Dovetail Cabinets better?

17 years ago

We are building a new home and the kitchen and bath drawers are not dove tailed. Just glue and stapled.

We have the option of dovetail for $770.00 for all the drawers. Probably averaging $40.00 a drawer. A couple will be the large pot and pan drawers which we figure should be done. (They will do those three for $95.00 total if we just want those done.)

Should we spend the extra $$$$???

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conn123
17 years ago
cindy: see earlier thread that might be helpful...
good luck

Here is a link that might be useful: chai mama re dovetail drawers
caryscott
17 years ago
Glue and stapled is generally the least desirable drawer construction. Many companies offer some variation on a metabox drawer in the middle. I can't tell you what your bottom line is but we passed on KitchenCraft because the only drawer upgrade they offer from glue and staple is dovetail which added over $1000 to our estimate. I completely agree that dovetail is not necessary but if that's the only upgrade they offer I would pass on glue and staple and go for it.
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ella_socal
17 years ago
If I were planning on being in the home for a while, I would go for it. I'm replacing all my standard builder drawers with dovetail drawers with soft close.
tetrazzini
17 years ago
I second what caryscott says. A joint somewhere between those two choices is what you need. I wonder why they only offer the two ends of the quality and price spectrum. What are the drawer sides made of? In any case, stapled drawer fronts seem too flimsy.