We Are a Manufacturers' Rep Agency
My goal as a sales rep is to connect talented kitchen designers with the quality cabinet manufacturers they deserve.
We sell to the trade in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland.
What I mean by “the trade” is primarily kitchen and bath dealers and designers and design-build remodelers. A smaller percentage of my customers combine kitchen and bath design with whole home interior design services.
Frameless Cabinets are In Demand! And We Have Them!
Remodeling homeowners are requesting frameless cabinets more than ever these days. They want the sleek, contemporary look and maximized storage offered by frameless cabinet construction.
Here at Bob Aungst Cabinet Sales we have the frameless cabinets you need to meet consumer demand.
Contact me to discuss the brands I offer and how they can benefit your business.
What is Happening With White Oak? Shortages are Hurting Our Industry
What is happening: bourbon barrels and oak flooring take all the white oak they can. There is no such thing as premium or select for white oak. The internet says it exists, but it doesn’t exist anymore. It did — maybe even a year ago — and sometimes you just get lucky and your order has cleaner looking wood.
The custom cabinet industry continues to experience a shortage of quality White Oak lumber and veneer. This issue is compounded when the demand for specific grain patterns, like Rift Cut and Quarter Sawn White Oak, is increased.
As professionals in the cabinet industry, we must educate homeowners who want White Oak for their new kitchens and set their expectations.
We have a video that shows a homeowner’s disappointment when her rift cut white oak cabinets were not what she expected. Don’t let this happen to you.
How We Help Kitchen Designers and Design-Build Remodelers
Is your current cabinet manufacturer hurting your design business? I want to get to the bottom of how your current cabinet manufacturer is hurting your business. And determine if a company I represent fixes the problem. See how I can help.
Integrity Cabinets Limited Warranties Improved
Integrity Cabinets has updated and improved its warranty coverage on all construction levels: Elite, Classic and Pro. Elite and Classic 3-year warranties are now lifetime limited warranties. And the Pro Series Warranty has been upgraded to a 3-year limited warranty.
Whether you’re working with Pro, Classic or Elite, you can specify Integrity Cabinets with confidence.
Existing dealers can view the updated Warranties: Elite, Classic, Pro.
Exciting Updates from US Cabinet Depot
US Cabinet Depot continues to add new products to provide your customers with today’s most requested styles and finishes.
A New Warm Stain - Honey
More Modifications for Hoods
Cabinet Lines Offered by Bob Aungst Cabinet Sales
Domestic Custom Cabinets
This category starts with entry-level custom cabinetry and goes up to high-end, luxury, “we’ll build anything” custom cabinetry. There’s an approximate 25% price difference between the least expensive. Learn more
Imported Stock Cabinets
The imported cabinets I sell are stocked in warehouses throughout the United States. 65% of this business is R-T-A . Assembled cabinets are also offered in my territory — Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. Continue Reading
Semi-Custom Cabinets
We can think of semi-custom cabinetry as a hybrid of both stock and custom cabinets. They cost less than custom cabinetry, yet they offer more more design and material choices, including many door styles, finish options and wood species selections than stock cabinets. Selling semi-custom cabinetry is not without its challenges – or its opportunities, depending on your point of view. I’ve written an article describing how you can be successful selling semi-custom. Learn more
Are You Frustrated Selling Semi-Custom Cabinetry?
Read My Article “Fortify Yourself to Successfully Sell Domestic Semi-Custom Cabinets in the 2020’s”.
In the 90’s I sold Homecrest as a builder sales rep for a large distributor. This was back when cycle ship programs were just emerging, and truckload-only stocking distributor sales were starting to go away. Many of the truckload-only stock manufacturers of yesterday slowly became the semi-custom manufacturers of today.
They achieved this conversion by adding wood species, finish colors, door styles and custom modifications. Homecrest, in particular, stopped being a price-point line sold to builders and became a designer line sold to the retail public. Without necessarily raising their quality.
And this conversion happened with essentially all larger mid-western and southern companies that started out as stock cabinet manufacturers. Virtually all of today’s semi-custom manufacturers were yesterday’s stock manufacturers. In other words, it is a price niche that evolved out of an efficient manufacturing environment vs. a let’s-make-something-better-than-stock environment.