Home Depot Cabinet in Unfinished Oak

[Alan Faitel]

I have a contractor pushing the Home Depot unfinished oak cabinets. Do you have these cabinets in your area? The price is $900 and the regular price is $1400, but he said he could get a big discount? I have only seen these cabinets with bad paint jobs on them.

Have you used them?

Is it worth the price and labor?

Is there a magic way to paint them so that they look good?

[Thomas S.]

The key to cabinets is the finish. If your contractor is good at finish work they are some times a good deal but they need to be thoroughly prepped by sanding and filling blemishes and should have a quality spray finish applied.

Whether it is worth the price and labour is highly dependant on the price and quality of labour. It's really a crap shoot if you do not know your contractors quality of finish skills.