Author: Celeste McLaughlin

If the dark corners of your kitchen cabinets seem to swallow up the things you need, the designers at Art of Drawers want to get to know your frustrations and come up with a solution that will make working in your kitchen a little more joyful, with beautiful, high-end, perfectly customized drawers that will make finding items in your kitchen a lot easier — and look a lot more elegant. And, in addition to erasing problems with your kitchen cabinets, Art of Drawers provides custom solutions for pantries and bathrooms, too. 

“Art of Drawers offers premium quality, a lifetime warranty and really solves everyday problems for customers in their homes,” says Sid Kinghar, owner of the Tampa Bay-area franchise. 

He says his company is not about selling drawers. “We offer solutions to increase your storage and give you more accessibility and better organization,” he explains. 

While that is helpful for anyone, it is particularly beneficial for those who may be struggling to reach items in their kitchen, sometimes due to aging. “It can be a game changer for people who have accessibility or mobility issues,” he says. “For customers with back pain or who can’t bend down, this makes life a lot easier.” 

He adds that, because everything is custom made, each project is completely unique. Art of Drawers can provide solutions for cabinets where there also is plumbing or other obstacles, because the drawers can be fully customized to fit around those items. 

“We can install drawers where you would never think a drawer could be,” Sid says. “We also have drawer heights from two-and-a-half inches up to nine inches. Whatever it needs to be to fit your pots and pans, with dividers to stack lids, no two solution are exactly the same.” 

However, he says, what is consistent from job to job is Art of Drawers’ quality. In addition to a lifetime warranty on all product installations, the company offers an “elation guarantee,” promising that if you’re not thrilled within the first three days after your installation, you can receive a refund. 

But, he says, that just doesn’t happen. 

In fact, most of Sid’s customers enjoy their upgrades so much that they want to have Art of Drawers improve additional spaces, whether it’s more cabinets, a pantry or even bathrooms. 

“All of our drawers are handcrafted in the United States, with solid wood construction and soft-close, undermount rails,” he says. 

That high quality is what attracted Sid to the Art of Drawers brand, when he wanted to transition from corporate America to working for himself as an entrepreneur. 

Sid previously held roles in finance and management for two decades. Originally from India, he came to the U.S. and earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Business Management, Finance and Marketing from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton in 2005. In 2013, he earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree from Babson College in Wellesley, MA, a school known as a leading college for entrepreneurship. 

Sid’s background in both management and working for his family’s retail company in India has helped him serve his Art of Drawers customers well. He says that serving his neighbors throughout the community was another key reason he decided to become an Art of Drawers franchise owner. 

Sid and his wife Faiza, who is an oncologist, have lived in Tampa Palms for the last six years. They have two young daughters, Inaya, who is six, and four-year-old Amani. 

A Little History… 

Art of Drawers launched nationally in 2019 and opened a corporate location in the Tampa Bay area in 2022. That location was sold in 2023 as a franchise, which Sid then bought last year. There are currently 43 Art of Drawers locations nationally, including three other Florida locations. 

The local Art of Drawers franchise includes three designers who work throughout the Tampa Bay area, from Wesley Chapel to Sarasota and from Lakeland up to Brooksville — and everywhere in between. Sid says the team includes two installers who execute the designers’ plans to perfection. 

Designers and installers are trained by Art of Drawers to be certified in the company’s products, so you can be confident that anyone working in your home will always meet the company’s high standards. 

The process starts with a free in-home consultation. A designer will come to your home to create a personalized design that is unique to both your home and your individual needs. 

Once the designer provides an estimate, you choose what to move forward with, whether it’s an entire kitchen upgrade or a smaller job to solve the problem you may be having with your most frustrating space. 

An installer will come out to verify your measurements — down to the millimeter — before everything is custom-built for you. It typically takes about six weeks for the drawers and organizers to be built, but then everything is installed in one day. 

“As the owner, I go back to make sure everything went smoothly,” Sid says. “We go on a ‘Wow’ tour so they can show off. I always want to make sure my customers are 100% elated.” 

Refacing, Too! 

In addition to adding functionality to your kitchen cabinets, pantry or bathroom, Art of Drawers now offers cabinet refacing, too. 

“You keep your existing cabinet boxes, but we can provide drawer faces, doors, and hardware,” Sid explains, adding that it’s a much longer-lasting solution than simply repainting cabinets, and Art of Drawers has about 200 options available. “It’s about half the cost of new cabinets and can be done in just two or three days. You can still use your kitchen while the work is being done.” 

He says customers who are looking to improve both the beauty and the function of their kitchens will appreciate that they can do both with Art of Drawers. Cabinet refacing also is available for customers who don’t also want to add drawers. 

Judy Cochran recently hired Art of Drawers to solve issues in her kitchen. 

“It’s been several years now that we’ve been frustrated because we couldn’t find anything in the pantry and it’s hard to get to stuff in the very back of the cabinets,” Judy says, “so we decided to seek out someone to do pull-out drawers for us.” 

She says Art of Drawers was recommended to her, so she called the company for an estimate. “Sid came out and was very efficient and explained everything in-depth,” she says. 

After taking a few days to think about it, she decided it would be worth the investment. 

“I’m very pleased,” she says, “We did the pantry and lower cabinets, and it was great.” 

She also says that Sid provided ideas for her that she hadn’t thought of herself, such as including a pull-out drawer for her trash. She was happy with the follow-up and customer service, saying Sid always either answered her calls or called her back right away. 

“I’m so glad we did it,” Judy says. 

Art of Drawers is licensed and insured, and comes to you for a free in-home estimate. For more info, visit ArtofDrawers.com or call (813) 548-6866.