Hi Meg,
Check out my kitch'n tour Kittie's precision micro-kitchen, or my website http://www.lifestylespacedesign.com under 'get organized' to see roll-out drawers installed - they're great! I use drawerdepot.com for all my kitchen renovations and they are very good to work with.
Kittie

Are you absolutely dead set on using a company do the installation, because I used shelving from Lowes in my old condo and my brother-in-law installed them. They came out great and the added convenience was priceless. The installation is fairly simple.

I installed ikea drawers in my (non Ikea) kitchen and it works great, they also have drawers at Home Depot for about the same price and are easy to install yourself.

I used Elfa wire baskets and rolling hardware in my kitchen pantries where I had overly deep shelves and cabinets where items could "disappear" in the back. On sale at The Container Store at the time, the combination cost $25-30/set. I use my roll-out shelves for fairly light grocery items, if you wish to store heavier items like cookware, I recommend a more robust arrangement. "Fancier", more robust wood or chrome plated wire drawers can be very costly so shop carefully and keep an eye out for sales.

I don't think you need to hire a company to do this. Rolling shelves from the Container Store, Home Depot, or any number of online kitchen organization stores will do the trick, and they're all relatively easy to install.

Just measure carefully and take a thorough inventory of what you need to store.

I installed (it was easy) the metal ones from simple human - and stored heavy pots. The narrow version with slots for lids was super helpful in keeping things organized.

Thanks for this post - I've never heard of drawer depot - going to check 'em out for the future parents-in-law.

I second the comment from mysoultokeep. I installed the Simple Human roll-out storage in my kitchen. It was very easy to install and they work great. One advantage to their products over others is that in addition to being well made they include a plastic tray that snaps in place and keeps cords or small things from going through the wire shelf. http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/kitchen-tours/kitchen-tour-daniels-cureinspired-personal-project-100550

I purchased them at the Container Store. I love the roll-out trash recycle bin too.

I didn't do shelves, but roll out metal baskets. They're Elfa from the Container Store and I love them. I did them myself and I'm not the handiest.

dmstudio - you're so right about the plastic liner!

Also, I've recently moved to New Mexico, which is Container Store-less, so I called the simple human people, and surprise! talked to an actual human who was very helpful. Am also diggin' the new bamboo element they've added, and sometimes they have free shipping:

http://www.simplehuman.com/products/kitchen-organization/cabinet-organizers/bamboo-cabinet-organizer.html

i have had great luck
with
rev-a-shelf products
they are pretty easy to install
they are pricey
but i love their ball bearings
and slides
lowes carries some of their products

I got some pullout shelves from http://www.slideoutshelvesllc.com/, they delivered pretty quickly and was actually pretty easy to install. All you need is a screw driver and a level. A drill would make it even easier.

has anyone tried shelves that slide, believe they use blum hardware.

Organize.com has lots of these that I assume you can put in yourself. Haven't used them though.

I installed two of the Slide-a-shelf units sold through Costco. They were a __major__ improvement. http://www.costco.com/Browse/Productgroup.aspx?Prodid=11262818&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|114|49255|74789&N=4018971&Mo=8&pos=5&No=8&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=74789&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC10621-Cat49255&topnav=

I didn't know there were so many shelf drawer manufacturers, I'm sure I'll find something that will work for us between all these suggestions. I've been wanting to add these for years.

www.waldorfmodern.com

I have pull out shelves. They are very shallow though and drive me nuts. Things are always falling off and ending up behind or underneath. If I were designing a kitchen, I'd go with pull out drawers rather than shelves.

I installed roll out shelves I picked up from Container Store. They rock!

Thank you so much (belatedly) for all of these suggestions. It sounds like I can pick something up from Home Depot/Lowes/Container Self and DIY. Thanks again!

My issue is that I have 2 36 inch cabinets and most of these roll out shelves install into the sides of the cabinets and work wonderfully for narrow spaces but aren't particularly useful for a large area like that. Does anyone have experience with roll out drawers that actually divide a space and install onto the bottom of the shelf itself?
Thanks in advance for any help or advise!

tips for renters:

When I was living on an extreme budget, I just used sturdy cardboard boxes that I could slide in and out of deep cabinets. It works perfectly but I did need to replace the cardboard box after about 1 year. If you can find the boxes for free, then you do save a lot of money and hassle.

Now I use plastic boxes from Ikea. I stuck a felt square under each corner of the box so it slides more easily.

Do any of you have lips on the bottoms of your cabinets? I would love to get drawers and I am wondering if the lips can be worked around with any of these systems.

I used ShelfGenie. They are amazing! They provide a variety of shelves at different heights and widths to fit even the oddest shaped cabinet. Under my sink they had to work around all sorts of pipes and outlets but their shelves fit perfectly and work so well. I can't belive how much they hold. The best part is my husband, who couldn't understand why I wanted them, now loves them. I can not recommend them enough. Their quality and expertise really made the difference over the DIY version from Home Depot or Lowes. I say go for it!

Im a contractor in NY and have been using Roll out products from Rollingshelvesonline.com for years. They are made in the US and carry a lifetime warranty. My customers love the quality and selection they have. I think their products are now available through Home Depot and Kitchen Source. I would highly recommend checking them out.

Roll out Shelves are a great addition to any kitchen cabinet. After contacting some of the mentioned companies. We found that ordering our pull out shelves online from http://www.slideoutshelvesllc.com was the most economical and they shipped our shelf order the next day

I tried several of the places you suggest, but either the product was below par or too expensive. Thank goodness I did not give up. I found www.quikdrawers.com and was able to speak to someone who knew what they were doing and was able to recommend a solution.
Their product arrived and absolutely exceeded my expectations. The dovetail joints were beautiful and I actually paid less than some of these places that do not have them.
Could not be happier and I am off of my knees when looking for pots/pans.
It's obvious that there are differences in where you shop. Lowes wanted $125 per shelf with hardware and I paid about that much for two cabinets worth of shelving.

Kimbo