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• Kitchen Cabinet Prices: How Do They Figure

  Kitchen Cabinet Price formulas are generally the same from one retailer to another.  Cabinet manufacturers have "List Price," and this price is usually in the "Just Under Astronomical" category. List prices ARE handy for manufacturers though, since they only have to print one price book. What happens next is that each retailer is given a [...]

  
  
  

• Kitchen Cabinet Terms, Terminology, and Jargon

  I found this trolling through some forums and ran across someone who didn't quite understand some of the lingo in manufacturers' product descriptions. Here's the gist of what was said on the message board: Would you please help me with the following jargon? I don’t understand how to compare. I am trying to decide between [...]

  
  
  

• Toe Kicks, Toe Space

  Toe kicks are the board on the front of cabinets you'd kick if you stepped too close. Pretty ingenious name, eh? Toe kicks come in a few different flavors. Many manufacturers offer a laminate toe kick (some sort of ply or partical type wood with a pleasant looking skin) but some even offer real wood [...]

  
  
  

• The Site Went POOF!

  Wow, what a sickening experience.  This weekend I got an email from this site's host saying there was trouble, and that the server was getting wiped.  I've done this before, so I wasnt' all that worried. I got another email Monday that things were back up and running, and that I could restore the site [...]

  
  
  

• Formica 180fx Countertops Look Just Like Granite

  Formica came out recently with some stunning new countertops. Sounds like they took actual photos of stone and somehow got those images into their countertop material.     I met up with a local Formica countertop salesman this week who showed it to me and left one of the samples. This Formica countertop material is [...]