Not going to lie – selling domestic semi-custom cabinets in today’s competitive market is hard work. To do it successfully is even more difficult, but it can be done. And I’m here to help you navigate the challenges.
I’ve written a couple articles with tips and tactics that suggest ways it can be profitable for you to offer semi-custom cabinets as part of your product line up.
Repair Fund
I suggested in my article “How to Fortify Yourself to Successfully Sell Domestic Semi-Custom Cabinets in the 2020s” that you create a “repair fund” for each semi-custom project. The money in the repair fund comes from sales dollars that go above and beyond your profit objectives or standard mark-up.
With this money set aside, you don’t feel like you are “losing money” when you need to repair or touch up factory mistakes.
On-Site Finisher / Touch Up Specialist
As I wrote in my article “Semi-Custom Cabinets After the Sale”, I highly recommend starting your repair fund with a site finisher/touch-up specialist. These trade professionals are difficult to find. And they are worth their weight in gold for your business.
Make it a priority to find one in your area and learn their process and what they want as far as finishing materials. Some want manufacturer supplied materials, while others don’t.
This YouTube Video Channel Can Help
More Than Just a Cabinet Guy has great short videos for cabinet fixes. In the video here he asks “Make this make sense?” when homeowner is upset because the wood cabinets show natural characteristics of wood.
This young man’s comments and his other short videos tie in to my article “Fortify Yourself to Successfully Sell Domestic Semi-Custom Cabinets in the 2020s”.
He has many short videos on his channel that deal with common problems seen in kitchens, issues that you may be called on to fix. He has solutions for such things as how to do an invisible cabinet repair.
List of On-Site Finishers / Touch Up Specialists
We’ve assembled a list of touch up pros for you to evaluate.
The businesses and service providers listed here are shared for informational purposes only. We have not personally used or vetted these companies, except for the few marked with an asterisk, and their inclusion does not constitute an endorsement. We encourage you to conduct their own research and due diligence before engaging with any of these services.
Guardsman Furniture Pro
- Sayreville NJ – (732) 651-2116
- Englishtown, NJ – (732) 792-8450
- Atlantic City, NJ – 1-800-788-8020
- Quakertown, PA – Freedom Finishing – 215-536-7811 *
Furniture Medic – NJ
- Central NJ – North Brunswick – 732-365-3726
- Somerset Middlesex Counties – 908-356-4142
- Monmouth County East – 412-615-3071
- Monmouth County North – 732-479-8905
- Rockaway 201-351-2145
Furniture Medic – Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Pa 215-978-9238
- Lancaster 717-322-6017
- Allentown 610-871-5673
- Pittsburgh 412-557-7762
Franco Furniture Hackettstown NJ – 908-813-0941
Keith Kelly Furniture Repair Flemington NJ – 908-698-2494
South Jersey Furniture Repair Malaga NJ – 609-680-8025
Atlantic Restoration Dover, NJ – 973-361-2416 *
Midland Park NJ – 201-546-4576
Service Areas
- Passaic County
- Bergen County
- Morris County
- Essex County
- Hudson County
Wood and Leather Doctor 609-534-0052
Wood and Leather Doctor Service Areas
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- Bristol
- Croydon
- Bensalem
- Horsham
- Abingdon
- Jenkintown
- Delaware County
New Jersey
- Haddonfield
- Medford
- Atlantic County
- Cumberland County
- Gloucester County
- Camden County
- Burlington County
- Ocean County
- Mercer County
Bob Aungst Cabinet Sales is a full-service rep agency with the goal of matching kitchen designers and remodelers with the cabinet manufacturers best suited to their business’ style and clientele. Owner Bob Aungst III represents Brighton Cabinetry, US Cabinet Depot, Integrity Cabinets and StyleCraft Luxury Custom Cabinets.