The quality cabinets and top design service offered at Northeast Factory Direct leaves the competition in the dust

By Ken McEntee

Your big home projects may have been back-burnered by a summer of family fun. Now that the kids are back to school, this may be the ideal time to think about getting your indoor renovations back on track before the busy holiday season arrives—and you may want to begin with your kitchen, suggests Angelo Lardomita, lead kitchen designer and sales manager at Northeast Factory Direct.

“Nobody wants to have a half-completed kitchen when family and friends come for holiday festivities,” Angelo cautions. “Because of material shortages and transportation delays, it’s more important than ever this year to get a head start on ordering your cabinets and countertops. Nowadays everything is being pushed out a little further and lead times are a little longer than they’ve ever been.”

Because of its large inventory, Northeast Factory Direct typically can deliver products quicker than other home improvement stores in the area, Angelo assures. Still, he says, “our lead times have been affected just like everybody else.

Over the past decade, Northeast Factory Direct has become an area leader in the kitchen and bathroom design and remodeling arena.

“That’s why you don’t have to settle for average just because you’re saving a ton of money,” Angelo emphasizes. “We stay current on all the latest colors and styles, so if you want blue or gray cabinets with Shaker-style doors, which is one of the hottest trends, we have them.”

Angelo says he’s been a part of more than 5,000 kitchen installations since joining the team in 2010.

“Many of those have been for Mimi readers,” he says. “I’m still amazed by the number of cabinets we sell on a weekly basis, but I think that says a lot about the quality of the products we offer, the quality of the designs we produce and our customer service before, during and after each project.”

And that’s got people talking. In fact, much of the business Northeast Factory Direct enjoys comes from word-of-mouth referral, Angelo insists.

“People talk about us in a really good way,” he smiles. “They tell their friends, relatives and neighbors and those people come to us when they’re ready to update their kitchen.”

Angelo insists that a lot of people, especially now, are focused on supporting local businesses, but they don’t always know how or who. At the locally owned Northeast Factory Direct, Owner Alex Nemet and his employees are delighted they’ve earned the respect of and praise from people across Northeast Ohio—and beyond.

Kitchens at Northeast Factory Direct typically sell for 60% to 70% less than comparable models at competing suppliers, Alex says.

“Most kitchens average only about $5,500,” Angelo raves. “And at that price, you’re getting all of the bells and whistles, like a pull-out trash cabinet, roll-out trays, crown molding and more. At other places, those things are expensive add-ons. No way could you get them into a $5,500 kitchen. And our cabinets have the look of custom and semi-custom styles. The difference is we offer them at a fraction of the price others are selling them for. And we don’t just sell them in standard sizes.”

And Northeast Factory Direct does even more to spread a homeowner’s dollars further.

The complete design, 3D elevations and in-home measurements are just a few of the freebies you’ll get when you shop Northeast Factory Direct for solid wood cabinets with raised or recessed door panels, and 75 door/drawer styles and color combinations from which to choose. Here are the rest:

• Doorknobs and drawer pulls – free
• Design service – free
• Design to take with you without a commitment – free
• Upgrade to all-wood construction, solid maple dovetail drawers, steel under mount full-extension guides, soft-close doors and drawers, and paint, stain and finish options of your choosing – free.

Northeast Factory Direct offers 0% financing along with its expert design service and exclusive-to-Northeast Factory Direct tradesmen on the job, so if you’d like to invest in home furnishings, a hot tub, game room furniture, or any of the other below-retail goodies the store sells, you can do that, instead, and pay for your kitchen over time.

NEFD has a new location in Stark County. The team has stocked the store in NEFD fashion—brimming with everything you need to make your place a palace. 8100 Cleveland Avenue NW, in North Canton.

Northeast Factory Direct has four locations: 3321 W. 140th Street in Cleveland, 216-941-7727; 24470 Lakeland Blvd., in Euclid, 440-942-7945; 9009 Freeway Drive in Macedonia, 330-436-3960 and 8100 Cleveland Avenue NW in North Canton, 234-901-2099. Hours for all locations are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. To sit down with a kitchen designer, an appointment is recommended. Get directions from anywhere when you visit the website at NortheastFactoryDirect.com.