[Woodworkers] Pricing cabinets

[Greg]

Thanks Paul, that is very helpful and pretty much in line with what I was
thinking.

Greg

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 2:01 PM Paul Sheridan via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> I would say you would be between $600 and $800 per cabinet for custom work
> for those size boxes.  You are going to pay more that $150 per cabinets at
> the big box stores for particle board junk for cabinets that size and they
> won't be half as nice as what your going to build.   Quality costs money.
>  Just my thoughts
>
> Paul
>
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 11:06 AM Dave Heitstuman via Woodworkers <
> woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:
>
>> I would say that the price is very reasonable, although you might be a
>> tad low on hardware?  I have a tendency to go with better quality hardware
>> on stuff for myself and was really surprised how expensive it has gotten on
>> a project I did last year.  My daughter had something similar done in her
>> living room, I could check with her on what she paid for professionally
>> built and installed cabinets.  Her price should be slightly less since it
>> was done as part of her kitchen cabinets.  The only problem is she is out
>> of town this week so she cannot look at the paperwork.
>>
>> With that said you are missing one critical item.  There is a standing
>> rule at our house.  Every project gets a tool J  On a smaller project
>> such as this maybe some little gadget that will aid in the construction of
>> the cabinets.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Woodworkers [mailto:woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org] *On
>> Behalf Of *Greg via Woodworkers
>> *Sent:* Monday, August 12, 2019 6:35 AM
>> *To:* A place where woodworkers talk about woodworking
>> *Cc:* Greg
>> *Subject:* [Woodworkers] Pricing cabinets
>>
>>
>>
>> Hey guys; I'm having a bit of a debate with the wife and could use some
>> help.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm starting prep work on my next project which will be a pair of custom
>> upper cabinets for a back hallway.
>>
>>
>>
>> I designed them up, calculated materials cost etc and gave my wife the
>> number. She was like "that seems a bit high to me..".
>>
>>
>>
>> See she, like many people, are used to seeing "big box" non-custom
>> cabinet prices; and while my cost is still significantly lower than that;
>> (obviously, being a family project my labor is free) she still wasn't
>> impressed with the number.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, in discussing it further she said "well, find me what the cost of
>> custom would be." Well, of course, all customer cabinetmakers won't quote
>> prices without a consult and I don't want to waste their time when
>> obviously I'm not going to give them a sale.
>>
>>
>>
>> Can someone please ballpark me a figure?
>>
>>
>>
>> Info:
>>
>> A pair of 42" tall x ~44" wide (double door) plus side trim to flush them
>> to the side walls (on each side of the 88" space).
>>
>> The cabinets are to be painted; so "paint grade" materials (3/4" Baltic
>> Birch ply cases 1/4" ply backs)
>>
>> Poplar face frame.
>>
>> Doors are full overlay simple shaker style (flat panel) doors (poplar
>> frame, 1/4" ply panels)
>>
>> Two adjustable (peg) shelves per cabinet.
>>
>>
>>
>> My estimated lumber costs came in at $200 and I'm figuring 50 for
>> primer/paint and 25-30ish for hardware. I just rounded up to $300 and gave
>> her that as our cost.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'll probably also put in a strip of crown molding between their tops and
>> the ceiling but I didn't include this in the price at this point.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Greg
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