How Do I Get A Quotation?

It’s pretty simple really, as long as you can provide the right drawings and can answer a few questions.

BTW: If you don’t have drawings, we can collaborate with you and create the drawings you need.  Yes, for a small fee.  Call or email us about that.

Let’s start with drawings.  We need concept drawings that show us basic information like dimensions, doors and drawers, stuff like that.

They don’t need to be fancy or have been drawn by an architect or designer.  You can even draw them yourself on Sketch Up or hand-draw them yourself …they don’t even need to be to scale.

*One warning here: Before you spend a lot of money having a professional create your drawings,  it will be best if they contact us first in order to understand how to draw inset cabinets that can actually be built affordably. Face frame stiles and rails need to be wide enough to allow for  the 3/4″ plywood cases we build and for fitting built-in appliances properly.  Re-drawing is an unnecessary expense.

Here’s what we need: elevation drawings that look something like this and give us this information:

  1. the height and width of each cabinet
  2. doors, drawer-fronts including special doors with glass or mesh
  3. any interior roll-out drawers, roll-out trays
  4. any detail about how finished ends are to be finished
  5. any glass or mesh doors or open cabinets
  6. any integrated appliances with matching cabinet door fronts: dishwashers, refrigerators, freezer drawers etc.
  7. any openings for built-in appliances: wall ovens, steam ovens, microwaves, coffee makers etc (for shop drawings we will need actual make and model numbers, but for a quotation, we just need to allow for the openings)
  8. Toe-kick detail: standard 4″ high, extended legs to the floor, furniture-style base or ?

 

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Then we need to know what your choices are for the following if you haven’t included it in your drawings:

  1. will the face frames be square inset or beaded inset?  Learn more about those choices here.
  2. will your cabinets be painted or stained?
    1. if they are to be painted, do you want:
      1. a solid color (we color-match your favorite paint company color)
      2. a brush-stroked solid color or
      3. a milk-paint finish
    2. if they are to be stained or clear-coated, which wood specie would you like?  White Oak, Douglas Fir, Walnut, Maple, Alder…or
  3. how do you want the visible cabinet ends (sides/gables) to be completed:
    1. flat panels
    2. matching door panels
    3. matching door panels set into face frames
  4. Do you want concealed adjustable Blum hinges or exposed barrel hinges?
  5. Toe-kick detail: standard 4″ high, extended legs to the floor, furniture-style base or ?