The Kitchen Store

We are remodeling our kitchen and went to the Kitchen Store on a recommendation from our contractor. We were helped through the process by Victoria who was just great in the planning process and we were sort of a pain customer as we had several iterations of plans which required her to come out to our house on multiple occasions. She was very gracious and understanding through all of it and helped to get our final plans selections.
I do not usually post reviews but felt the service and patience Victoria provided was more than great.

Found The Kitchen Store through a friend’s recommendation — an interior designer. I met with one of their designers, Chuck Sacco, to meet and discuss plans for my kitchen and laundry room remodel. Chuck was extremely helpful in suggesting cabinet and hardware options to stay within my budget at our first meeting, and provided a great rendering based on my initial worksheet from their website. Once he came to see the actual kitchen and do real measurements, it got even better. He was able to help me solve problems with the floor plan and suggest door and window moves that improved the final design immeasurably.
I ended up with great looking semi-​custom cabinets at a reasonable price, and Chuck gave me suggestions and feedback on the rest of the design ideas I had, even though I chose to buy my countertops and flooring from other sources, and used my own contractor to install everything. At no point did I feel pressured to buy more than I had planned to. I am thrilled with the results!

Found The Kitchen Store on Angie’s list, actually. They were highly rated, so I swung by one day. I needed to upgrade the bathroom counter top, sink, and faucet at a rental unit. These guys are great. They work with a stone guy who has a yard up in the San Fernando Valley, so if you don’t need a whole slab, they have remnants you can look at.
I worked with Anthony. Through him, I was able to get a top of the line «Beverly Hills» quality quartz counter top — cut and installed at an incredibly low price. He also was able to get me near whole sale prices on the sink and plumbers grade faucet. All in all, he saved me hundreds of dollars over the nearest competitor in Hollywood, and was willing to work with someone doing a small job.
Knowledge: A+
Price: A+
Selection: A+
Service: A+
Great job, thanks guys!

Anthony helped me find a replacement part for my cabinets that I’d all but given up finding. I’d even been told that it would be impossible at another store. Great customer service.

We’re buying a house and need to redo the kitchen. This is something neither my wife or I have experience with. She remembers hearing an ad for The Kitchen Store on the radio and we decide to make the trek from Glendale with all 3 kids in tow to their store in Culver City… in the rain.
We arrive first thing on a Saturday morning and the parking lot is empty. I get my kids in the store and there are probably 8 employees behind various desks. No one budges or acknowledges us except the one guy near the front who asks my kids not to touch a display. Really? Does he know that kids go into kitchens and bathrooms too? If their displays can’t withstand my 5 year old daughter opening one of the drawers, what does this say about their products?
After several minutes, a very warm woman comes up to us as it must have been obvious that we didn’t know what we were doing by now. We talk a bit about our project and she shows us around the store and gives us some materials to browse through. Then decides that we should really only look through the one collection as it will likely be the most affordable. Sorry, did I wear my rags to the store? She asks if we have all the measurements for the kitchen. We don’t. She says that she can’t really start a design session without the measurements. That makes sense. Then looking at our kids, she says that she would need to do at least a 2 hour design session (meaning: make sure they aren’t with us.) She’s at her desk if we need anything.
That was about it. 10 minutes. Wow. There were no other customers in the store. We were hoping she could have helped us look at cabinets and countertops and start getting some ideas. Maybe we don’t have the measurements, but we know some of what we’d like to see in the kitchen. She wasn’t interested in looking at the example of the kitchen we were looking to build. What if I didn’t get exactly every measurement? Would I get the same line? Every other place we’ve gone to since said they’d come out and do the measurements.
Clearly we didn’t fit the criteria of they’re preferred clientele. Wasted a trip to this store. By the way, for a kitchen and bathroom store, their actual bathroom area is really unattractive.

Wonderful experience with fabulous designer Chuck. What an amazing designer. This place is great. I had another designer [Not from the kitchen Store] design my kitchen. It was awful ! I did not show Chuck the design, just gave him dimensions. He created a super great kitchen. Totally different then the one I had. Without reservation, recommend this store. They have everything under the sun to give you your dream kitchen !

Just wanted to say our kitchen designed by Ana Del Valle at The Kitchen Store is amazing !
At Ana’s suggestion, we removed two walls and that opened up our galley kitchen and gave us more of our city lights view as well. The kitchen is so much more functional as well as beautiful.
Ana had so many practical and aesthetically pleasing suggestions too numerous to relate.
Our mid century modern home now has a contemporary look that preserves the clean lines and warmth of our home. Ana is the best!

Although we did not go with The Kitchen Store for our kitchen remodel because of a super tight budget that also had to include a bath re-​do, paint and carpet, I must say the experience was educational from downloading their measurement worksheet to do our due diligence, to the in-​store consult with a designer who later warmed up to us, to the 3-​D printout of how our kitchen would look completed, to the upfront cost disclosure.
During the in-​store consult, we went with top of the line cabinetry and I literally drooled then craved to go with the product and design even though it wasn’t financially feasible. Our designer did mention still quality but more affordable options were available, took our email but never followed up, guess our budget and looky loo naiveté «showed».
Yet, discounts abound and there are constant sales, even the $ 350 consult-​in-​home-​measurement-​fee is applied to your total if The Kitchen Store indeed does the work.
We also learned we would need to source appliances and hire contractors, installers The Kitchen Store could recommend.
If your resources are more liquid than ours, The Kitchen Store is THE place to create your dream kitchen!

Kenny Legaux, at the Kitchen Store, is an amazing person! His attention to detail and level of customer service is beyond expectation! Kenny designed and provided all the cabinetry for a spec house I’ve just completed. It included a Kitchen with an island and separate pantry, a laundry room, and four full and one half bathrooms. I strongly recommend Kenny for any of your cabinetry needs!

We own three residential apartment building comprising a total of 23 units. Since 2004, we have worked with Kenny Legaux and the Kitchen Store numerous times. All together, using Kenny’s services, we have put in 19 new kitchens and 12 new bathrooms to upgrade our buildings. Kenny understood our budget and worked with us. Every time we hired Kenny, he was always available to take phone calls and discuss any issues with us.
I would give 5 stars for Kenny Legaux and the Kitchen Store
Sara Lewis
February 2016

Diego Ramirez at The Kitchen Store designed a kitchenette for me over Christmas and helped coordinate the installation of the cabinets and the countertop. Everything turned out to be perfect. I highly recommend the Kitchen Store.

Ann Higginson gets 5 stars for her creative talents and wonderful personality. Designing a new kitchen entails many facets and I found her to be an expert designer with a calm demeanor which is appreciated when you need time to make decisions.

We had a very small kitchen, everything was cramped and needed to do something to make the space more functional.
One day we heard on the radio about The Kitchen Store in Culver City and decided to visit them. The first designer we saw, Ann Higginson, was very pleasant and started to work immediately on the planning of our new kitchen.
After discussing design options Ann’s suggestion to have the kitchen open into the dinning and family room area was an excellent idea that launched the project.
We elected to go with Decora Cabinets, the quality of the finished product looked beautiful.
The installer assigned to us William Fratt (Bill) is an excellent craftsman and the installation was done to perfection.
We choose a Cambria Counter Top installed by Sawald which also looks very beautiful.
This is the result and transformation of a cramped small kitchen into an open and beautiful floor plan
We strongly recommend The Kitchen Store and designer Ann Higginson to whomever is thinking of a kitchen remodeling.
Oil da and Frank Get
HokyGlen, CA

Love the friendly easy going atmosphere (esp the goodies they have for hungry customers).
But really, our sales rep Anthony worked with me for months as I changed my mind 20 x, never getting irked or dispassionate with me. And finally when I figured out the design he had it fabricated for me when no one could really do it — but he had all the venfors pull it off. My kitchen is unique and beautiful thx to the team and Anthony!!!

We had received a nice review from a friend about this place so we headed up to Culver City to see the selection and get some costs. We were greeted with a staff member who seemed to be in a hurry and said he was not interested in talking to us unless we had at least a budget of $ 40,000. We were appalled considering we drove an hour to see the place and he had not even seen our plans or 150 sq. foot size kitchen (very small). We told him about some competitive quotes and what’s the reason for the large cost difference and he said. «you wouldn’t understand and just go with your other quotes». So we left and happily took our business elsewhere. We ended up getting our cabinets from
for $ 5,000. The quality, material, thickness etc was the same and we are extremely happy. Huge rip-​off and disappointment from this location.

Shout out to Mr. Diego Rivera, who referred us to Sawaed, Inc. for installation of our beautiful quartz that we purchased from The Kitchen Store. Sawaed, Inc. was not only professional, but proficient and the final product looks amazing. Thank you Diego and Sawaed, Inc.

The Kitchen Store made it so easy for us, I would recommend them to anyone doing a remodel of a kitchen or bath. The selection was great and we could not be happier our new Quartz kitchen.
Thank you

I want to highly recommend the Kitchen Store in Culver City. They have outstanding customer service. I had a rental property which needed a kitchen remodel. Time was tight and budget was a factor but I wanted quality look. Ann was my designer and she was great in project management and selecting the best team of contractors to get the job with high quality and on time.
We finished on time within budget and her design was outstanding. The Kitchen Store team guided me through the whole process and was always available to answer my questions as the process went on.
I would go to no one else but the Kitchen Store team.
Thanks
Jerry

We are in love, gaga, head over heels, with out new kitchen! It is both beautiful and completely functional. Everything makes sense, and there is more storage than we need. Useful, accessible corner cabinets. An easy to take out stand mixer that rises up out of a cupboard. Drawers for everything from dishes, to pots, to cooking oil, to utensils, to trash. And it’s all so pretty.
I went in without an appointment, just to look around and get a few ideas. Chuck Sacco noticed me wandering around and, without being pushy, offered to help me. He was amazing. I had a very specific style and color in mind, and he was very patient and thorough, helping me find exactly what I was envisioning. Our kitchen is like a jewel in our house. It’s really takes my breath away every day. I can’t believe we get to live here and use this kitchen.
I wanted neither a big ugly hood hanging into my kitchen, nor an it-won’t-work downdraft taking up too much space in my peninsula. Chuck did some research and found a hood that mounts flush in the ceiling. I also wanted a small glass counter that lights up — crazy request, and Chuck helped me research it and figure out how we could install it. It’s beyond, honestly.

Excellent service. Walked in without an appointment; had photographs of existing kitchen in my Kindle. Was immediately approached and asked if help was needed. Responded, not right now. Then looked around the store of at the vast array of cabinet designs, fixtures, and other items, prior to requesting help.
Ann Higginson was more than helpful. Showed her the images and she explained their process. We made an appointment where Ann came to the house, took measurements. A few days later, returning to The Kitchen Store, Ann had the kitchen design on her computer in 3D, this visual helped finalize the placement, design, cabinets, and other items need. She even made suggestions I haven’t thought of.
The construction process including tear down, installation, and finishing went smoothly. Ann and her team, were there to help along the way. Helping with suggestions. Not only was the kitchen remodeled, so were the hallway cabinets, two bathrooms, and the laundry room. The slab contractor, Sawaed, did a great job, again, like Ann, making design suggestions. Sawaed even designed, on site, the family room travertine fireplace, which integrates well with the adjoining kitchen cabinets and counter tops.
Ann and The Kitchen Store made our remodel painless. Friends, family, and neighbors who have seen the areas remodeled said they will use The Kitchen Store to do their remodels. Thanks to Ann and all the team members for a wonderful, favorable experience.