[Greenbuilding] Totally turned off by high prices for green products

[Chris Green]

Geri Spieler wrote:
> If anyone out there has vendors that build bathroom cabinets, floor tile and
> tops that are reasonable, I'd love to hear from you. At this point I'm about
> to abandon my plan to have a totally green bathroom display.
>   
Hi, Geri. The price you have been quoted is way too high. My suggestion 
is for you to place ads in the papers asking for a cabinet builder or 
furniture maker who would be interested in building your cabs for you. 
There are a lot of people quietly running woodworking shops out of their 
garages or other small spaces that never come up on  the radar screen. 
The often don't advertise, but instead gain work by word of mouth. I 
know people who have done this for decades.
If one craftsman with a shop in his or her garage can't supply the 
volume you need (say to supply a 50-unit townhouse) then a network of 
them could do the work on a co-op basis, making parts of the cabs like 
Swiss watchmakers making gears and stuff at home.
If you're in a fair sized municipality--which you probably are if you 
own they specialized type of store you do--there is probably someone who 
would love to supply your needs.
I know I would if I were closer to you.

Cheers,

Chris Green.