Adding pull out shelves to older base cabinets

14 years ago

Hi there,

We remodeled our kitchen about 10 years ago and we still love it. But we are adding some more cabinets to an empty wall and love the new pull out tray options that seem to be the standard now.

However, now that I've seen how wonderful they are, I'd love to add that feature to 2 of our older base cabinets that never seem to be used because of the deep, dark space at the back.

I contacted the company that did our kitchen, but they quoted us 150+ for each cabinet. yikes.

Has anyone ordered these roll-out from online sites or any other source? It seems simple enough, but hoped that someone had some suggestions or experience with this.

Thanks so much.

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desertsteph
14 years ago
search under 'pull out drawers' or something similar. depending on width you can get them for 30-50.00 (or more) plus the glides.

there might be more threads on here about them also.

have you ordered the new cabinets yet? why not put in drawer stacks on the empty wall?
polly929
14 years ago
My DH figured out a way to make the inexpensive IKEA ones fit in our Diamond cabinets. It was a lot less expensive than going through Diamond, but because they were not meant for these cabs, he had to creatively retrofit them.
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antsss
14 years ago
Sounds about right.

The typical cost for a drawer or pullout coming out of a factory cabinet shop is $100 +. 50 bucks for the ordering, inefficient production, delivering, installing, and a bit of profit doesn't seem out of line to me.
User
14 years ago
I added birch retrofit shelves and bins to several of my cabinets. Very well made, quite easy to install and work well.

Here is a link that might be useful: Slide Out Shelves
deedles
14 years ago
I picked up a couple at Rockler.com for about 75.00 ea. Haven't installed them yet but they look pretty straightforward.
eugenie11
14 years ago
We got our pull out shelves at Bed Bath and Beyond - for the same reason you want them: old cabinets, unused space at the back.

They come in all sizes, they're super easy to install (we're no DIYers) and they're a lot less expensive than what you've been quoted. We got the largest, and I think they were about $75.00 each.

Very happy with them!

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deb2jess
14 years ago
I would go with the Rockler site if you can install them yourself. Rockler has always been good quality for us and are alot cheaper!
Ilene Perl
14 years ago
I'm adding pull outs in several cabinets. I looked both at Rockler, and Overstock.com, but went with GC making them, because I have several odd shaped cabinets, and didn't want to loose any space, for 3 pullouts it's costing me 300, which I think is high, but this way I won't be loosing inches on each side.
CEFreeman
14 years ago
I was going to pay the fortune, eventually, for pull-outs.

I have since done the following:
Found a bunch of pull-outs w/ glides at the reuse center for $2.00 each. (I can't use them, but I couldn't pass them up. Anyone local want 'em? We can talk.)
And, I've taken drawer boxes (reuse center) and put glides I got there (another $2.00 each) on them.

The tricky part was finding the drawers that with the glides, would fit in the cabinet doors.

In the meanwhile, I've found drawer bases ($10.00 each) and have trashed (redonated) the stupid lower reach-in base cabs.

But I felt pretty clever. The drawer boxes actually made better pull-outs, since they were deeper!