Good grief. In an effort to bring this cabinet controversy to some kind of resolution, the estimator (who came up with this idea), the architect, Randy and I all took a field trip this afternoon to the local cabinet maker (hereafter known as LCM), with the upscale (i.e. ones I want) sample cabinet doors in hand to see if the LCM could indeed recreate them at a lower price. To make another very long story short, the answer is, "Maybe. Kinda. We'll see." The upscale doors are like nothing the LCM has ever done before, but they will take a crack at making some samples, somewhat reluctantly. The other unknown, of course, is this: even if the LCM _can_ make appropriate doors, will they be any less than the cost of the upscale doors from the original provider? I have a feeling this story line is going to drag on. And on. And on. And I'm not sure there will be a good outcome.
The upside is that we all learned a whole lot of stuff about cabinetry that we never knew before. How the pieces and parts get made in the first place, mostly. And we did select a countertop material and color for the laundry room, whoever ends up making the cabinets. Zodiac. Astral Pearl. Cool.
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