I am having my kitchen completely redone and now going back and forth with a cabinet maker on the final design and layout. He is going to build all the cabinets and drawers with 3/4" plywood, and the doors would be solid wood which he would order from somewhere. I will go pick out any hardware and he would install them and basically I can call out any size cabinet (width-wise) to fit my space so this is the custom aspect of it.
However he has a limited number of door styles. The one I like is shaker style, however I would like a wide rail (say like 5 to 6")
standard shaker rail:
Second, I wanted all drawers to be a flat panel - no rail. Whether it is a
4" deep drawer or 14" deep drawer - all drawers no rail. He said the deep drawers comes with rails, so here is another issue.I think there must be quite a few cabinet makers here, if you cater to custom cabinetry, to what degree do you customize?
Second question is, how would a customer be able to see the final color, texture, construction etc...of a cabinet? Do you do a sample? Do you take them to a previous client's home to visit? How do you do it (if there is not a show room).
Third, how do you structure payment? What is the usual, customary and fair payment, percentage wise how much you pay upon contract signing etc...and how much more at what milestone?
Thanks in advance,
MC