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Deciding to replace your kitchen cabinet doors is exciting. Planning a new style, finding decorative items, and other detailing choices will have you making, and re-making, thousands of decisions. The more you think about your kitchen remodel, the more overwhelming it may feel. While we cannot help you with your floor or appliances, we do know cabinetry. When browsing online showrooms, it is easy to get lost with the wide variety of options available today. Will you need your cabinet door finished? What wood species will work best for your project? Do you need custom detailing? Our cabine

There are a lot of considerations and decisions involved when renovating cabinetry. One aspect that doesn’t always get as much attention as style or color is wood species. There is a wide variety of options available today for different wood species and inorganic options. These all come with various benefits and drawbacks, so it can be challenging to know which is best for you. In addition to your bottom line, your choice of material can also affect things like style and longevity.  Alder  Alder is a common wood species found in the North American West and is a member

However careful we are, both ordinary wear and tear and accidental damage can result in dings and scratches on kitchen cabinets. These are generally not serious enough to justify stripping and refinishing the cabinets, and in most cases not sufficient to require refacing or replacing the cabinet doors, although this sometimes is the only answer.Wood kitchen cabinets are often finished with polyurethane a popular wood sealer that is available in oil- and water-based forms, in matt and gloss finishes. While either may be used to seal kitchen cabinets made of solid wood, water-based products are

Once upon a time, every room in the house utilized freestanding furniture for storage. Large cupboards, chests of drawers, dressing tables, Welsh dressers, and a multitude of other suitable items for storage were used in kitchens, in living rooms, dining rooms, and bedrooms. They were functional and often beautiful. But as our homes became more streamlined and living spaces decreased in size there was a move towards more modular storage units that could be built in to save valuable space.In addition to keeping belongings neatly stored behind closed doors, the value of built-in units is that th

This fall, we decided to reach out to a fantastic blogger in need of a cabinet makeover. Stacy Risenmay of the blog Notjustahousewife.net fit the bill perfectly and happened to be in need of a kitchen cabinet reface!  What is a cabinet reface? Cabinet refacing is a great way to save money during a remodel because only the cabinet doors get replaced. If the cabinet boxes are sturdy and have no damage to them, then it makes sense to only replace the part everyone, especially the homeowner, sees on a daily basis. The look of a complete cabinet replacement with only the cost