Aside from labor, I knew that my cabinets and countertops would be my biggest line items — but they were also the largest pieces in the room, so that was OK with me.
My designer steered me toward a local company that offered a great mid-tier option on factory cabinets (read: not high-end and not custom), and they still cost $15,000. To be fair, though, adding cabinets to the entire wall of the dining area played a major role in that price tag.
I also paid a little over $11,000 for quartz countertops because we needed three slabs for this design.
However, these things are the foundation of the kitchen, and I don’t think I could’ve skimped on either one and still achieved my desired outcome.
