My Friend, Fernando: Bargain Kitchen and Bath Cabinets at Fernando’s Lumber

Filed under: House + Garden — StyleGuide @ 9:17 am

When hunting for our first house, we fell in love with a once-abandoned shack in a so-so neighborhood a few blocks from gangland.  Clearly love is blind — we made an offer on it right away.

Everything had to be fixed — most importantly the kitchen, where nearly all of the cabinets were missing (sold to pay drug debts, perhaps?).  We needed simple cabinets, for a bargain price, that wouldn’t leave our house “over-improved” for our neighborhood.

Fernando’s Lumber came to our rescue.  They custom-build all-wood kitchen and bath cabinets — no MDFs or other weird wood-like materials.  You can get any configuration you want, as long as you choose pine fronts and plywood shelves.  Don’t expect a ton of options for door styles, either.  Just bare-bones basic wood cabinets at an insanely low price.

We upped the quality by skipping Fernando’s standard knobs and hinges in favor of our own hardware.  And here’s an important tip:  When you order, say you’re planning to stain them (even if you end up painting instead) — they’ll do a better job on the finish. 

New cabinets at a low price — a great way to make your own outdated-drug dealer-70’s style kitchen just a little more homey.

Price:  $$$$

Where:  Three locations: 

1920 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles, Ca 90011, 213-747-3766

750 E. Manchester Ave., Los Angeles, Ca 90001, 323-789-6576

5836 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, Ca 90003, 323-234-7993

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