Cabinets are in... well most of them. Brian and his crew showed up and like a well oiled machine placed and installed the base cabinets, the pantry, the bar and the hanging cabinets. Four guys and several hours later the empty room began to take on the appearance of a kitchen once again. Next week when the granite counters are installed, the finishing of the cabinets will take place... molding, hardware, glass doors. At that point we will be ready for Jesse, the electrician, to come back to install under and in cabinet lighting, room fixtures and outlets. Ed, the plumber, will come back to install the ice maker and Jim, the husband, will install the trash compactor, dishwasher and sink and faucets. As we said in a previous entry, once we came to the tough decision about the lighting, it really helped to narrow down the sink, hardware and faucet choices. Bronze accessories will tie everything together nicely. So this is how to shop....
image -google sinks to see whats out there,
narrow down to the size shape,
and material (stainless steel, composite, porcelain) and color. Who sells it online? how much? free shipping? how about no taxes? Then find out who sells it near you and GO SEE IT! If you can negotiate a comparable price to buy local... do it. It will eliminate the hassle of shipping a 75 lb. sink if you don't like it, it doesn't fit or if it's defective. We were interested in this cafe brown colored
Blanco sink that is a
granite composite, but , having never seen one we were apprehensive. We went to our local high priced kitchen supply store in town and took a look ...Nice.... We got the best price from the local store and while there we took a look at the high priced faucets, noted the one or two that we liked, got prices, and zipped out of there to price these items online. Once you know the manufacturer and style name
or number you can look that up on any search engine (we prefer
Google). Check out at least 20 sites that sell the item you want to comparison shop.You can also look at sites that will do comparison shopping for you like
www.nextag.com ,
www.shopping.com , or
www.bizrate.com. Don't forget to check
www.ebay.com, too...you never know what you will find there. We found a site that carried both the sink and faucet we had liked. The price was less by about 30%, free shipping, and best of all NO TAX. This is a New Jersey company so unless they are shipping in NJ they do not charge tax. The site is
www.homeperfect.com . We came across this site in my search and had not ever heard of them. If you are apprehensive about giving your credit card info over the internet...call and order. Once you speak with a human you can decide if you get a warm and fuzzy ...or not. Another choice...pay with
Paypal. You do get some consumer protection with Paypal and you don't have to run to find your credit card every time you order online. The items were received with no
problems and we are excited to see them installed. We followed the same procedure for the cabinet pulls and found lovely pulls at
www.knobs4less.com ... goofy name, huh? Should be a busy week. Next week we will unveil the new kitchen and also show you what we have been busy doing the the garage. Hint: it involves the old kitchen cabinets ....
Cabinets are in... well most of them. Brian and his crew showed up and like a well oiled machine placed and installed the base cabinets, the pantry, the bar and the hanging cabinets. Four guys and several hours later the empty room began to take on the appearance of a kitchen once again. Next week when the granite counters are installed, the finishing of the cabinets will take place... molding, hardware, glass doors. At that point we will be ready for Jesse, the electrician, to come back to install under and in cabinet lighting, room fixtures and outlets. Ed, the plumber, will come back to install the ice maker and Jim, the husband, will install the trash compactor, dishwasher and sink and faucets. As we said in a previous entry, once we came to the tough decision about the lighting, it really helped to narrow down the sink, hardware and faucet choices. Bronze accessories will tie everything together nicely. So this is how to shop....image -google sinks to see whats out there, narrow down to the size shape, 
and material (stainless steel, composite, porcelain) and color. Who sells it online? how much? free shipping? how about no taxes? Then find out who sells it near you and GO SEE IT! If you can negotiate a comparable price to buy local... do it. It will eliminate the hassle of shipping a 75 lb. sink if you don't like it, it doesn't fit or if it's defective. We were interested in this cafe brown colored Blanco sink that is a granite composite, but , having never seen one we were apprehensive. We went to our local high priced kitchen supply store in town and took a look ...Nice.... We got the best price from the local store and while there we took a look at the high priced faucets, noted the one or two that we liked, got prices, and zipped out of there to price these items online. Once you know the manufacturer and style name 
or number you can look that up on any search engine (we prefer Google). Check out at least 20 sites that sell the item you want to comparison shop.You can also look at sites that will do comparison shopping for you like www.nextag.com , www.shopping.com , or www.bizrate.com. Don't forget to check www.ebay.com, too...you never know what you will find there. We found a site that carried both the sink and faucet we had liked. The price was less by about 30%, free shipping, and best of all NO TAX. This is a New Jersey company so unless they are shipping in NJ they do not charge tax. The site is www.homeperfect.com . We came across this site in my search and had not ever heard of them. If you are apprehensive about giving your credit card info over the internet...call and order. Once you speak with a human you can decide if you get a warm and fuzzy ...or not. Another choice...pay with Paypal. You do get some consumer protection with Paypal and you don't have to run to find your credit card every time you order online. The items were received with no
problems and we are excited to see them installed. We followed the same procedure for the cabinet pulls and found lovely pulls at www.knobs4less.com ... goofy name, huh? Should be a busy week. Next week we will unveil the new kitchen and also show you what we have been busy doing the the garage. Hint: it involves the old kitchen cabinets ....
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