needed to expose the full width on this fridge end panel. Sometimes this is a happy accident, but it's easier to plan for if the cabinetmaker is local and can turn the odd item around in a day and not 3 weeks.
The spice racks are simple, can be pulled out for cleaning or if they aren't wanted anymore, and they fit the homeowner's preferred spice bottle size.
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The width of this cabinet was dictated by existing conditions. The sink cabinet, which is to the left, had to be a certain width centered under the window. To the right, the fridge needed to be off the wall for the door to open. This left a very non-standard width to fill. No filler needed, though, with custom it's easy enough to make the door the right size.
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Case by Case uses applied finished ends, which simply means the outside panel is not the cabinet box side. Should the finished panel be damaged, only the panel is replaced, not the entire cabinet. Should this finished panel at the stove be damaged, it would be easy enough to change it out.