said by orion940 :

The bubble was entirely out of the lines. The composite board they had was 1/2" and tired looking,

I knew they were out of level, I didn't know how bad supports were. I thought it was a question of just having to check the posts and take a little off one.

I want to put tile up around and I want it to be right. When you come into the front door, you see right into the kitchen. I may be in situation where I have to sell in the next year. I need a selling point. I also want to be in a situation where if I sell in 10-15yrs, you can still look in the kitchen when you walk in the door and notice the kitchen.

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said by sirchief :

Great points! The good thing is, with a kitchen renovation, you are likely to get a lot of it back when you sell.

Sorry I can't provide a good resource for cabinets from first hand experience.

A couple of our neighbors did use Lowes for Kraftmaid cabinets recently and had good luck.