[Woodworkers] Pricing cabinets

[Greg]

Dave,
   Thanks. Well I have a little secret when it comes to the hardware...

My dad is a regional salesman for Blum... So, I can get quality hardware
at.. let's just say, extremely reasonable prices...

Greg.

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 2:41 PM 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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