It’s amazing the transformation that can be made with new kitchen cabinets. It’s not for the fainthearted, though, as the process tears up your entire kitchen.
Cabinetmaker Jason Castleberry of Soddy-Daisy and his team, including wife Mekisia and his father-in-law, Chester Shell, appeared at my front door on a recent Friday morning with crowbars in hand. Within minutes, the countertops we’d installed a couple of years before were pried from their foundation and cabinets were being torn from the walls.
All I could hear for the next couple of hours were sounds of destruction: hammers pounding, saws cutting apart large cabinets, electric drills attacking screws. When they were done, I hardly recognized my kitchen in its bare, blank state. Oh my, I thought, what have I done?
I’d seen Castleberry’s work before and was impressed by his design and build skills. But on my limited budget, I wondered if mine would be as outstanding as some of his other projects, which looked as if tens of thousands of dollars had been spent.
Three hours after starting, Castleberry was ready to take a break, return to his workshop and bring my new cabinets home. My nerves started fluttering as I heard his van pull up my driveway again. Doubt raced through my mind: Would I like these new cabinets, or had I wasted a few thousand dollars?