Kitchen cabinet questions

[Percival P. Cassidy]

We are considering remodeling our kitchen. We did the kitchen in our previous house with Mill's Pride units (with solid maple doors) from HD, and they lasted well for the three years before we moved. They have the advantage of being frameless and of having steel drawer sides, both of which contribute to more efficient use of space. They also had the advantage that I was spending my time to assemble them rather than paying somebody else to do so. Unfortunately, the range of cabinet configurations of MP is more limited than in some other brands.

KraftMaid now offers "European-style" (i.e., frameless) cabinets, but again the range of configurations is limited. Same story with IKEA.

Are there other frameless models that offer a wider range of configurations? Or is there a good reason why frameless cabinets just don't seem to be popular?

Many of the brands (e.g., Mill's Pride [sold only by HD], KraftMaid [sold by HD, Lowe's and others], Merrilat [which I've necountered in a hose but have never seen in a store]) are subsidiaries of the one company, Masco. Is there anything much to choose between them?

Any particularly good or bad brands?

Perce

[Doug Miller]

Bertch is pretty much the top of the line anywhere. Merillat and Schrock are also very good. KraftMaid... well... I've not had good experiences with them.

*Really* spotty quality control. And their customer service leaves a lot to be desired: polite as can be, but utterly incompetent.

[Dano]

I just installed Kitchen Kompact cabinets and am pretty happy with them. While they are a value line - they look great. Also I bought directly from WilsonArt so they were significantly less than the homestore value lines.

[Percival P. Cassidy]

"Premier" (sold by HD) is also a Masco company, I see.

Now I have discovered that "Diamond Reflections" (sold by Lowe's) belongs to the same group as Schrock, so it's not surprising that most of the catalog numbers are the same. But now I see that the numbers are also mostly the same as the Thomasville line of cabinets sold by HD, although I see no acknowledgment that there is any connection between Thomasville and MasterBrand (the parent co. of the other two). All very interesting.

Perce