Parr Cabinet Design Center - NE Portland

Our designer at Parr provide great ideas with equally great responsiveness. She brought forward some solutions we hadn't known were even possible, all within our budget. The cabinets and the organizational touches are something we appreciate everyday. And all of this creativity and quality arrived right on schedule. I'd recommend Part design center to anyone.

I am a contractor who does a lot of business with Parr on the lumber side. I like Parr Lumber, but I decided to try Parr Cabinet Center because I needed a set quick, and everybody but them was 4 weeks out. Parr was several hundred dollars more, but time was of the essence so I went with them and their promise of 2 weeks, which turned into yes, 4 weeks. When they went over it was explained "oh, you don't know what we mean. We were talking about PRODUCTION weeks." Yes, blow smoke, thank you. Then, when the cabinets finally arrived, the kitchen sink base was missing. By this time, I needed the cabinets in so I substituted some expensive less desirable cabinets and got them installed. Of course Parr wouldn't take this now unneeded set of cabinets back, so I still have them in storage. I have a production company that works only with multi-family. If you are a homeowner and have all the time and money in the world, you will probably be fine with them. The Parr Cabinet Center has blown it with me, and they know it.

It was a great pleasure to work with Marles, Her design talent, communication skills, the follow up on the order, setting us with a professional installer all paid off. She was very patient and understanding with all the changes we made, we can't thank her enough for her fabulious service and caring. We would highly recommend marles to anyone at anytime.

Marles was a great help! She provided creative solutions for our needs. She was helpful and patient while we made our decisions. At no point did she try to push to make a quick decision.

I walked into Parr Cabinets with a vision for our kitchen and not a clue if the cabinets I wanted even existed... To make things more complicated I was a DIY guy and my wife (Karyn) was the one making the final decision on cabinet colors, styles, and counter tops. Did I mention Karyn has troubles making up her mind? And I'm and engineer with an eye for details? If you’re rolling your eyes – I don’t blame you -- we were *those* types of customers. Anyhow ~ armed with measurements of the kitchen and a fist full of ideas - we began to sit down with Marles on a Saturday and iron out the details. "We need pantry cabinets here, but only 18" deep - and a way to put a recessed microwave. Here is where the non-standard shaped island will go, drop in range top, and we need to fit in a farmers sink big enough to hold walrus. The oven will go here but we don't know what size it will be yet..." We stayed an hour past close that night. Marles had taken pages and pages of notes and I was still -- spewing out visionary ideas faster than a politician at election time - things like, How cabinets would be constructed?, tell me about how the hinges work, can we get *this included?, and all along little details from Karyn were being added -- like can we get a cabinet with a recycle & trash bids? Are the trash cans white or black? But I don't want them too big, but not too small… I swear Marles left work that day and went straight to the bar for a 'double' + Tylenol... We worked her over pretty good. 48 hours later (Monday) I had a set of 3D pictures in my eMail inbox including a plethoria of questions and suggestions. The following Saturday we dropped by unannounced (again) to continue with revisions to the plan/pictures. In the end we found the whole experience joyful and a fond memory in our life. Marles designs kitchens and we showed up to leverage those skills. Having Parr Cabinets offer this as a free service was huge selling point. Her customer service is wonderful and Marles quickly turns into a friend working alongside you. She becomes that next door neighbor talking about how to bring your ideas to life. We loved the way she adapted to how we see thing in our heads and then showed us our vision on the computer screen. We loved how Marles added suggestions to things we never thought of. One of her best skills is the ability to make cabinet changes on the computer and display them for the customer to see. Getting changes done on the fly and cross comparing one cabinet to another – a wonderful experience. As an engineer, details are important, and ‘We Engineers’ have been known to drive people crazy with the minutia. Marles was there every step (every inch?) of the way – She was there to make sure everything was ‘just right’. The prices were competitive, the quality was well known, and as the project progressed, we discovered things we forgot to mention -- but it was just a matter of stopping by to get them put on order. No fuss, no muss - Would I recommend Parr Cabinets to a friend? – nope! - anyone can order Huntington Cabinets… But I would recommend Marles to anyone – The fact that she works for Parr Cabinets is a ‘bonus for the company’ and a loss; should she ever move on. With a world filled with internet and self service ordering – Having good products only gets a company so far -- it’s the people that really closes the deal. Marles closed our deal and when people ask about my kitchen – I’ll just send them to Marles…

Marles did a very good job! Her help in my kitchen design was invaluable. She goes the extra step at your every request. I highly recommend Marles at Parr Cabinet Design Center.

Parr Lumber was amazing! We ordered our cabinets from Marles. She was extremely helpful, responsive and great to work with. She came out to our house to measure and assisted with every aspect of the ordering process. I love our cabinets and would order from them again no question.