Lily Ann cabinets worth it?? DIY assembly and my thoughts!
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- In this episode I start putting our cabinets together that we purchased online from Lily Ann cabinets. I also discuss the process and give the good and bad. These are the "builder grade" cabinets in the Madison Toffee color.
Wall cabinet assembly at 07:50
Base cabinet assembly at 16:37
Lazy Susan cabinet assembly 26:37
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I think Lily Ann needs to sponsor you for this video! Anyone who has purchased their cabinets could really find this video super helpful.
I'm pinning this comment due to the owner of this company (Bill) reaching out to me. We had a wonderful conversation and he was thrilled about the honesty here, including the mistakes with their product packaging. I was highly impressed after our conversation and that was awesome of him to reach out.
@@TKCL Lily Ann from Lily Ann cabinets here! As a family business, we greatly appreciate your honesty with our products! We are blown away by your craftsmanship in this video. Thank you very much for using our cabinets, we appreciate it more than you know!
Well I truly appreciate you taking the time to find this video and respond the way you did! That says a lot about your company! I'm glad you found my "honest" review as just that. The cabinets are very well made (especially for the price) and customer service has been top notch. If the hardware had been correct this would have been a flawless experience. With that said, things happen and mistakes can be made. That's why I still feel I would purchase your products again in the future. Thanks for stopping by!
@@TKCL
Hate to be a downer, that account was made today.....
At least you mean enough for someone to spend time making a fake account.
@@TKCL Thank you! We appreciate it!
Lily Ann - A US / Michigan based company.
- Your assembly site a big key to the ease of assembly; elevated assembly, soft work surface, lights, and tools close by. I would have used a small brush to even out the glue into the grooves, my suggestion not criticism.
I took a tour of a place where hardware packs were being assembled. The folks packaging the items were blind. Each worker had a pile of screws, bolts , or nuts. First person placed the item in the box into the hardware pack until an alarm would sound indicating there was enough of that item. Then they moved the package to the next person along the line. I have never again gotten upset if the hardware count was not correct. These nice folks are doing the best they know how to do.
Great job!
I LOVE the longer videos!
Good, most don't 😔.
Merry Christmas Andrew and Tiffany! I have been learning ssssoooo much from you. Thank you!
Thank you for watching, Merry Christmas!
Excellent video. Nice work.
Thank you!
As always sir you did a great job. Love your videos
Thank you!
Those are beautiful cabinets. They will look so nice with the color you have chosen for the walls. I remember having new cabinets put in, my ex and his friend did them. We never realize until they went to hang the top cabinets that since the house was a prefab from the 50s that the studs ran completely opposite of how the cabinets we set up! Took some creative thinking but they got them up, and old cabinets went into the laundry room for an extra place to store canned goods!
Thanks for making video. This answered a lot questions for me and helped making design decisions.
Thank you for watching
Merry Christmas. Have a great and safe holiday.
Merry Christmas!
If I was to be building my cabinets I definitely would love to find a video like this on “how to” do it the right way. Well done Andrew very pleasant and enjoyable video to watch. I hope you and Tiffany enjoy your Christmas card I sent you. I hope y’all have a blessed Christmas.
Thank you very much and merry Christmas! I'll be stopping by the post office on Friday.
Hi, Andrew! I love this video. The cabinets are beautiful.
Thank you
Those cabinets will make the kitchen look amazing. 😀 I am so happy for you guys
Thank you
Cabinetry looks Beautiful
Thank you!
Your teaching skill is excellent, like your cabinets. Enjoy your Christmas with your family. 🎄🎄⛄⛄❄❄
Thank you for watching
Great Job! MERRY CHRISTMAS
Merry Christmas!
Looking great with the cabinets thus far Andrew. You are obviously a man of many talents. I enjoyed the video very much. Thanks for sharing. Take care and God Bless.
Thank you for watching, God bless!
Love the cabinet color. They can be a pain to assemble, but patience is key. Looking awesome Andrew! Merry Christmas to everyone!
Merry Christmas!
Hello Andrew, Nice looking cabinets and I love you went and did a step by step with the assembly process.
Thank you for watching
Beautiful cabinets. Great taste
Thank you!
I am so impressed with your handy dandy self!! LOL I seriously find it impressive, all the work YOU have done on this home. It is all looking amazing and done right! Solid and long lasting. The two of you will live a fine comfortable life. So well deserved!
Thank you so much!
Having watched this my kitchen cabinets that I’ll need to complete my kitchen will be measured, built, and installed by a cabinet marker. This is totally outside of my comfort zone. Kudos to you for all this work.
Lol it's definitely a thought out process.
Great video again Andrew. Love the solid wood and the colour Tiffany picked. You guys are going to have one beautiful home too be very proud of. Your both doing a great job of matching things up, good choices. Take care from South Western Ontario 🇨🇦
Thank you very much! Take care!
They look very nice and pretty easy to put together:) glad they are going to send you more screws:) tfs stay safe and God Bless and have a very Merry Christmas:)
God bless, Merry Christmas!
Excellent job with the cabinets and good choice for the materials. I had to rebuild a few of mine that had the disintegrating particle board interiors.
Thank you!
Of all the kitchens I have had, the one with cabinets that color and style was my favorite!
We wanted a change from traditional white.
Andrew! U r an EXCELLENT teacher! U have been throughout this entire build but u shined even brighter n this video! ALSO, u and Tiffany were SO right about the paint and color of the cabinets! Well done!
Thank you very much!
Just talked with Lilly Ann and ALL of their cabinet doors and drawer fronts are HDF - grrrr. They gave the the whole run around that MDF and HDF is better because wood can crack.. I'm not believing that as I have had all wood for 50 years and all our house furniture is all real wood and they never crack... GREAT video.
Oh wow, I was under the impression their premium line was all wood with plywood sides. That's disappointing to hear, I need to take a closer look at my doors.
Looks great for flat packs! I’d definitely put some soft closers on those doors and drawers. They aren’t just a luxury item, they do make your investment last longer. Blum blumotion, I’ve found them at habitat for humanity stores for cheap, sub $1 a piece sometimes!
GREAT Video! Thanks so much for the insight. I purchased (assembled) for my bath ... well built, and am designing kitchen now. The Lazy Susan assembly actually answered some questions for me (accordion door...check!). Now to debate on the assembly... :D THANKS AGAIN!
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice man. I find it quite satisfying to build stuff like this. I’m 65 years old and I still build model cars.
I enjoyed it too, other than the hardware.
Hello Andrew, you did an excellent job assembling the cabinets. The company should have your video up on their website for potential cabinet buyers to watch. Your assembly video is phenomenal. Great job.
Thank you very much!
This was an excellent video and it clearly shows the steps needed for a variety of different styles. I also agree that it make sense to pay a little extra for some spare hardware. I also had them design and prepare a bid for me and they did a really great job of showing exactly what it might look like. Next step is to double check it and place the order.
I upgraded to their premium cabinets with dovetail joints, much easier to build and better quality.
Love the cabinets that Tiffany picked out. Going to be a striking kitchen.
Thank you, they look great with that green paint.
@@TKCL I like that green paint. Your home is going to be very cozy and lovely. Miss Tiffany, maybe besides her future cooking channel, should consider decorating.
GOOD CABINETS WORKS KEEP UP THE WORK YOUNG MAN. BE BLESS SAVANNAH TN.
Thank you for watching
I worked part time for a friend’s renovation company. I was fine assembling and removing the old cabinets. Doing the fine work of leveling and crown molding I left to him.
I've never mounted cabinets before. That's going to be interesting.
Loved the vid as usual, I would recommend putting some mounted led lighting in the lazy susan cabinet so you can see what's in the back of the cabinet. I've ran into the problem of not being able to see in the back and thinking I lost something. Turns out it was waaaayyyy in the back.
Yes those cabinets are huge!
Seems like nice set of cabinets for the money Andrew. Color should look good with that green as well
Yes it should!
When we remodeled our kitchen 6 years ago we bought Lily Ann Cabinets. I love them. I did a ton a research before I bought them and I don’t regret our purchase.
These are the actual cabinets we bought. The Madison Toffee
Hard to beat for the price.
When you get sick of never seeing what is hidden in the back of those old style cabinets, re-do them in drawers!
I'm with you on the particle board crap...it's basically just sawdust & wood glue!
BTW: You can get a magnetizer/de-magnetizer to make any of the bits magnetic...really helpful thing to have around :)
Hmmm, I need to look into that. Thanks!
i am in the process of doing my daughters kitchen with cabinets from lilyann. first off they are available. i had them in 2 weeks. they don't come from china they come from michigan and they are plywood and no particle board. not their fault but one face frame was damaged in shipping and they quickly replaced it. assembly is so simple a 10yr old could do it. they look fabulous. the selection of styles, sizes and options is fantastic and they had everything in stock. i highly recommend them
I 100 percent agree, it's refreshing seeing a product that's reasonably priced and they did not cut corners on materials.
Home Outlet stores are a good option for cabinets. I believe all of there cabinets have ½" plywood boxes. The sink cabinets have a coated bottom panel to help withstand water leaks. They show 10'x10' cabinet layouts in the $3,000 range.
No where close to this company, same quality or even a little better. They show a 10x10 setup in our style for $1,664. They beat every stores prices I checked.
great video!
Thank you
@@TKCL You're welcome!
The cabinets LOOK awesome. I hope the company didn't have finish on those edges you were gluing otherwise you are relying on the brackets and tiny screws. The only other hardware issues is the super cheap drawer slides they sent, those give new meaning to builder grade. But like I said they look awesome and look great against your wall paint color. I am sure they will stay together and work nice enough for many years to come despite my concerns. Love all your videos and can't wait to see all the cooking videos on the future coking channel.
All edges were rough, unfinished wood. Thanks for watching!
Nice looking cabinets! It’s kind of a bummer they weren’t soft close at that price though.
That was the next level up. We are fine without having soft close.
Nice looking cabinets. Should look awesome. Can't wait to see what you guys pick for countertops.
Just wanted to mention that those cabinets aren't lazy susan cabinets. They are considered corner cabinets. True lazy susan cabinets shelf and "bottom" turns 360 degrees inside the cabinet, making it easier to reach stuff all they way in the back. It's really uncomfortable to bend down and get to that appliance that got shoved to the back.
They offer the rotating option.
@@TKCL You're going to wish you had gotten them. The opening is so narrow it's really hard to utilize most of the cabinet space without the lazy susan. But, I know you will figure something out. You're really good at that.
You got a good product for a really reasonable price. Ours were custom and installed but they cost us $17k
Wow! That's way too much for me.
@@TKCL Yeah it was for me too! :-(
Very nice and awesome savings from what I have always heard cabinets cost. Maybe Santa will bring you some of those new Dewalt Power Stack batteries…
Maybe! 😉
Looking good. I made cabinets once. They were over built and way to heavy. Only reason I built them was like you I hate partical board.
I have only used the Charlston and the York line of cabinets from Lilly ann but they are much easier than those to put together. The sides and back slide together with dovetail joints. No brackets except for 4 corner brackets underneath, the top corner braces are steel instead of plastic. The drawer guides are heavy duty and ride under the drawers and the drawers extend all the way out and have soft close. I don't know what the price difference is but I know they are still cheaper than the pre-built garbage in stocks at HD.
Went with the Charleston and agree it's much easier to put together.
Clark & Deborah:
Andrew great assembly instructor video, people will be watching this one for years to come, 5***** aka- ladder shirt & camo flip flops....
Thank you, I'll get right on it 😉
Andrew, do yourself a favor; go to Lowe's or Home Depot, someplace and find the replacement brass or metal shelf brackets, they match size. Overtime the plastic will deteriorate and break.
Good to know and easy to replace.
@@TKCL Yeh, cant tell you how many times I've had them break in our cabinets. You can also just get the metal or wooden pins that will work as well.
Andrew was your concrete leveled for finish or do you plan on pouring floor leveling stuff before installing cabinets and flooring? My builder and pour the leveling stuff just to make sure the Foundation did not settle a bit I live in north central Texas..oh and I need to go back to the beginning I did not see the house build from the beginning so just asking.
The concrete crew was maticulous when pouring, even carrying around a laser level with them. With that said I'll check it out. I'm sure I have more inconsistencies in the cabinets than the concrete.
But of course you had extra hinges and screws, I think your supply is better than some shops:))) I pray that someone helps you mount the upper cabinets, they must be pretty heavy!
I'm kicking around a few ideas on how to do it myself.
Andrew, the bumpers for the doors. What are they made of? Silcone or rubber or cork? It looked like a clear silicone bumper, but couldn't tell. Not sure if there are different qualities of the silcone material, but mine in NC sort of melted into a gooey mess after a few years due to the heat and just looks like crap and sticky blob now. Keep an eye out if yours are the same.
I'm guessing silicone is what they are.
@@TKCL keep an eye out for them turning into a gooey blob. I changed mine out for cork.
Man that sucks that hardware was missing but those are some nice looking cabinets 👍🏽... I would of gotten a bigger hammer and framing air gun and they would never come apart 🤷🏽♂️ or go back together again 🤦🏽♂️🙄
Oh wow! 😬🤦
Andrew, I may of missed it but what size of kitchen are you doing and what was cost on these cabinets. My wife and I'll be redoing a farm house this spring for my MIL and am considering using these cabinets.
Kitchen is 14ft x 15ft 4 inches. Total package was around $4,500 shipped with extra trim pieces too.
This is very timely for me as i will be starting my kitchen reno in next month and going crazy with RTA cabinets. Whats your take on the box being 1/2" instead of 3/4"? how about overall quality of hardware? im debating barker cabinets which are more expensive but man they are a huge upgrade from other RTA manufacturers
i think i found my answer. the hardware issue is non starter for me....
Have you seen how barker assembles? Much much harder. Also I have 1/2 sides on my cabinets and they are perfect and 10 years old. 1/2 inch will last a life time.
@@decker377 I don’t know what you mean by much much harder. Half the stuff Andrew had to install already is installed on a barker cabinet when you get it. Plus any cabinet maker will tell you that 3/4 is the way to go. Having said that, they will cost me about 4k more. So def a trade off. I can’t fathom spending even 4.5k on cabinets and only one has the right hardware.
The 1/2 does not bother me since it's plywood. As for the hardware, take that as you heard it. The cabinets were a great deal, but some things did suffer.
@@TKCL fair enough. House looks great!
interesting but the downloadable instructions from their site dont indicate any such brackets for attaching sides to the face frame...
Their bracket system has changed a few times, I'd go with whatever comes with your cabinets.
Counter tops already on order ?
Nope, I wanted the cabinets in and set so they can come get exact measurements.
Chances are the hardware packs are machine filled in China. They probably weigh them for QC. Evadently they need to tighten up the range. Good job, I could do it but some would never have the patience.
Very true!
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What color/style are these in your video?
If I remember correctly those were the Madison toffee.
How are these holding up? Still happy with your decision?
Watch this video where we upgraded to the better models. Zero issues after almost 3 years. ua-cam.com/video/QAfiM8iHRT4/v-deo.html
Dovetail wow
Is that good or bad?
@@TKCL best joint you can buy or make no hands down. So much glue area. When you get finished with the house you and Tiffany go to antique stores and look how the old furniture was made 99% will have dove tail joints that were hand made and they are still as strong today as yesterday. They have jigs now days that make them rather quickly. I know this shoulds crazy but on a rainy day when I'm stuck in the house I have several times gone into the shop and found some scrap wood and played around making them by hand.its not easy at all but super fun!!!! Look for them when you buy furniture and or cabinets it's the mark of a good piece!!
I see, thanks! They definitely look strong.
2:02
This information is incorrect.
Most, if not all, of lily ann cabinets that are painted are an engineered door and drawer front. It's basically MDF.
AND, some stained door styles are solid wood stiles and rails, but MDF panel that has been veenered...
May I ask what model DeWalt that is?
People will be watching the diy video for years to come, Great 👍 assembly video Andrew 5 *****
Clark & Deborah
Dcf887 if I remember correctly.
Thank you!
@@TKCL Thank you, God bless!
Good video but we want the see the first cabinet you put together there has to be some bloopers there
Lol nope, went together rather easily.
Shouldn't put glue on everything for expansion and contraction
Maybe so, but I definitely don't trust those tiny screws and brackets to hold up a heavy cabinet full of glass dishes.
What happens if you receive the wrong cabinet
You'll have to reach out to the company. All mine came as they should have.
Party Time! Drink every time Andrew says "pre-drilled" or "cabinets".
*Warning! Not responsible for any alcohol poisoning or alcohol-related incidents, accidents or bad choices that may occur.* Drink responsibly
Lol if you really want a drinking game, do it every time I say "alright".
@@TKCL 😆 So true
While I know leaving this comment here means it is too late for your cabinets, but for anyone watching this and planning to buy and assemble their cabinets like this, please note that it may be worth the time to tape a razor blade and scrape away the finish from the face frames prior to adding wood glue and attaching the side panels. A lot of wood glue's strength comes from being able to soak into the wood grain and with finish already applies, the bond will be weaker.
Every piece that was glued was rough wood to rough wood. I don't remember any glued edges being finished wood.
The lazy-Susans are a waste of space. Should've just stuck with shelves in the bottom corner cabinets.
You bought the cheapest cabs. if you buy the next up you get groved with no need for them (white) other attachment I have done a few dozen kitchens with them all the other cabs are high end and solid.
The next video after this one shows the newer cabinets. The company reached out to me and swapped us, great people and I agree the higher end cabinets are worth it.