My wife is honchoing a complete kitchen reno starting after XMas.

Our cabinets will be custom made in solid 'Natural Cherry' (that evidently slowly darkens with age) & fitted by a local company that makes them from scratch. The business owner is European & uses a lot of cool hardware & ideas from across the pond.

The installed estimate is about $12,500 including a $800 premium for the real cherry wood over maple. We have a very large kitchen so I guess that it's worth it.

In order to pay for it all, my wife just can't retire as soon as she was originally planning, ha!

TAM