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Home Depot/Lowe's OR Local??
We have been pounding the pavement trying to price our new kitchen. It is an average size (11 x 08) and is more open plan so there aren't that many upper cabinets.
Anyway, we went to Lowe's and we were blindsided with a Kraftmaid quote of $23,000.00 and a Shenandoah quote of $18,000.00....like seriously??
I was shocked...
We went to HD and had American Woodmark priced and they came in at around $11,000.00, much better...however, we were wondering if we could do EVEN better going through a local cabinet maker?
Any tips, suggestions, etc? I am all ears!!!
I attached a file of our design!
Without studying your plan, I strongly suggest you do look at some local custom cab makers. I found one that did our kitchen and I was extremely pleased. The price was lower than our box store quotes; the personal customer service I received was leagues ahead of a box store; and I got customized cabs down to the 1/4" measurements. Drawers 39.5" wide? No problem with custom!
Some KDs here will warn you that sometimes local doesn't mean custom or quality. I did my homework and found what worked for me. Do yours. See and touch their installed work. Speak to past clients. Check with the BBB.
Good luck!
You've gota larger than average number of cabinets in your plan, so it's no surprise than a quote woukd be above average. However 15-20K IS abut average for a middle of the road kitchen remodel. The total should be 5-10% of the value of your home, and 40-50% of your remodel budget for a like to like replacement redo.
And your design has several functional issues that should be addressed. It doesn't really work well for the space.
I think the HD quote is very reasonable. Did Lowe's have any sales going on? Sales make a huge difference in pricing at the big box stores. They seem to always have at least one brand on sale.
Good luck. Buying cabinets has been the most time consuming part of my house build.
Also, you are NOT comparig apples to apples, as American Woodmark are the exact same cabinets as Shenendoah. While it's possible to have a quote with that much price difference in the same line, you'd have to be comparing the most expensive painted door with a lot more upgrades with the cheapest oak door with almost no upgrades.
We went with a local cabinet maker and they were able to give us custom sizing down to 1/8" and the cost beat the HD and Lowes quotes. We did have some issues with a few cabinets and they resolved the problems much faster than an out of state manufacturer could. We are very satisfied with how it all turned out. So, it is worth checking around for the local shops.
Welcome to the real costs of kitchen renovating! I had the sticker shock too! Although i didn't initially have a lot of custom inserts or pieces, I wound up going with a local Amish cabinetmaker. What I did gain was better fitting cabs within my small space. (My previous 20 yr old kitchen didn't work at all with 12" cabs and filler.)
Looks like you've got a lot of cabinetry, so personally, I wouldn't have been shocked at that pricing. But, I would also look into local cabinet makers - we went with a custom cabinet maker because of some of the things we were looking for. Pricewise, I don't know that he was necessarily better priced, but we were able to do things that we would have been more challenged with trying to do otherwise.
Are you married to your layout? As was mentioned in a prior post, I think that you have some areas that can be improved that will net you a much more usable kitchen. Why don't you post dimensions on here along with your needs for the kitchen?
You'll also find that we are big proponents to mostly drawers in cabinetry...much more functional than doors. A word of warning that drawers will take up your costs a bit. But if you are planning on installing rollouts inside some of them anyway, it brings that right back in line.
I didn't get any other quotes, besides a local cabinet maker, but I am thrilled with my result. As others have said, my cabinets are precisely sized to fit my limited space, and their installers are incredible. It's a business that's been in town 25 years, and I've seen lots of their work.
The down side is that I didn't have a kitchen designer - I came up with the design myself. But I'd been working on it off and on for years, and I'm comfortable that it's almost perfect (now that we've lived with it for a year).
The layout is final....we aren't interested in incurring the cost of a complete gut job and total redesign when the functionality appeals to us. The home we are living in now has an almost identical layout except the sink is much farther from the stove then the new layout.
We are keeping costs down by maintaining the layout so we don't have to mess with plumbing, electrical, or floor replacement.
We actually have custom all wood rollouts already built from a previous home that we took with us so that is why we are sticking with mostly cabinets because we have that bit of cost savings.
I understand your concerns about the layout but please understand that we are happy with the layout and we are merely trying to upgrade the look of the kitchen with a bit more quality and storage.
Fridge Wall: 70" L x 34" D
Nook Wall: 66" L x 22" D
Breakfast Bar: 109"L
Stove Wall: 76" L x 25" D
Sink Side: 89"L x 29" D (The sink side will also have cabinet on the opposite side of the sink in order to maximize storage, see rendering)
I have championed local cabinet makers since I started rehabing and building over 35 years ago. You just can't beat the quality of a custom cabinet maker. Even now my spec houses have custom cabinets. Kitchens sell houses! Find a cabinet man that you really like personally and check out his references. My own build 8 years ago was done by a man that is now our friend and does all the cabinets in my spec houses. Good Luck.
If you aren't moving anything, and aren't gonna do a better cabinet layout within the space by choosing drawers, then just paint what's there and call it a day. It's a omplete waste of money to replace the cabinets without addressing all of the other issues. $500 worth of sandpaper and paint will change the looks. Since looks appears to be your major complaint.
Looking at this again, you say that your "kitchen" is 11x8, and while that may be technically true, you're making the "kitchen area" much larger than that by having that L-shaped peninsula and a full wall of cabinetry that is closer to us in the first photo.
And, I don't understand why you would put in a lot of money toward getting new cabinets, countertops, etc. without at least entertain looking into the ways that you can improve the overall working/layout of the kitchen. Honestly, moving plumbing, electric, etc. is typically much less overall cost than you might think and I can't imagine going through the costs and hassle of a renovation to wind up with not getting the best kitchen possible.
Sell the rollouts that you salvaged - go with drawers. Seriously. Unless this is a temporary home for you...and then, I wouldn't put money into replacing the cabinets, etc - I'd do as Holly said - just put a coat of paint on them and call it done until you sell.
Do you have a Menards nearby? I found their cabinet pricing was the best - especially when they had a sale going on.
Door style makes a HUGE difference in the price. If you are open to a different door style, you can save a lot.
The same exact cabinet brand may have a different name depending on which store you are at. Knowing that makes it easier to compare apples to apples.
- Diamond @ KD's & Lowes, is Schrock @ Menards, and Thomasville @ Home Depot.
- Waypoint @ KD's, is American Woodmark @ Home Depot, and Shenandoah @ Lowes.
- Medallion @ KD's & Menards, is Schuler @ Lowes.
Did you look at Medallion/Schuler? I thought their quality & pricing were best of the big box choices.
This post was edited by mdln on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 12:46
Okay...so what are the suggestions as far as completely changing layout? I just don't see what is so terribly wrong with the layout right now but I am open to hearing suggestions.
I am not going to sand and paint crappy MDF formica cabinets...that is just a waste of time and really won't make a difference aesthetically.
This is a $199,000 house...so keep that in mind that we aren't trying to put a $50,000 kitchen into a property where that is just overkill...
Debra, I listed the measurements above indicating their location by what appliance is on the wall.
I guess I am just wondering what is SO wrong with the layout. I have seen tons of home with the same or extremely similar layouts...is it really that awful??
OK, quickly and I'm not an expert.... move the mw so you can have a real venting hood or at least so you can have safe operation of the mw and not intrude on someone else at the range. You have the room to move it so why not?
The sink seems a long way from the range. While typing I'm making mac and cheese. Took the hot pot of boiling water, holding it over the counter and to the sink. Drained it then took the colander, carrying it over the counter back to the pot on the range. Your sink seems far away to do that.
Moving plumbing and electrical doesn't have to be expensive and can be DIY if you are handy. I feel this is a common misconception. Of course there are homes/places where it would be cost prohibitive but don't assume.
Debra, I hear you on the MW but where do we move it to? I don't really see anywhere where it makes "sense". Also, this is not an exterior wall so the vent hood cannot vent outside and our contractor friend said venting into the attic is not a great idea.
This rendering makes the kitchen look MUCH larger than it is...there is maybe 4 to 5 feet TOPS from the sink to the stove...I don't feel like that is bad considering the place we are in now is clear across the kitchen haha.
Anyway, I just don't know where else we would put the microwave.
I like the sink where it is because it allows me to look out the window over the pool...
Without a floor plan (showing which walls are exterior and where there are windows out of which you'd like to gaze, it's difficult to make suggestions.
But I think you've said you don't want layout help so I'll just ask if you've checked out IKEA for cabinets. They are geared for DIY and a really excellent product for the price--definitely better than the lower-end HD/Lowe's cabinet lines.
Dtrivi - we are trying to help. Really, we are. In regard to the "same or similar layouts...is it really that awful"...it's kinda like if a bunch of people are jumping off a cliff, are you going to follow them without knowing there's an amazing reason? :)
Most of us come here pretty much the same way as you - we want a new kitchen. Many of us think that the "way it is laid out is fine"...because we've never had it any other way. But, once you realize that a kitchen *can* be designed to work with you, save you steps, make sense, have items where they should be in the place they should be in...you'll never look at a kitchen layout the same way. Which may be good or bad. I now walk into other people's houses and start thinking about how the layout could work better for them. Before, all I would have seen was, "oh, it's a pretty kitchen". Now, with my new kitchen, I would say that the majority of people could walk into my kitchen and find just about anything they need to make a meal with minimal instruction from me as to where they would find items - because things are placed where they make sense in terms of use.
We want you to get the best kitchen that your money will allow, no matter the budget. And, if it IS likely to be your forever home and you use your kitchen a lot, there's nothing wrong with putting a more expensive kitchen in, if your budget allows for it. People have been taught to put arbitrary percentages into renovations and it doesn't take into consideration at all what works FOR YOUR NEEDS.
Just giving us measurements doesn't really help us - give us a floor plan. We're visual people here. You can use graph paper - it doesn't need to be fancy. We want to see other rooms where they hook on, as well as doors and windows. Those help us in helping you. We will want to know is it a "one butt, two butt, or more butts" kitchen...that is to say, how many people are likely to be cooking on a regular basis in the kitchen area. Do you bake a lot? Do you cook a lot from scratch, etc. Do you use a microwave a lot or just a little? These things help us in determining what might be important in your kitchen.
Just for starters, things that should be changed - your DW is further away from where you are likely to keep dishes (as far as I can tell), your sink is likely too far away from the range. An over-the-range MW/hood is generally pretty undesirable - reaching too high for things in there, so there's more of a scald risk and the vent on them is usually not so wonderful either.
Let us make suggestions for you. Let us help you get the best kitchen you can for your money. We're for sure not the enemy. :)
For right now this is what I have...My husband and I drew this up due to lack of graph paper to give our KD at HD a better idea of kitchen layout
I never said anyone was an enemy but I am just not as picky...I think the kitchen seems laid out just fine but I guess I am wrong
I may be the only one, but I think your current floor plan is fine. Assume you have a table & chairs in front of the far bank of cabinets.
Most important if YOU have lived in it - and like it, I would not change it.
Personally, after consultation with several KD's I changed my floor plan. The cabinets are installed (not living in the house yet) and I already don't like one of the major changes. I should have stuck with my gut, but I succumbed to their "expertise." Unfortunately, they don't have to live in it.
Changes cost $$$. You already identified changes - flooring, plumbing, electricity, gas and the citty/village permits that go with those changes.
This is YOUR kitchen, do what YOU want. Spend your $$$ on what is important to you.
Also, this is a one butt kitchen...my husband works full time and so does my mother. I am a stay at home wife/soon to be mom.
I am not trying to be difficult but like I said, I have seen so many kitchens with this layout and I am just trying to be realistic. I would love to have new 42" cabinets and nice countertops and thats about it...I just didn't think a full gut job was necessary?
MDLN I do appreciate at least one other voice of support...I have lived with a very similar layout in three different rentals and I have always been just fine with it...like I have said the home we live in now has a ton of space between each appliance and I HATE it...its just too much...it also, for as large of a kitchen as it is, there is NO counter space. When I saw this kitchen I immediately liked the layout but knew that the finishings had to be upgraded.
I am totally not a guru, and folks here hated my layout too, and I'm not changing it. :) So long as it works for YOU, you can do whatever you want with your project!! :)
FWIW, one itsy bitsy thing I might change would be to push your sink around to the long breakfast bar counter if there isn't a good reason not to. That would give you more room to each side of the sink for "stuff". If you are storing dishes in the lower cabs (something I will do some of since i have more lowers than uppers), then think about where they'll go. If you can reach the drawers they go into from your dishwasher, that is handy. But, if you like your sink right where it is, so you can see the windows across, or whatever, then it's all good. But, if you have it on the long breakfast bar counter, you can chat with folks there while doing the dishes. :)
Good luck!! Remember, this is YOUR kitchen!
(ps. My plumber works for $40/hr and my electrician around $50-60/hr . . . Both great guys. Unless you are on a slab, moving a bit of electrical or plumbing really shouldn't be that big a deal.)
((pps. My Lowe's Schuler cabinet quote is $40k before promotions. $30kish after promotions. So, really, I feel your pain on cabinet expense. I am waiting for my custom cab quote . . .)
Here's the thing - we can't FORCE you to change your layout. Everyone knows that it's your kitchen to do with as you wish.
But, if we can make suggestions as to how you might be able improve it, why wouldn't you want to hear those suggestions?
When I posted my layout when I was first starting on this journey a while back, there were some things that people suggested that wouldn't work for me, but there were many things that would. No matter what, I listened to what people were suggesting, finding out WHY they were suggesting it, and looking further to see if it made more sense to go forward one way or another.
In the end, I used some suggestions, and others, I didn't because those suggestions either weren't in our budget (I would have had to add on a few feet to the house, which wasn't going to happen as much as I would have loved). It never hurts to get people looking at this if you are already going to be purchasing cabinets to see how you can improve upon the existing.
You mentioned about wanting to keep your sink where it was so that you could look out to the pool...how often and how long are you actually AT the sink to make that a vital placement? Personally, I spend rather short periods of time at my sink and when I do, I'm not standing there admiring the view because I'm too busy trying to get some of the prep work done.
You have a lot of cabinets so all the rooms that your cabinets go in have to be part of the measurements. All the prices seem good for the amount of cabinets you want and if you like the design and the cabinet door of the HD Woodmark that sounds like an amazing price before installation.
I need to finish my kitchen but I keep having one crisis after another.
Please keep us updated on what you plan to do.
Thank you so much mdln for letting us all know which cabinets are the same at different places!
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•Posted by mdln (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 12:45
Do you have a Menards nearby? I found their cabinet pricing was the best - especially when they had a sale going on.
Door style makes a HUGE difference in the price. If you are open to a different door style, you can save a lot.
The same exact cabinet brand may have a different name depending on which store you are at. Knowing that makes it easier to compare apples to apples.
- Diamond @ KD's & Lowes, is Schrock @ Menards, and Thomasville @ Home Depot.
- Waypoint @ KD's, is American Woodmark @ Home Depot, and Shenandoah @ Lowes.
- Medallion @ KD's & Menards, is Schuler @ Lowes.
Did you look at Medallion/Schuler? I thought their quality & pricing were best of the big box choices
Thanks for all of the advice guys! At this point we really are comfortable with our layout, it is a moderate kitchen for our starter home and we are really just looking to add some more storage and have it look new and updated.
We are going to stick with our layout and it seems right now that HD gave us a pretty great quote with our dream door style (Savannah door in Hazelnut Glaze with a Full Overlay).
I am going to pursue talking to some local cabinet makers to see what we can do.
You can go to the Ikea website, draw your kitchen layout in their planner, place the cabinets in the layout, and then ask it the price. You can do this all tonight and have a price tonight, and you don't have to even talk to anyone :)
You'll have one more price data point and a realistic rendering of your kitchen to be. And the whole process is free.
In Ikea, I'd say you got about $5k if you shop during the 20%!off sale.
I had a chance to post my layout on here and chose not to do it. I'd cooked for a couple of decades in a tiny kitchen. I knew that our kitchen in the new house would at least be better than that. I also knew that taking criticism is hard, especially when budget has to be a large part of your decision making. I'd seen the joy of a new project seem to get sucked right out of more than one poster.
Looking back, I know I wasted a wonderful opportunity.
My kitchen is almost done now. I like it A LOT but already I have regrets that I might have been able to avoid.
For instance, in my old house the trash was across the kitchen in a small pantry. I liked it there. So in this house, I had a pantry cabinet made and I placed it across the room. Makes sense, right?
Except now I have a septic system instead of city water. That means I can't have an in sink disposer. And that means a lot of things that used to go down the drain now go in the garbage - which is all the way across the freakin' room. I also have a little drain screen thing that has to be emptied lots - in the garbage all the way across the room. And that's not only extra steps, it's drippy extra steps :(
Sigh. If only I'd swallowed my pride and put on my thick skin, I feel confident the good folks here could have helped me make my good kitchen great.
@edeevee . . . FWIW, I have a septic system. We have a garbage disposal. We've lived here 6 years and it was already installed when we bought it. We had the tank pumped just once 2 years ago, and they didn't even tell us it needed more frequent pumping. :) We have 5 dirty people (now 6), and we run 20+ loads of (high efficiency front loader) wash a week and run the dishwasher twice a day on average . . . no problems with the septic system. So, IME, you can totally have a garbage disposal on septic. In my new kitchen, I'll have disposals in both sinks.
szruns: Really? I'm a city girl with just one "country" friend. She's the one who told me disposals were a no no with septic systems and I figured she knew what she was talking about. This is fabulous news! I miss that thing so much.
cal_quail: Duh. I can't believe I didn't think of that! Perfect solution until I can get a new disposal installed!
Thank you both!
Dtrivi, See what I mean? These folks know things and have ideas that you and I are missing.
Edeevee- I also love in the country with a septic and water from our own well. This house is 21 years old, has had a garbage disposal for 21 years and there has never been any problem.
If your system is an open system the things you need to be careful of is harsh chemicals, especially things like Drano. They destroy the balance in your system.
While you can have a GD with septic, you should only use it to clear the sink of debris, not to put stuff down. The small particulate matter than a disposal grinds the foodstuffs into will float on top of the septic instead of sinking, and flow out into your leach fields, blocking the leach lines. Not a good scenario. Using it for the occasional bit of stuff that ends up in a strainer isn't a big deal, and composting takes care of most of the rest.
Yeah, it might be sticker shock, but 20K worth of cabinets is national average for a mid grade remodel. I agree with simply painting the existing cabinets since you are not planning on doing any significant changes. That would be your most economical way of changing the space. I also wouldn't put in stone until you do a much more extensive remodel and take care of the layout issues that the kitchen has.
I am open to suggestions hence why I posted here. I have thick skin and I am open to criticism but like another poster said, ultimately it is my kitchen. I don't think the function "issues" that everyone is so concerned about are really huge issues. The layout is fine for our family and can I reiterate once more, that the sink is maybe 4 feet, 5 feet TOPS from the stove...not that big of a deal to us.
I originally posted this topic looking for advice on pricing and whether or not I should continue to shop around or stick with HD's pricing, not whether I should change my layout. I like the layout and I will be sticking with it.
Thank you all for the help, criticism, and suggestions...I DO appreciate it.
Dtrivi - we updated our kitchen last year and also went with the Woodmark Hazelnut Glaze cabinets from Home Depot. You will love the Hazelnut Glaze. The glazing adds a three dimensional look that is very pleasing. We found the whole design, ordering, and installation experience at HD to be great. You can track your cabinets online and schedule the delivery date. The cabinets arrived flawless and are beautiful.
Dtrivi, there's a difference between changing footprint and changing layout.I remodeled my kitchen last summer, using the same basic footprint (no walls were changed). It's a U-shaped kitchen, so there was a limit to what we could do. But I needed more storage, and some things could be more functional. I also wanted a real range hood, instead of an OTR MW.
But we had lived in the house for 24 years, and I knew what worked and what didn't. It was a spec house, with the cheapest kitchen layout ever. I tweaked a few things, like moving the fridge 8 inches, and moving the range over a foot. I knew that 12" uppers were a pain to use, and diagonal upper cabinets were black holes. I changed to Easy-reach uppers, and made sure the rest of my uppers were at least 15". Those small changes resulted in huge improvements in functions.
Oh, and drawers! I went from a single 12" stack of 4 little drawers, to three stacks: 18" four-drawer, 24" three-drawer, and 38" three-drawer. They are truly wonderful. My Mom had rollouts in her kitchen, built in 1977, and I think the only time they were ever actually pulled out was an occasional deep clean. They were used like a regular cupboard (for pots and pans), so the rollouts were a waste of money and space.
The most important thing I did while planning our remodel was to figure out what would go where. I literally made a list of the contents of my kitchen (within reason - I had "cooking utensils" and "cups and glasses", but didn't list every item in those categories). Then I went around the new kitchen, and put things away on paper. Some spaces were specifically planned - like a cabinet for my purses, and two file cabinet drawers. In other cases, I used masking tape to make an imaginary drawer, and placed items in the space, to see if they fit. That was how I learned that two of my drawers had to be a certain height, to accommodate the things I wanted there. I went with a small sink base, to optimize the space on each side.
And, like you, I took my uppers to the ceiling. I asked for extra shelves in many of those cabinets, so I could maximize storage without stacking things (like coffee cups and canned goods).
Looking at your plans, I have several questions:
Where do you plan to put garbage/recycling? Where will you put pots and pans, plates and bowls, cereal and flour?
What is your plan for the wall of cabinets in the breakfast nook? Do you need a counter there, or would floor to ceiling cabinets be more effective?
It looks like the fridge is right next to a wall. You'll need to allow space between wall and fridge so the doors will open all the way. Many people put a pull-out pantry or broom closet in that space. That wall seems the ideal spot for a MW, either on the counter, or on a shelf. You can certainly vent a range hood through the roof (just not into the attic).
Are you planning a counter-depth fridge? If not, I would make the base cabinets on that wall as deep as the fridge, and the uppers 15" deep, to increase storage space and improve the scale.
Good luck to you - we really do want to help you make the most of your new kitchen!
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dtrivi...I didn't find GW until I had my layout set already...at least set in the way that I thought would work the best. I got several suggestions that might have actually improved the layout but we would have had to sacrifice other things that we were not willing to give up. I think most kitchens, especially remodels, are going to end up with compromises.
My kitchen has several features that many here would not do. My stove is across the room from the sink and you have to cross a major footpath through the kitchen to the basement to go between them...many here think that is a big no no and envision daily collisions with boiling hot cauldrons of water!! It has never happened! We have the two level bar that many here hate...we LOVE it...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!! Also, our fridge is against a wall...yes it has to have a little space next to it to allow the door to open fully...it's the perfect space to store the broom since we don't have a broom closet. I could probably go on and on but all I know is the kitchen works for us beautifully!
I'm just saying you are the only one here who knows your kitchen and how you live and work in it. If it works for you and you like the layout then go with it. As far as your cabinet quotes, $23,000 would have made me choke on my coffee!!! Do your homework and I really think you can do better than that. I think for the $11,000 quote for American Woodmark you could get a much better quality from either an RTA cabinet maker such as Barker (which we used and LOVE) or a local custom cabinet maker.
Dtric2209, I also got a log of negative feedback on my layout, but I couldn't afford to make the suggested changes, and didn't see. The need for them. And my kitchen is fine, I do love it.
That said, I would reconsider the sink placement. You mentioned you are a soon to be mom (congrats!) and IMO there is nothing more frightening than carrying a hot pot of anything across a kitchen where a newly mobile toddler, or excited preschooler might be wandering. For me it would be a safety issue. My mother has a walk of 5-6 steps across her kitchen to get from stove to sink. It terrifies me! I make the kids clear out completely if I need to travel with a hot pot in her kitchen. That's not a reality in my own house. Frequently the kids are underfoot wanting to help, wondering what's for dinner, or just wanting to visit. My stove and sink are on opposite sides of the same corner, a quick peak that no one is standing behind me, and I'm good to go.
As far as the micro, I have had a non venting over range micro for 10 years previous, and went with the same here. Venting it wasn't optional without huge issues, and I don't mind the reaching up (and I'm not tall). I use the micro a lot, but I'm used to what I have and that's fine for me.
Painting what exists while you save more money to do a more extensive reno would be the smart thing to do for a first time homeowner. Spending money on a cosmetic renovation takes it away from a more thourough gut that would help make the space work better.
It's hard to know without a full cabinet list and upgrades, but it does seem a tad high for the brands you quoted.
I recently did a Showplace kitchen, painted white, inset shaker that had 21 cabinets, that included: stacked uppers to 101" tall, stacked crown moldings with the island and hutch in quarter sawn white oak. Accessories: Double tiered silverware divider, 2-double waste basket pull outs; tall pantry w/ 5 roll outs; pot/pan drawers; upper glass doors in hutch, integrated DW panel and tray dividers. Her kitchen had plywood construction, wood dovetailed drawers and blum full ext guides. Her kitchen totaled $16,357 plus tax. Showplace is an upper-midrange cabinet line....much nicer than Shenandoah and KraftMaid...plus my cost included flush inset doors.
So I would get a few other estimates.
While I did NOT select these, the best price I got for cabinets that I even considered was for Aristokraft at small local KD chain (4 stores) that my builder uses. Again, huge variability in price depending on door style.
Believe best bang for the buck (but not least expensive) is Shiloh - which I purchased. Even my installer was impressed with the quality (but realize they may say that to everyone).
My second choice was Medallion (close in price to the Aristokraft), purchased at Menards (AKA Schuler @ Lowes). Of the big box stores, Menards had the best prices.
Guys I really appreciate the feedback!!! Love hearing the tips and suggestions!!!
So my mom and I went to this local place called ProSource Wholesale Floorcoverings...my mom gets a membership here because she works for Universal Studios here in Orlando...anyway...they had some great pricing so we chose a Diamond Cabinets door style to work with...
Any feedback on Diamond Cabinets?? Like I have said prior, I am not looking for mansion quality cabinets...just good solid construction and dependability.
I really appreciate the feedback!!
Diamond is Thomasville at HD and Diamond at Lowes. A good mid grade line with great standard features that you have to pay extra to upgrade to in a lower line.
It it's going to take more than you've allotted for the entire project if you choose that level of cabinets. With a 10K project budget, you are in builder grade stock cabinets, and even that will probably blow your budget. You are NOT looking at appropriate price level materials in looking at semi custom mid grade lines. Average mid grade expenditures for cabinets is 15-20K for a middle of the road 50K remodel.
''Mansion quality'' would be Christopher Peacock's 200K worth of cabinetry in a 500K reno. 10% of that figure is where the rest of us have to slum at. Some, even less. Sticker shock gets us all though, no matter the budget. You just 6can't get stuck in denial of reality of real world costs though.
We just renovated our kitchen using Diamond cabinets via a KD. Our project had a range of minor snafus along the way but not one single issue with the cabinets themselves. I'm really pleased with them.
We have a much smaller kitchen and I was also shocked at the cost of cabinets when we first started thinking about this. (OTOH, the cost for a lower-end granite seemed less exorbitant than I had originally imagined. Goes to show how little I know!) Like you, I was determined to avoid layout changes to keep the budget as low as possible. GWers convinced me otherwise, and I'm so happy that I listened.
The changes that initially seemed unthinkable - opening up a load-bearing wall and moving plumbing on a slab - took our contractors literally 2 work days to do. Yes, it cost more to do and our budget was higher than I originally intended. But I'm glad we spent our money on making the kitchen function better.
I'm not saying you need to make crazy expensive changes to make a renovation worthwhile. But definitely listen to the experts here, they can really help you make the most of whatever you budget is.
If you are shopping budget a couple things about your plan warrant a second thought. Glazed or painted cabinets increase your price quite a lot, going stained will save you a lot of money.
On the back side of your sink do you have another row of lowers? Do you really need that storage space? Is there seating planned there that will block out that storage space?
Also, if you have any extras, especially pull outs, it will up your price a lot. I nixed a 6" pull out due to cost. The pieces to assemble the pull out was at a cost of $800. For one Six inch pull out whose pieces we would have to measure, cut, and piece together. I have a 6" filler piece, easiest $800 I saved lol.
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hollysprings...we have since adjusted our budget to $15,000.00 and found that it is very doable to get quality cabinets in that price point. We visited a local wholesale showroom we are members at that quoted us for Decora cabinets (which I am coming to find out is a higher end line) approximately $8,000.00 for our kitchen size and layout. So we decided to knock it down a peg or two to the Diamond brand for additional savings. So it looks like our initial $10,000 budget was a bit unrealistic but just upping it another $5,000 has put us in the range where we will be able to do a very nice kitchen (to our tastes) like we said...we don't want to OVER improve


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Israel Law Center hotline to monitor campus anti-Semitism
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Hotline could provide evidence for legal action against colleges deemed to have failed to protect Jewish students, Law Center attorneys say.
The Israel Law Center (Shurat Hadin) is set to launch a hotline on Monday, to help Jewish college students who are victims of anti-Semitism on their campuses.
According to attorney Kenneth A. Leitner, the Law Center's director of American affairs, students will be able to call the hotline to report incidents of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel acts on US college campuses, and the Law Center will use the data to take legal action against colleges believed to be breaching Jewish students' legal rights, he added.
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Chicago Unveils Its Ambitious Pedestrian Safety Plan
Posted By Angie Schmitt On September 6, 2012 @ 4:15 pm In Chicago,Gabe Klein,Pedestrian safety | 7 Comments
Yesterday, the city of Chicago rolled out a sweeping new plan for pedestrian safety [PDF [1]]. With some 250 recommendations — including traffic-calming measures like pedestrian islands, chicanes [2] and midblock curb bumpouts — Chicago joins cities like New York and Portland in formalizing a plan to meet targets for reducing pedestrian injuries and deaths.
Chicago Department of Transportation Director Gabe Klein aims to bring the total number of pedestrian fatalities down to zero in 10 years time. Currently about 50 pedestrians are killed annually on Chicago streets.
"We want pedestrian safety to be at the forefront of everything we do," Klein told the Chicago Tribune [4]. "Everyone in the city is a pedestrian."
The plan was developed after a series of public meetings. It calls for identifying and repairing two high-collision corridors and four dangerous intersections annually, basing the interventions on crash data. Chicago also aims to improve driver education, conduct police crackdowns on dangerous drivers, and implement tougher safety mandates for taxis.
A wide variety of street infrastructure treatments are listed in Chicago's toolkit, including road diets, roundabouts, speed humps and pedestrian scrambles — a signal phase for pedestrians only. Even nagging headaches like snow removal lapses and sidewalk closures for construction — treated as a fact of life in most places — are addressed.
Better connectivity for walking trips is another goal. CDOT recommends filling in gaps in the pedestrian network, improving walking routes to transit, and enhancing pedestrian wayfinding systems.
Each recommendation contains a timeframe for implementation, and the plan calls for CDOT to evaluate its progress at regular intervals.
CDOT's plan takes special care to protect the city's most vulnerable pedestrians, calling for longer pedestrian crossing times within one-eighth of a mile of senior housing centers and schools. It also recommends expanding local "safe passage" to school efforts, and making walkability a factor in school siting decisions.
Chicago's 2011 Pedestrian Crash Analysis found that kids between the ages of 15 and 18 were the most frequent victims of car-pedestrian collisions. The study also found that senior citizens were 10 percent more likely than the average person to be struck by vehicles.
In recent years, pedestrian safety has been improving in Chicago. In 2009, the city recorded 34 pedestrian deaths, a 16-year low. That year, 503 pedestrians were seriously injured, down 20 percent from 2005.
But Klein is not satisfied.
"We want to set an aggressive goal that forces us in every element of our job to look at pedestrian safety and make it everything we do," he told the Chicago Sun Times [6]. "If at the end of the day, two people are killed, heaven forbid, versus zero, I will still feel like we made huge, huge progress."
That goal is what impresses John Greenfield of Grid Chicago [7] about the plan, although he, as well, has doubts about how achievable it is.
"I think the plan basically just codifies what [Klein and Mayor Rahm Emanuel are] already doing," Greenfield said. "They've been very busy restriping crosswalks, installing leading pedestrian interval walk signs [that give peds a jump on cars]. They've been adding pedestrian refuge islands in a lot of locations."
The Chicago Pedestrian Plan appears to draw inspiration from New York City's 2009 Pedestrian Safety Study and Access Plan [8]. This could be a trend that saves countless lives, if a new wave of cities begin systematically analyzing the dangers to pedestrians and taking concrete actions to make streets safe for walking.
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[7] Grid Chicago: http://gridchicago.com/
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Fairfield Central Elementary to host COSI On Wheels
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MLB: Recently, Bud Selig retired as the Commish. What is your take on his contributions?
Friday was the last day of school for most of the kids here in Arizona, and it was also the last day of the season for the New York Rangers who got schooled by the New Jersey Devils and lost their series 4-2. Schools out for the Phoenix Coyotes also, who were absolutely manhandled by the Los Angeles Kings in their series 4-1. Actually the Rangers and the Coyotes did pretty well this season by outlasting 26 other NHL teams who also failed in their attempts to gain admission to the 2012 edition of the Stanley Cup. It is all set up now, the Los Angeles Kings will be facing the New Jersey Devils for the right to hoist Lord Stanleys Cup. I will be rooting for the Kings; if only for the reason that fellow blogger Ark_Razor has been a season ticket holder for 30 years. It would be great if Ark could see his favorite team take home their first NHL title.
It seems that the New York Yankees are billion dollar babies. It is rumored that they are for sale, and they are certainly the most iconic sports franchise in the world. The Los Angeles Dodgers sold for over two billion dollars last month, so it is easy to visualize the Yankees selling for over the four billion dollar mark. It looks like Alice Cooper might just have to rewrite his hit song to add a few billion more.
Alice Cooper is an iconic figure out here in the desert, having resided in the Phoenix area for most of his life. Did you know that I once sold him a new car? Not only that, I sang a duet with him! Do I have your attention yet? I sure hope so. Here is the story, Paul Harvey style. Alice came walking into the place where I worked one day, and on a whim I blurted out, Hi Alice, Welcome to my nightmare! I was a Volkswagen salesman at the time. As corny as I was, Alice laughed and asked my name. He told me he wanted to buy a powder blue new Beetle for his daughter for her 16th birthday. When he brought her back to pick the car up, he started singing Happy Birthday to her. I just could not resist, so I joined in with him. Now you know the rest of the story.
Alice now owns a Chrysler/Jeep franchise here in North Scottsdale now, and he has always been a car enthusiast. I used to see him every year (I am talking 20 years or so) at the Phoenix Car Show that takes place every year on Thanksgiving weekend. Alice also owns a sports bar in downtown Phoenix called Alice Cooperstown. It is near America West Arena (Phoenix Suns) and Chase Field (Arizona Diamondbacks). Alice is a huge sports fan and a pretty good golfer to boot. He is certainly a great ambassador for The Valley of The Sun.
Over the years I have had many brushes with greatness while selling cars. I have met (along with Alice Cooper) Bill Bidwill, Trace Armstrong, Glen Campbell, Robin Yount, Bert Campanaris, Tom Lehman, and Steve Young. Of this group the only one I failed to sell a car was Mister Bill Bidwill. To this day I am still frustrated that I could not close the patriarch of the Arizona Cardinals, but that is a story for another post.
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Transfer website and domain to Bluehost hosting
Bluehost is a web hosting service that allows it users to host website at much faster speed than other hosting platforms. In order to enjoy the benefits of a number of features of Bluehost most of its users want Bluehost transfer their domain and websites. In this write-up brief information about creating account and transferring websites and domain to Bluehost is provided for your guidance.
In order to enjoy the benefits of various features of this hosting platform you will have to start with signup the hosting account with Bluehost. You can use your hosting account as a powerful tool to build and manage a website on this hosting platform along with managing web applications and emails etc. You can use your hosting account to transfer your website and domain name to this host. You can use FTP, set up and access your email accounts, build your own website and manage your password by using your hosting account with Bluehost.
Choosing a suitable hosting plan
You can initiate Bluehost transfer of website and domain only after hosing a suitable hosting plan. The requirements of your website develop with the passage of time. Various types of web hosting plans are offered by Bluehost to meet up your needs. A shared hosting may not be suitable for you if you need extra RAM or space to run intense processes on the server. You should assess your needs on the basis of the features needed by your websites you want to host through this platform. The hosting services offered by Bluehost include shared hosting, pro-web hosting, VPS hosting and dedicated hosting from which you can choose as per your requirements.
1) Transferring your website to Bluehost
The first step of transferring your website and running it on Bluehost is to Bluehost transfer your domain name by changing domain DNS. Moreover you can also register new a domain with Blue host if you do not have it already otherwise you can get your existing domain transferred to it. During the domain transfer process you need not transfer the registration of your domain to the registrar of Bluehost. You can host any domain name to Bluehost only by contacting your existing registrar and directing the domain names servers to Bluehost. The registration of your domain will not be transferred to Bluehost automatically by pointing name server to it. It may take 24 to 48 hours the change the updates across worldwide DNS resolvers, after you have made these changes about pointing the domain name servers to Bluehost.
2) Step-by-step transfer of domain registration to Bluehost
- During the domain transfer process first of all you should contact the current registrar to get your domain unlocked and authorization or EPP code.
- The information provided by you to Bluehost should be correct as they verify the code to your email address listed with them. You should also turn off your privacy code before this step otherwise it will not work.
- Now you should login to cPanel of Bluehost and click on Domain Manager to select the domain of your choice to transfer.
- Now click on the link Transfer this domain to your account appearing on the right of the domain and provide EPP code, after reading the information, and click on Continue.
- They will then send a second verification code to the administrator of your email address. If your information is correct then you will be able to get this information.
- Now enter the second verification code and click on Continue.
- Now you will have to select the options required by you for your name servers including Contact Information, Auto-renewal, agree to Terms of Service and Privacy.
- After clicking on Add transfer to Shopping Cart the domain transfer process will be complete.
3) Transferring the contents of the website to Bluehost
In order to Bluehost transfer your website they offer website transfer service to migrate up to 20 email accounts and 5 websites from a single hosting account with the previous hosting company. You can make this transaction easily for just $99.99. To get more information about transferring your website yourself and upload files to server you will have to read out certain articles available on the helpdesk of Bluehost including CuteFTP Settings, Transferring files via FileZilla, Fetch (Mac) FTP Settings, and Suggested FTP Clients etc.
Bluehost domain feature includes subdomain, addon domain and parked domain
In case you will like to host your website with Bluehost, then you are very lucky. The company allows several useful features in their domain services. After you decide to go for Bluehost domain services, you will be able to access more features which you can hardly access in other hosting companies. Their price for the domains is also very low; they have different plans such as starter, which goes at $3.95. The plus plan which goes at $6.95 per month and the business pro plan which starts at $14.95. All the domain plans have their own features which make then stand out. Bluehost has made it possible for people to manage, update, track, administer and purchase domain names easily. Before you decide on Bluehost domain, you should first take your time and asses the advantages that you will enjoy after you decide to go for the company. In case you will like to have services such as parked domains, you will easily find them at the company. In case you do not have a web hosting account, you can still benefit from the domain parking services of the company. This is a move that has been taken by the company to ensure they are able to meet the needs of different people who will like to access services from them. Here are the three packages offered by Bluehost domain services:
- Starter plan
In this plan, Bluehost has offered offers such as 1 website hosting services among other services such as 100 GB of website space. In case you will not like to have a lot of website space, for example when hosting a website that will not have a lot of content. The plan is very economical for you. In the starter plan you will be allowed to have 1 included domain, 5 parked domains and 25 subdomains. In case you will like to have a website that has less than 25 sub domains, this will be the best plan for you to go for. - Plus plan
In the plus plan offered by Bluehost, you will be allowed to host unlimited websites. In case you will like to start several websites at ago, this is the best plan for you to go for. Other features of the plan include one included domain and unlimited parked domains. In order to take advantage of Bluehost domain services, you should first take your time and asses the requirements of your web design services. In case you will like to have several parked domains, then you should go for the plus plan. For the case of sub domains, the plan will allow you to have unlimited sub domains. This is a great deal considering you will only pay for all the domains for just $6.95 per month. Other interesting features of the plan include unlimited email storage. In case you will like to start a website where you will use email marketing for you to get in touch with your readers, then you will find the plan very useful. There are also no restrictions on the website space; you will enjoy uploading content without restrictions. - Pro plan
In the business pro plan you will enjoy a lot of Bluehost domain services. For instance, you will have one included domain and unlimited parked domains. This is the best plan for you to pick in case you are plan to have a website that will require a lot of parked domains. In order to take advantage of the plan, you should first carry out some form of assessment for you to know the total number of parked domains that you will require. In case you will require several, then you should pay for the plan at Bluehost. There are also unlimited sub domains offered under the business plus plan. For those who will like to have unlimited number of sub domains, this will really help them. Other services that make the business plus package different from other packages include 2 spam expert services and Domain privacy services. In case you will like to have privacy services when hosting your website, you can go for the plan for you to have your domain packed with privacy services. Site back up pro services are also among the services that you will enjoy under the plan.
Choose the most suitable web hosting plan for your website need for now and for the future.
Bluehost Ecommerce review with Opencart, Oscommerce and Magento
Bluehost is one of the most comprehensive and efficient Ecommerce hosting sites to have come up over the last decade. With a wide range of products to facilitate Ecommerce websites, Bluehost is certainly both budget friendly and work efficient. In this article we take a look at some of the top features that the Hosting website has that has made it one of the most popular choices among entrepreneurs.
Top Features of Bluehost
In this section we look at why one must consider opting for the various features that Bluehost promises. In addition to the budget factor that has been mentioned above, this site also provides some stellar features that are suited to increase the work efficiency of Ecommerce sites.
For anyone looking to open an online store, or Ecommerce website, looking for a compatible web hosting service agency is crucial. Bluehost provides its users with a comprehensive and all inclusive web hosting plan that involves:
- OS Commerce Shopping Cart
- Agora Shopping Cart
- Cube Cart Shopping Cart
- Zen Cart Shopping Cart
- OpenCart
- Magento
What these services do is that they allow the user to save the money for paying for a license. The basic procedure is simple. A simple one click installation allows the site to access your needs and install the aforementioned features individually. Needless to say, the installation depends on the choice of plans, but the average cost of hosting these features is around $5 per month. As far as web hosting solutions go, this is by far one of the most cost and work effective plan that is available today.
Additional Benefits
One of the other reasons, online business owners should consider utilising the features offered by Bluehost is because solutions such as Cube Cart and Zen Cart ensure that one does not have to deal with the hassle of monthly payments. This means that unless someone needs extra technical support, the one time installation payment is the only financial transaction that is needed. Furthermore, the Cube Cart feature also supplies the online store with additional offers and opportunities such as gift certificates and a mobile optimized store front. All in all, it is not only budgeting friendly but also provides an array of additional features with minimal financial hassles.
Bluehost offers a secure SSL server that is essential for online stores. The price is nominal at around $50 per year. One can also update the plan to a pro version or a dedicated SSL server version. In addition to the variety of servers, Bluehost also ensures that the users receive the benefits of password protected directories. In both cases the services of Bluehost are cost effective and a good long time strategy.
Multiple Hosting Features
Among the other reasons that one should consider using Bluehost as a provider of web hosting solutions is that it provides a number of extra features. These are:
- Free Generated Certificates- This is important as certificates are not only essential for legal purposes but are also a hassle when it comes to procuring them. Bluehost handles this pathway in an efficient and user-friendly way that is beneficial for all.
- Unlimited domains for faster speed
- Unlimited bandwidth to ensure that there is greater performance and a more productive methodology of increasing web traffic
- Open PGP/ GPG Encryption for faster working speed and higher performance.
Technical Support
The final reason users must consider Bluehost as an option for Web Hosting Solutions is because they have a 24/7 technical support program. This ensures that any real time problems incurred while running the online store is effectively dealt with right then and there to avoid a pile up of damages.
In addition to all of the features mentioned above, Bluehost Ecommerce also offers a 30 day money back guarantee in case the features do not yield the benefits as promised. With a solid work ethic in place, this is definitely a worthwhile investment to consider.
Final Thought
Bluehost Ecommerce hosting solutions is one of the most user friendly sites especially when it comes to small time business owners. Since the site offers solutions that are largely budget friendly, those with small businesses and online stores can derive great benefits from working with the website. Furthermore, the additional benefits of regular features such as Zen Cart and Cube Cart are a good working solution for all.
Bluehost vs. Dreamhost vs. Webhostingbuzz: which is the most popular webmaster choice?
The most effective types of web site hosting service offer options that are adaptable for different kinds of organizational structures. These service providers are capable of low cost yet adaptive hosting plans to business of all sizes and kinds. Expert web hosting companies additionally offer services that are affordable for individual, individuals who need space for data along with web connectivity for the private usage of web applications.
An expected customer must understand some facets of services and processes so that when confronted with the selection, they've sufficient data to use as a basis. Here are some essential things that anyone who would like to use web hosting services must strive to learn.
1) Bluehost
This really is just another excellent hosting, service business that's well known, popular, and offers low cost, quality services that are excellent. It needs to ensure customer service is fulfilled, and also supplies endless hosting packages. One matter, they look especially involved in is with nonprofit organizations and instruction. They've plans where they have special offers for non-profit groups, and additionally for students, professors to control web hosting for them. Most likely, they would like to establish connections with them and create a community that is good with these groups (and above all, to generate income in the long run!). So these are other ways they like develop good relationships with these particular groups and to reach out to them.
Bluehost has reasonably low costs that'll help individuals conserve money in the long term, though the page is lower than the pricing. Beginner host costs start as low as $3.49/month, but come with a few limits (i.e. Just one site). That is why their most famous bundle starts at 5.95/month with endless attributes. In addition to this popular bundle, you can get up to $200 of marketing offers too. This could range between free credits on Facebook promotion on Google, and other offers to enlarge company services. Similar to iPage, Bluehost additionally features an anytime money-back guarantee. Therefore, if you would like to quit using their services later on, you can get all your cash back in the event you are not fulfilled.
From time to time, the hosting service of Bluehost might not be fast, as well as their CPU utilization is restricted too. Customer care encounter is all right, I'd favor calling a representative instead of chat or e-mail (really slow), phone support is faster and even more efficient.
In addition, there are prices ($99) for migration services, whereas other web hosting companies supply migration free of charge.
2) Dreamhost
Dreamhost is just another web hosting service which has found some decline recently. It once enjoyed a strong reputation for the advanced control panel, great uptime and exceptional service that was infinite. Although users enjoy the control panel, uptime is a problem as well as their customer support is slow and impersonal. A beginner may well rather not enter the fray without dependable back-up, although this service may do the job for experienced users who understand the best way to solve issues for themselves.
Although a lot of other services offer a 30-day refund policy, Dreamhost offers a 97-day money-back guarantee. That gives you plenty of time to set up things before fully giving to a service agreement, and feel matters out. Should you choose that Dreamhost isn't for you, simply component ways? On the flip side, if you choose to stay, you may have things set up.
Dreamhost offers 50 GB of back-up space that is free. They've a strict user understanding permit that prohibits you from streaming copyrighted content or from enabling visitors to get your server resources. In addition, this website hosting service might request that you cover a dedicated server in case your website becomes unwieldy. What exactly that means is not clear, nevertheless they've great reason – if your website causes difficulties for other users on the server, action will be taken by Dreamhost.
3) Webhostingbuzz
Web Hosting Buzz has a user intuitive web site including an entire support section featuring instruction manual, video tutorials, and fast access to customer support alternatives. This makes Webhostingbuzz worthy of your thought.
Webhostingbuzz is a fully-featured web hosting provider that offers everything from shared hosting to dedicated server to VPS hosting. This will enable your site to grow from a "pet project" to a completely scalable company. Below is our common hosting review of the supplier.
This business was established in 2002 when everything was overpriced to bring affordable web hosting options and service was exceptional. They now host more than 250,000 sites at 4 distinct data centers on over 250 servers. The' center places are in Atlanta, Georgia USA, Dallas, Texas USA, Phoenix, Arizona USA, and NYC/NJ USA.
As the leader of carbon neutral (green) web hosting, Webhostingbuzz credits the in 2006. The continue to sponsor The Woodland Trust, a charity that targets reducing carbon amounts via tree planting schemes, they use servers that reduce power consumption by 27%, they recycle 70% of office waste, utilize energy conserving light and use Energy Star approved air conditioning within their facilities.
To know know more about Webhostingbuzz, visit our Webhostingbuzz demo and review site here.
We recommend Bluehost for the following 3 reasons:
- Bluehost offered a free domain name for life when you signed up for their web hosting package $3.95 / month).
- Bluehost offered free domain privacy registration.
- You can have an unlimited number of domains hosted on your Bluehost account. This was important to us because that way we could experiment with a lot of different blogs and each blog would have a different domain name.
With previous experience with Bluehost, Dreamhost and Webhostingbuzz, we really knows their pros and cons. Choosing Bluehost hosting for your website hosting need is surely a right decision to make.
Bluehost dedicated server review – the hidden gems
Bluehost started its business as a web hosting company in 1996. Since then they have been offering the web hosting solutions for both businesses and individuals. This company is known as the best in providing Linux web hosting services. It has hosted more than 3 million websites all over the world till date. The review of Bluehost provided in this write-up will help you in understanding why it is considered industry's best web hosting service provider.
Bluehost dedicated server features:
- Bluehost used the latest hardware to design very delicate Bluehost dedicated servers. They used Xenon processors along with other hardware parts including 4GB RAM, CentOS, 3 dedicated IPs and 2x500GB HDD.
- Company provided control panels free of cost to its customers to make it easy for them to use its dedicated servers. They equipped these control panels with the best navigation menus and user-friendly GUI to help the users in managing their files, emails, domains and accounts along with lots of other things. The advanced features of the Bluehost dedicated server allowed webmasters to use its control panels to modify the error page, change .ht access, setup Cron jobs, login through shell access and log files on the server to increase their control on their web servers.
- The web hosting solutions provided by Bluehost dedicated server are among the world's best solutions with highest price value.
Bluehost dedicated server pricing:
Bluehost has offered Bluehost dedicated servers at very affordable and cheap price packages along with promotional offers. Initially company allows you to avail the services of its dedicated server at about $75 for the first month and at about $150 per month thereafter. You can use your Visa, PayPal, American Express, Discover or Master Card to make the payments on the services of the dedicated server. If you are not satisfied with the services of the server the company promises to pay your money back.
Speed and performance:
If you look in to the infrastructure of Bluehost then you will see that the speed and uptime of the Bluehost dedicated server are determined by its data centers like any other company of this kind. A team of Linux engineers with over 15 years experience in web-hosting operate the dedicated servers of Bluehost. They are familiar with all of their service related issues and adopt steps given here under to increase the control, security and speed of their Centos Linux.
- Improve the efficiency of file backups and writing
- Enhanced performance of the MySQL database
- Reduced the speed of website loading and downgrading effectively to allow its users to use the internet at fastest speed without facing any problem
In order to gain full control on its infrastructure Bluehost built its own 3 data-centers equipped with generators, UPS power and a number of 10 Gigabit connections at different locations all over the world. The Bluehost dedicated servers offer 99.9% uptime to their customers as they are faster than other normal web servers being equipped with 32 GB memory, RAID 5-disk, and 24 Opteron processors.
Customer support:
While talking about customer support offered by Bluehost you will find that company does not compromise on helping the users of Bluehost dedicated server. They offer 24/7 full support to their customers, on the basis of their responsive and active support team so that they can resolve their server related problems easily. You can contact with their in-house support engineers anytime through phone call, email and even through chat as all of them are based in US. After all, good after sale customer support differentiate a great company from good companies and as far as customer support of Bluehost is concerned, it is one of the best in the industry.
Is Bluehost dedicated server upgrade worth it?
They start offering this since 2013 and priced below one hundred dollars for starting. There are three dedicated plans and two of it are priced at below $100 dollars per month. Basic configuration is with dual core processor and with 4 gigabytes RAM that is sufficient for most large scale website. It uses high performance dual core Intel Xeon processor and many other high spec hardware. In the software, they use CentOS 64-bits operating system offering the highest reliability. And it includes 4 gigabytes memory, 500 gigabytes hard disk drive and 3 dedicated IP too. This is a stealth configuration for any dedicated server plan. Anyone look forward for their first private server will definitely find this more than sufficient.
As introductory offer, this Bluehost dedicated server promotion is now offering with 50% initial discount. New user signup today can get this high spec server for $74.99 only. Its valid for first one month and following month renewal will be at regular pricing. There is no Bluehost renewal coupon available either. Paying almost $150 per month for private server is not affordable by most customers. For customers that demand a lower pricing and nearly the same performance, we would recommend the latest VPS plans that start from $30 per month.
After reading the Bluehost dedicated server review provided in this write-up it has become obvious that it can highly be recommended for the beginners. These dedicated servers, offered at the most affordable price in the industry, have made the company stand among the industry's best web hosting companies. So if you are searching for an effective web hosting company to manage your small scale business website or blogs then Bluehost dedicated servers can be the best option for you as it can provide ultimate control and security in website performance. In order to get more information about the company and its dedicated servers you can call at company's toll-free number, send email or visit their website.
Bluehost vs. Hostgator with 6 main factors comparison
There are so many different web hosting providers out there that choosing the best one become difficult for the uninformed buyer. However, a simple research of the top web hosting providers will throw up two names: Bluehost and Hostgator. Which one is the best can only be decided after conducting a comparison of Bluehost vs. Hostgator. Here is a brief look at how each one stacks up against the other.
1) User interface
Bluehost and Hostgator both offer cPanel. This control panel is very user friendly, and is a boon for those who are new to this kind of thin and also to those who don't know what it takes to install popular web scripts like Joomla and the like. The nice thing about Bluehost and Hostgator is that each provides excellent security for their cPanel, which means that your files will not easily be infected by viruses or compromised by hackers. Both Bluehost and Hostgator have excellent and easy to navigate billing areas though Hostgator does offer a customized cPanel. From this one can conclude that Hostgator places a lot of emphasis on satisfying their customers. However, in this particular comparison there is no clear winner as each score equally on the user interface factor.
2) Performance
The nice thing about choosing Bluehost and Hostgator is that each offers good performance and each can guarantee uptime of 99.9 percent. However, Hostgator uses servers that are located at Dallas at data centers that are well equipped and which connect to ten backbone providers.
Bluehost on the other hand makes use of CPU segregation technologies, which do much to control CPU intelligently and so will offer you protection from what can be called bad users. Hostgator for its part has invested many millions of dollars in new technologies to ensure optimum performance. So, on the performance factor, Hostgator scores over Bluehost.
3) Website uptime
If your site goes down then the results for you can be quite disastrous. So, before choosing a web hosting provider you need to ensure that it provides you almost total uptime. On this score, both Bluehost and Hostgator promise you 99.9 percent uptime. When tested it was found that Hostgator had a mere single outage that lasted one minute in a week of testing. However, Bluehost had as many as eleven outages that cost users a total of fifty-one minutes. So, the winner as far as uptime goes is Hostgator.
4) Response times
When tests were done regarding response times it was seen that Hostgator sites never took more than one point two seconds to load while sites hosted by Bluehost took more than five point four seconds to load. Here, again the winner is Hostgator.
5) Website speed performance
Before you select a web host you must make sure that they are speedy. When tested, sites that were hosted by Hostgator loaded about fifty percent faster than sites that were hosted by Bluehost. Again, Hostgator wins the battle of speed over Bluehost.
When comparing Bluehost vs. Hostgator it is important to check which web host provides better customer satisfaction? Good customer support is something that is almost mandatory for every web host. If you face issues with your site or your server, then you need to find answers from the customer support team without delay or hassle.
6) Customer support
When comparing Bluehost vs. Hostgator in terms of level of customer support offered it was found that though Bluehost customer support was good, that of Hostgator was also equally impressive. The nice thing about both these web-hosting providers is that it is easy to contact both their customer support teams and the level of support provided was also very good. So, on the factor of customer support, it is a tie between Bluehost and Hostgator.
Before choosing your web-hosting provider you need to take into account factors like pricing and features. When you look at both Bluehost and Hostgator you will find that both provide tons of features and Bluehost is offering three plans called Starters, Plus and Business Plan. Likewise, Hostgator is also offering three plans, which they call Hatchling and Baby, as well as Business Plans. On the features and pricing factor, both scored equally and so once again it is a tie between the two on the features and pricing factor.
So, which should you choose?
Should you choose Hostgator or Bluehost? According to the above parameters, Hostgator wins hands-down over Bluehost. It offers a thirty-day hosting plan at prices of 0.01 cents per month. It also backs its plans with a forty-five day money back guarantee. Its control panel is also easy to use and very functional. Sites hosted by Hostgator also load much faster than sites hosted by Bluehost. See our hosted Hostgator review and speed test for more details.


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What sort of Church will emerge to engage with the challenge of a post-Christian world?
On Sunday 15th March 2009, I joined a recorded discussion in Sydney exploring the above title on Australia's ABC National Radio. In the discussions, the group explored the importance of Emerging and Fresh Expressions of Church engagement with our increasingly post-christian post-secular culture. For a link to the radio show click here
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After completing his university studies, Shawn decided to set off on a once-in-a-lifetime backpacking trip with his best friend and sidekick, Patrick.
The three-month, pre-planned Eurotrip took an unexpected turn after one week when a spontaneous decision in Amsterdam led the two travelers off the beaten path and on a haphazard adventure across Europe.
This fast-paced, true story lets the reader experience a journey filled with discovery and rich with history. From scaling waterfalls in the Swiss Alps to exploring lost caves in Sardinia, camel trekking in the Sahara Desert to examining the unearthed treasures of Pompeii — this book offers a glimpse at the possibilities that await any aspiring young backpacker.


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Joss Whedon on Comic Books, Abusing Language and the Joys of Genre
- Thursday May 3, 2012
Geeks love Joss Whedon. In his TV shows and movies — Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse, Serenity, Firefly — he gives them not necessarily what they want, but definitely what they need. With The Avengers, he puts his "whedonesque" spin on the Marvel universe. Wired talks with the geek auteur about the comic books that influenced him, the comic books he wrote and what went wrong with Dollhouse. Plus there's a feminist take on Die Hard that you won't want to miss.