So Many Decisions: Cabinets

Everyone who remodels a house says it: there are so. many. decisions. Nik warned me, but because I am typically a decisive person, I didn’t think it would be a problem. But, man... the relentless decision-making is real.

Most recent decision: kitchen cabinets. As I type this, I am sitting (for the fourth time now) in Sincere Home Decor in downtown Oakland, with the world’s most patient sales rep/designer, David. I’m here approving the final order of our kitchen cabinets.

Cabinets are proving to be the single biggest expenditure (other than the house itself!) in the remodel - coming in at over $10k.

So much money, it wouldn’t all fit on one card...

And that’s with us saving the existing wall cabinets, and doing the installation ourselves! At least the cabinets we are buying are made in Ohio, so I can feel good about boosting the US economy.

Only one of the many bewildering displays of options for cabinets

Decisions to make so far have included:

- which design software to use to mock up the design (I tried IKEA’s, and MOD Cabinetry’s, until my old RSI flared up)

- where to put the new French doors

- where to put the new back door

- what kind of flooring to put in the kitchen

- what to use for a countertop material.

I’ll leave the countertop decision for a blog post all its own.