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Dear Alice | Interior Design

Cabinets | Everything You Need to Know Part 1

Dear Alice | Interior Design

Alice Lane

Design, Visual Arts, Arts

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

We’ve had so many questions about cabinets, so we have gone to some experts and done quite a bit of research in order to be able to answer the various questions you might have on this subject. The cost of cabinetry is speculated to be around 15-20% of the home, which is similar to what we recommend for furniture when people are willing to go all in and style their home to its fullest potential. The cabinet work and finish work are two separate things, which many may assume is the same worker, and then your sizing is typically going to be custom, being what we often push on this podcast. The cost of cabinetry 2:291960’s Colonial home and cabinet door profiles 5:31Is your cabinet maker also the one to do the moldings? 15:06What to expect from your cabinet maker 18:42Sizing 22:37Dimensions of drawers for pots and pans 26:56Ideal height of sideboard/buffet and barstools 27:48Color 30:34Paint vs stain 33:31Is white out? 37:16Timeless wood stain and grain of wood 40:07Should white cabinets match the trim color? 45:28Backsplash, order of install 46:39Refinishing and filling knots 48:28“Somebody wanted to know, is your cabinet maker also the one to do the moldings? So these are like your door casings, your window casings, your crown molding, that paneling you’ve always dreamed of in your dining room. The answer is no, that’s your finish worker. You do need a finish work budget and you need a cabinet work budget, they’re two different things. Maybe in a small town he does both, but for the most part they’re different specialties.” 15:09https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/https://alicelanehome.com/https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHomehttps://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecityNews Letter:https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5

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0:00.0

Welcome to Dear Alice, a lifestyle approach to interior design.

0:22.2

Hello everyone and welcome to Dear Alice.

0:25.5

Today we're talking about cabinets.

0:27.9

So many cabinet questions.

0:29.3

It's one of the most expensive line items in a home.

0:32.6

When you're building a house, when you're remodeling it, it's just expensive and people don't know.

0:37.6

This is where we start or how to decipher which construction is best.

0:41.7

So we get questions about this all the time.

0:44.0

We've gone to some experts and hopefully can answer some of your questions today.

0:47.7

Not only on style, but on actual functionality and what to tell your cabinet maker.

0:53.6

I also feel like more than ever, people want way more cabinets in their home

0:58.1

than my parents did.

1:00.6

And so I think it would be a pro tip to say, get a hold of your house plans, populate it

1:07.0

with any areas you think you want cabinetry.

1:10.5

Make sure and do that before you hand it over to your cabinet maker.

1:13.9

Get a bid on what you actually want because nothing's more frustrating in a bill to be

1:19.2

like, oh, I forgot to tell you, I want a wall of built-ins here.

1:23.2

And then surprise your cabinet cost doesn't fit into your cabinet bit anymore and nobody's

1:30.6

the bad guy.

1:31.6

You know what I mean?

1:32.6

Yeah.

1:33.6

You have to pay for it.

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