kitchen decor

Reply to: Merillat Cabinets are junk and unsafe. Do not buy them. You will regret it not too far down the line. We had a wall cabinet fall off of our wall, breaking almost everything in it. The back of the cabinet was still secured to the wall while the cabinet disintegrated. Take a GOOD LOOK at the construction. The back of the cabinets are stapled on, no glue and the particle board crumbles like a cracker. BAD NEWS. The dovetail construction of the drawers have long come apart, no glue was used at all. The cabinets are wobbly and the doors are all hanging at odd angles. The sides are made of some type of simulated material, looks like maple but it isn't. This has been "peeling" off for years now and it is just a shame, to have invested into such a poor quality, ill conceived cabinet. It is just a matter of time before a child is killed or seriously hurt by a Merillat cabinet falling off of a wall.

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Reply to: We put in Wolf Classic cabinets in our kitchen remodel 2 years ago. About 6 months ago, the large pantry we put in started coming apart. Coming apart, as in the shelves collapsed!! The impetus for this was that there was no glue, no nails, no staples, NOTHING securing the sides to the back of the cabinet. So when weight was placed on the shelves it pushed the sides out until the shelves fell off the shelf clips. I ended up putting L brackets all along the inside of the cabinet to hold it together. Unfortunately , we had another shelf collapse tonight. I don’t know what else to do, I can’t afford to spend $10k to replace these cabinets with higher quality cabinets. I had no idea this would happen. Thankfully, the pantry is the only cabinet we have had trouble with.

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Reply to: I posted above 2 months ago and I want to update now that we've laid eyes on Wolf Classic white painted cabinets. The headline for me is "thank goodness we chose a great contractor". We signed up with a big operation that must do a lot of work with Wolf. They inspected every cabinet at their shop prior to bringing them to the job site (our home) and I've learned there were a few that were damaged and sent back for replacement. Some of the replacement cabinets even showed up damaged and had to be replaced. All in, the quality of the cabinet is not great but we are lucky enough to have a good contractor that's making all the door / drawer adjustments and will touch up all the paint imperfections, of which there are many. We ordered white painted and so they're bound to have flaws vs a stained cabinet which would probably be less delicate. However, as other reviewers noted, you would expect better quality for the money. I can not in good conscience refer you to Wolf Classic but I could refer you to our contractor if you're in the Atlanta area. We purchased cabinets from Cabinets.com for a basement remodel 2 yrs ago and based on our observations the Cabinets.com product is better. Key differences to note, white painted wolf classic doors are MDF and supposedly will hold the painted finish better over time because contraction and expansion is reduced. Cabinets.com are maple doors, cabinet interior is nicer, they use blum soft close hardware and they didn't show up damaged. Of course there are many cabinet brands to consider but at a similar price point Cabinets.com appears to be a better product. Wish we would've considered them again or another brand. Having said all that, our kitchen project is going to look great when it's done but I doubt they'll look great in 10 years. Definitely no comparison to the quality of the 80's cabinets we just had ripped out. Reach out if you have any follow up questions.

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Reply to: I think the medallion line or cardell line from menards are ok for the money. and the good thing about buying from there is Menards returns anything damaged. Check them out. I'm not gonna pay top dollar for any cabinets-you won't get your $ back out of the house if you do. Thats a fact. The hardware was all menards. I did a cheap 38. a square foot granite and honed it . Matte white subway with a dark olive grey grout. The tile was from century tile. My wolfe kitchen looked great b/c the kitchen showroom guy backed me up and made wolfe send new doors. Otherwise it would look like crap. I doubt most kitchen companies would do this. Then I used good hardware from menards. When someone mentions this line you need to say if anything comes damaged you need to back me up . If you won't replace then its not worth it. I had to replace literally 60% of the doors.

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Reply to: My Columbia, MD based kitchen design build installed Wolf Designer in my kitchen in 2018 and I am embarrassed to own them. I chose and paid for all of the accessories in my kitchen with the exception of the cabinetry, which the contractor selected and the cabinetry is the worst feature of my kitchen. For one, none of the shelving is wood. They are not even veneers. When I added contact paper to the surface, I learned quite quickly was that the wood grain look was only a very thin paper film. the paper film came up when I removed the contact paper. There is something that looks like pressed wood beneath the paper film, but it is not pressed wood. Additionally, I am told that the exteriors are maple hardwood, but they dent so easily, I don't believe. I cannot tell you the countless reorders I have had already due to damage. The best thing about my Wolf "Designer" cabinets is that they are painted to hide the poor quality. Buyer beware!

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