crown point is wonderfully high-quality cabinetry. they are also probably one of the most expensive. i got an estimate from them just for kicks and it was about $60K for a kitchen smaller than yours.

i'm sure you've seen their beautiful ads in all the kitchen mags. that advertising money has to come from somewhere.

contact a local custom cabinet-maker in your area--you can still get very high quality custom cabinets without paying an arm and a leg.

I have nothing but praise for CP. We purchased stained cabinets from them 3 1/2 years ago. We actually thought th cabinets were a good value--price for what we got (I'm comparing them to bathroom cabinets we had made 10 years before by a local cabinetmaker--with no adjustment for inflation.) But we live fairly close to CP which may have made a big difference in cost since it is included in the price. I can write more later. They are an excellent company to work with.

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They are gorgeous, no doubt. These are the cabinets I originally wanted but they just cost too much. I couldn't justify it in our neighborhood and during this market. That being said, if price isn't an issue I think they are some of the nicest cabinets available - especially for historic homes.

I love CP but knew I couldn't afford them. I chose a local guy with whom I'd worked for years because I knew my work had to be truly custom (1858 house). I've been very happy with my decision. I'm in Richmond; email me if you want to his number as he doesn't usually take residential jobs.

Custom Wood Products in Roanoke manufactures high quality cabinets with some inset styles in a broad range of woods and finishes. You might want to look at their offerings. They are also sold online by the Fashionable Enclosures website, I believe.

Here is a link that might be useful: Custom Wood Products

I've been installing a crown point kitchen this last week, the cabinets are very nice. Starting tomorrow, I have to install a set in a bathroom (like 7 cabinets!) They are all inset, and the owners selected 1" thick doors. Wow, a lot of wood.
They are painted, and the finish is very good.
My one gripe was the decorative-legged cabinets have very little capacity for scribing to an uneven floor; IMO, they should leave the legs a little long so you can trim them without having to shorten the entire cabinet base. In this kitchen, every base cabinet needed scribing, and half of them had legs.
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A friend has them. They're about 11-12 years old, and very beautiful, but not as solid feeling as I'd like. And the shelf hardware was crap plastic. She replaced it all. (She's not a fanatic. If it had been plastic that had held up, she would have been fine with it. But it broke and shelves (plural) were falling down.)

A few months ago, a cabinet door broke and fell off at the joins. Her carpenter glued it back together.

She's happy with them. But I wouldn't say it's the only game in town.

All of the shelf supports in our CP cabinets are metal. The hinges seem very solid. Our cabinets are 3 1/2 years old and they look and work like they did when we first received them.

I should rephrase.

The brackets may not have been plastic, but whatever they were, they were bad and she had cans and screws holding up some of the shelves after a couple of failures. Neither was on an overloaded shelf - in fact one was on a decorative shelf with just a few things on it. They may well have solved the problem since then.

The cabinet broke in the middle of the door, not at the hinge. No children use this kitchen.

I'm honestly not trying to slam them. My friend's experience is obviously not typical. And she's still happy with them. So there you are.