Kitchen Power Book excerpt:
Kitchen cabinet choices:
Get It Your Way the choice is yours with options galore or is it?. Custom Cabinets? Stock Cabinets? Semi-custom Cabinets? The abundance of cabinet choices can be divided into three broad - and sometimes blurred - categories: stock, semi-custom, and custom. According to the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA), roughly half the cost of a complete kitchen remodeling job will go to cabinets.
Kitchenpower note:
Read this section over, I have a reason for having it here. It's not just about cabinets, it also about the parts of cabinets, the things that go into the installing of cabinets. All this info, builds to the next chapter installation, and then the design chapter. I want you to read this stuff, because unless you're a cabinet maker, or kitchen designer, you find in the design section ways that you get cheated when you order or buy cabinets. Sometimes the "cheat" is a part left out, or it's a cheaper way of building a cabinet, that leaves you no way to install lighting. At the time of purchase your going wow, this is cheap, but later on, when you want to do certain things, you're stopped dead. Either way you pay for it, and then pay for it some more!
Buying kitchen cabinets would be easier if there were fewer choices. The upside of all of these choices is, you can find almost anything you want in a kitchen cabinet. On the downside, wading through the seemingly limitless variety of products to get that just-right combination of style and price can be downright daunting. Where to start? Here's a closer look at why you might select one type over the others.
First, with some definitions of what's out there. Generally, but not always, the stock category is the least expensive and offers the fewest options, and custom is the most expensive and offers the most options. Semi-custom cabinets are in the middle and you usually get these through a large cabinet manufacturing company at a large home improvement store, and other smaller kitchen stores also. Many kitchen designers also have access to semi-custom manufacturers and specialize in European imports. So there are allot of places to go for these.
Your Second set of choices. Now hang in there because as we go along this is just
background and this book has helpful guides to make sense of all of this. Cabinet
colors or stained; stock or custom; cherry, hickory, maple, oak, or pine. Final costs
can vary significantly based on the type of cabinets and the materials you select
(hardwoods and exotic veneers are the costliest). Accessories, modifications and
unique finish treatments always increase costs (any glaze, because it is a second
coat of hand rubbed stain will cost more). Based on how they're built and the
degree of customization available. A veneer is wood cut paper thin, today many
cabinet companies use photographic reproductions of the wood you choose for
your cabinets, and paste that on top of particle board. This is usually done of
cabinet sides and door panels. Below you can see how a cabinet's parts, can be
veneered, solid wood, MDF or particle board parts. (to Be continued)
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