BUNDY’S CUSTOM CABINETS RETURNS, OFFERS QUALITY CUSTOM-MADE FURNITURE
Bundy’s Custom Cabinets
618-339-1786
3283 Selmaville Rd, Salem, IL 62881
https://bundycustomcabinets.com/
Bundy’s Custom Cabinets will be a featured Exhibitor in the Regional Business Expo at Kaskaskia College.
Carolyn Fischer, a lifelong enthusiast of custom cabinetmaking, creates custom cabinets and furniture through Bundy’s Custom Cabinets.
“Custom cabinets can tell a story, and it makes the furniture function for you. I love doing kitchen bathroom cabinets, and I also make special furniture pieces, too,” Fischer said. “When it comes to custom cabinets, you’re able to create something that reality fits the space. It fits every little nook and cranny and matches the customer’s style perfectly.”
Bundy’s Custom Cabinets was originally founded over 30 years ago by Fischer’s late father, Sterling Bundy. Growing up in the family business, Fischer said it had long been a dream of hers to one day take over the family business.
“I grew up in the cabinet business. My dad had it over 30 years, and I always wanted to grow up and own the shop,” Fischer explained. “When my dad passed away, I was sixteen. Things didn’t really turn out as I thought they would. So, we got rid of everything in the shop except for one small saw.”
Fischer said she then took a different path, which saw her get married and relocated to southern Alabama, where she worked in another cabinet shop and expanded her skills.
“I worked in a custom cabinet shop in Alabama and made a lot of custom cabinets and furniture,” Fischer said. “The cool thing about that experience was that they had a totally different setup of machines than what I grew up with. They showed me a lot of different techniques and ways of doing things.”
Fischer said when she and her husband decided to relocate to Salem, she said it was her mission to reopen her father’s shop and relaunch the home-based business.
“Coming back into the shop was tough at first because I hadn’t done it since I was a kid. But I knew I had to do it, and we started revamping this building and buying machines and getting things ready,” Fischer said, adding that news of the business had spread by word-of-mouth and that she plans to begin taking on customers after the Regional Business Expo. “People were coming to me in January and asking when I could start. Once I get things done for the Expo, I will be ready to go.”
With a healthy client-base on the horizon and the shop at 3283 Selmaville Road restored, Fischer said she is pleased with the progress she’s made and looks forward to continuing the legacy of her family’s business while making it her own.
“It’s exciting now that I’ve gotten to this point. It feels good,” she said. “The cabinets aren’t going to be exactly the same as they were before. I’m going to put all of the things I’ve learned into what I do here. I’ve got to make this business my own.”
