The in-home consultation is the part of the process that decides whether your project goes smoothly or sideways. A good measurement up front means an accurate project list, a firm quote, and a delivery date you can actually plan around. A bad one means re-cuts, delays, and a bill that moves.
The good news: most of the work that makes a consult productive happens before we walk through the door. Here's how to get your space ready so the visit is short, the numbers are accurate, and the plan sticks.
Know the space you're working with
Have a clear idea of which room or rooms we're measuring and roughly what you want out of them. 'New kitchen cabinets' is fine as a starting point, but 'kitchen with an L-shaped run, a pantry, and we want to keep the existing island' is a lot faster to quote. If you've got cabinet sizes you already have in mind — from a sketch, a prior quote, or a showroom — bring them. You can supply your own cabinet sizes or project specifications and we'll build to them.
If you're on the fence about layout, that's okay too. That's part of what the consult is for. But the more direction you bring, the less back-and-forth there is after.
Clear the room and the walls
We measure to the wall, not to the appliance — so the clearer the space around the cabinet runs, the more accurate the dims. You don't need an empty room, but pulling furniture, rugs, and loose items away from the walls we'll measure saves time and prevents a missed dimension. If there's existing cabinetry coming out, we can measure around it; just let us know whether it's staying or going.
- Clear countertops and the floor along cabinet runs so we can lay a tape cleanly.
- Have any existing plans, sketches, or cabinet sizes you'd like us to match on hand.
- Note anything that has to stay — a vent, a window, an appliance you're keeping.
- If you rent or have an HOA, check whether install hours are restricted.
Think about how you actually use the room
The layout that photographs well isn't always the layout that works. If two people cook, if you want the coffee maker off the main counter, if the dog's bowls live in a specific corner — tell us. Cabinet placement is a function of how the room gets used, and a ten-minute conversation about your routine usually shapes the layout more than anything we bring to the table.
Payment and timeline, up front
Once the plan is confirmed, we'll talk payment and scheduling on the same visit. We take cash, check, Venmo, and Zelle, and credit cards are welcome — note that the card-processing company charges a 3% fee, which is standard and outside our control. Most projects ship within 3 to 5 days from a confirmed plan, and we'll give you a specific delivery date, not a vague window.
That's the whole point of the consult: walk in, measure it right, leave with a plan and a number that holds. Get the room ready, and the rest follows.
