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Base vs Hanging Cabinets
So, you’ve found yourself in a position where you need or want new cabinets in your home. The first big choice you need to make is deciding if you want cabinets that sit flush with the floor, or ones that hang from higher up on the wall. Each has its own positives and negatives. A base cabinet will grab the most attention and give you more practical and useable space, while a hanging cabinet will allow you to work around windows and put up attractive backsplashes. It’s much easier to have a cabinet on ground level
Span across a large area, with hanging cabinets windows and other things tend to get in the way when you want to add any real width. Not so fast though, you may think that’s the only real choice you need to make, but you’re mistaken! One last little note about hanging cabinets, you’re not limited to just using wood, you can use other materials to really make it pop visually or to give you that extra storage or functionality that you want. For example, you can utilize glass shelving in your hanging cabinet to really show off those crystal wine glasses, while keeping all the functionality of any normal cabinet.
Drawers vs Doors
The next design feature you should think about after you choose the main style of cabinet you want is if you want drawers or doors. Just like all things, each has its own good and bad parts! A drawer will offer you the easiest access, as you merely have to pull it out to have access to whatever it is you may want. At the same time though, it’ll be hard to fit oversized or strangely shaped cooking gear into your drawers, it could end up wasting more space than it saves depending on your situation. Also, drawers won’t work in any kind of cabinet you have sitting above eye level, as you won’t be able to see into them to get what you need! Doors on the other hand are perfect for fitting in any weirdly shaped things, as you have all the room you could need to move about and fit things. One thing that drawers can now do better than doors though is allow you to organize your things. You can build or purchase accessories that allow you to neatly organize anything you could be putting in them; from pans to plastic containers!
Stuck Trying To Decide Between Two Different Styles?
Well, you don’t at all HAVE to stay consistent through the house, even in the same room you are more than welcome to have different styles going on! For instance, you can have different cabinet styles directly next to one another, you can use different stains on different sections, and it’s even fun to experiment with all different types of mediums when finalizing your cabinets with shelving or storage. If you’re trying to figure out the cabinet situation in your home office, look no further than our helpful article on that!
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Edgewood Cabinetry has been designing, building, and installing the highest quality custom kitchen cabinets for over 30 years now, needless to say they bring an amazing amount of not only expertise but talent to the table. We would love nothing more than to help you get the exact final product that you want. Contact us today and see just how amazing the work that we do is!
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