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Cabinets And Storage Beyond The Kitchen

Most homeowners who own a tiny home are often pressed for storage space. They usually make up for this by maximizing the already cramped storage in our kitchen. Although a separate storage room would be a great choice, it would take up more floor space in your already tiny home.

Finding Storage Space

A great alternative is to use the under-utilized spaces of existing rooms, walls, or the area underneath the furniture. Being creative and observant of under-utilized space is key to maximizing storage beyond the kitchen.

Remodeling with this in mind will surely help keep your home from looking cluttered while maximizing livable space. Below are some storage design ideas that revolve around custom cabinets that add more storage space while also enhancing your home’s beauty.

Storage Bed

The bedroom is often the room with the most amount of space for storage. Still, modern design sometimes restricts excessive additional custom cabinets other than the main wardrobe cabinet and a few shelves and drawers here and there.

To account for this, the space underneath the bed can be a prime space for storage. Consider installing custom cabinets/drawers in this space. These cabinets can be either shoe racks or storage for sheets and blankets or other items necessary inside the bedroom.

These items usually end up sharing space with the already cramped wardrobe cabinet, so giving them their very own storage space can make you feel more relaxed and less cluttered. This home storage solution is every bit as practical as it’s beautiful.

Mudroom Storage

Mudrooms are essential places in the house wherein you can leave the weather behind and the stains outside your home. Without them, wet soaked raincoats, shoes, or umbrellas can damage wood flooring. These rooms usually don’t get any attention from homeowners, but reliable and functional storage space can be put in this place. For instance, custom cabinets complete with coat hooks, shelves, and drawers are perfect for this room.

This storage space can be dedicated to essential things that we usually carry outside. These items can be umbrellas, coats, bags, and slippers, among many others.

Outdoor Bench Storage

An outdoor bench has become almost a necessity nowadays. This is where we usually plop down while removing dirty shoes or sitting while staring blankly to the sky. In other words, an outdoor bench is a convenient place to relax. But you can rest easier knowing that it can store things essential for garden work such as a hose, extension wires, or other less than attractive supplies. You can build one by making the bench a top-open custom cabinet.

Knee-Wall Dresser

You can convert the hidden and unused spaces of the knee-wall of an upstairs bedroom into valuable storage spaces. From here, you can transform the knee-wall into a chest of drawers or storage cabinet without sacrificing an inch of floor space.

Storage Ottoman

Although the ottoman has many uses, serving as extra seats, coffee table, or a footrest, its potential function is not yet done. Ottomans with under-lid storage, sort of like a top-open custom cabinet, are the perfect storage space for books, blankets, and sheets. Alongside its storage potential, a storage ottoman can also be decorated to fit your household theme or needs. It can also be stain-resistant or vary in style and height to complement existing furniture.

Contact Edgewood Cabinetry

With so many options available, one can select the storage solutions that meet the needs and space available in the house. For custom cabinet ideas for your space contact Edgewood Cabinetry at 919-339-7300.

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Squeezing the Most Storage Out of Your Cabinets

Are you looking to pick up the clutter around your home? Most homeowners often complain about a lack of ample storage to accommodate all their items while maintaining the aesthetics of a room. What they don’t realize is that there’s much more storage than meets the eye.

Storage space often comes at a premium! If adding more cabinets is not an option, it’s essential to make the best of the existing space. It’s possible to improve the home organization and increase storage space by tinkering with the custom cabinets. How so? Here are simple adjustments to improve your storage space drastically.

Useful Cabinet Organization Ideas

Edgewood Cabinetry cabinetsModify Double Door Cabinets: Most double door cabinets have a divider (center stile) between the doors. The stile takes up valuable storage space that could otherwise make the cabinet more spacious and accessible. Possible ideas to get rid of the divider include detaching it vertically and fixing it one of the doors (i.e., creating a dummy stile that opens with the door) or installing new double doors that meet.

Organize and Manage Wires: Having wires and cable lying around haphazardly is a painful eyesore – not to mention the risk of tripping accidents and health issues due to dust bunnies! When it comes to wire management, the trick lies in creativity. Think out-of-the-box to find a solution that works best for your space. For items that are rarely unplugged, such as desktops, consider threading the cables along the underside of a wooden surface. Outlets for highly portable devices such as mobile phones should be easily accessible – inside a drawer, on the sidewall, or a countertop.

Sometimes the Places You’d Never Think of are The Best

Cabinet Space Above the Refrigerator: Most pre-made overhead cabinets above the fridge are either too small or too deep for easy access. This odd size and location lead to a waste of valuable storage space. Consider removing the small unusable cabinet and installing new cabinetry that encases the refrigerator. It is more aesthetically, desirable, and easy to reach. Another great idea is to use vertical dividers for the storage of kitchen appliances such as plates or trays

Keep Your Garbage Can Out of Sight: Garbage cans are a necessity in any kitchen – but that does not mean they’re allowed to make the kitchen messy. Stash unsightly trash cans in a ‘makeshift trash drawer’ under your 36-inch countertop drawer.

For ways on how to make the most of your space with custom designed custom cabinets, contact Edgewood Cabinetry.  Call 919-339-7300 for planning your custom cupboards.

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Getting the Most Use Out of Small Spaces in the House

Whether you live in a large house or a studio apartment, there is underutilized space. Many people complain about not having enough storage in their homes, but seeking out and using these “hidden” spaces can solve this problem. These small spaces are often in plain sight in smaller rooms such as the laundry room, mudrooms, entryways, or utility rooms.  Custom cabinets can turn these spaces into storage.

A Little Ingenuity Can go a Long Way

Persistent clutter around a house will never fix itself. Eventually, this starts to affect the occupants’ psychology. Most people reach a point where they have to declutter and organize. Take the time to plan the organization, so the result is pleasing to the eye, and the build-up of clutter doesn’t get repeated.

There are many articles on how to declutter and organize small spaces in your house. Here are a few of the most popular solutions:

Wall Space

Edgewood Cabinetry custom cabinetWalls are the underrated space-saver in a house. Many homes have clutter all over the floor, but nothing on the walls, but in a small space, every square foot is luxury real estate, and walls are the unutilized land.
Use shelving units that extend to the ceiling. Add shelving above doorways, couches, beds – any part of a wall that is usually blank can be used.

Install sconces instead of table lights for lighting. Table lights or freestanding lamps take up floor space. Free up that space and attach lighting to the walls.

Attach hooks and racks to store sports equipment. Hang bikes on the wall instead of leaving them in a small basement or garage, taking up precious floor space.

Doors

Another underutilized space around the house is the backs of doors. This space is perfect for hanging cleaning utensils, jewelry, towels, bags, shoes – just about any small household item. It keeps these objects accessible but out of sight. Don’t forget the doors of the cabinets. These doors can also provide extra storage space by adding a few hooks.

Skirted Furniture

What To Do With That Awkward Under The Stair SpaceThe space underneath furniture such as a sofa, chairs, side tables, and beds can be used as storage space. If the furniture has a skirt, this space is easily used as storage. It’s not seen due to the skirt, so no fancy storage containers are required. If the furniture is not skirted, used decorative baskets or colored storage boxes for a beautiful aesthetic.

Room Color

The color of a room does not add more space, but it can give the feeling of more space. If adding more shelving to walls (especially if the shelving is floor to ceiling), keep the walls and furniture a light color, so the room doesn’t feel like it’s getting smaller.

So before thinking you have to move to a bigger house to get more storage space, take a good look around your home. There may be more space there than you think.

For more information on creating space-saving custom cabinets for your home contact Edgewood Cabinetry at 919-339-7300.

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8 Things You Can Do To Simplify Your Chores

7 Things You Can Do To Simplify Your Chores

Wouldn’t it be nice to wave a magic wand and just get rid of all your chores? While you’re busy dreaming about this, there are some things you can do to simplify your chores.

Much of it comes down to the little things, such as organization and handling small tasks before they turn into major problems.

Luckily, a few changes to your routine and even your home storage and cabinets might just make you dread your chores a little less.

1. Organize Supplies

First things first, organize your cleaning supplies. If your bathroom cleaner and sponges are in a kitchen cabinet, you waste time going back and forth with your supplies. Plus, you end up with a more cluttered cabinet and have a hard time finding what you need.

For kitchen supplies, consider adding a shelf, storage rack or even a hanging shoe caddy inside your pantry door. Organize your supplies by their use, such as countertops, stove/oven, cabinets and floors. For your bathroom, Set aside a little space under your sink to store a few supplies. Putting them in a basket makes them much easier to get to.

2. Add Storage Everywhere

Do you clean your home one day only to look around the next and wonder how you missed the tornado that came through? Maybe your kids decided to play with every toy from their room in the middle of the living room. Perhaps everyone came home and dumped their bags, coats and shoes here, there and everywhere.

Simplify your chores by adding storage in every room. It may take a few weeks for it to become a habit, but make a point of containing clutter to set storage areas. For instance, a mudroom or even just a set of cubbies near the door allows everyone to take off shoes and store daily gear without it looking like a mess.

Add side tables with pull out storage bins or drawers for quick clean ups. Then, once a week (or twice if necessary), clean out the storage bins so you can start fresh for another week.

3. Keep Quick Clean Supplies

Having a small arsenal of quick cleaning supplies is one of the best ways to simplify your chores. For instance, dry dust wipes work great for doing some quick dusting. You can use Swiffer or any other brand. Of course, you can use Swiffer or store brand sweepers and mops as well to quickly dust or mop your floors in minutes.

Disinfecting wipes are ideal for cleaning over counters every day without having to do much work or waiting for germs to really start building up. Consider having a few smaller vacuums to vacuum smaller rooms in minutes. Not having to lug around a large vacuum all over the house really helps. Keep your chosen quick clean supplies in or near the rooms you’ll use them in for best results.

4. Do A Little Each Day

Most people hate doing chores because it seems to take up their entire Saturday. So, why wait until Saturday or whatever other day is cleaning day? You could spend 15-20 minutes each day, get just as much accomplished and not feel overwhelmed.

In fact, since it doesn’t seem like so much to do, you get your chores done faster. For instance, take 10 minutes to use a dusting wipe over your living room and another 10 minutes to do the same to your bedroom. Doing little things each day helps you to simplify your chores and makes chores seem quick and easy.

5. Simplify What You Use

Does it take 20 supplies just to clean your bathroom? How many items do you use to dust your living room? The truth is, you don’t need dozens of different products to do your chores. Many all-purpose solutions now exist. You could also use natural solutions, such as vinegar, to clean a wide variety of things in your home.

Fewer supplies mean you do more in less time. Plus, you’re not dragging around a box full of cleaning supplies. Go through everything and get rid of what you don’t need.

6. Put Up A Schedule

Finally, put up a set schedule. Chores pile up when you procrastinate. Add a schedule to your refrigerator. If you live with someone else or have a family, delegate the chores. This will simplify your chores and make it easier for everyone. Plus, you see exactly what needs to be done today and you feel satisfied when you check it off.

7. Adopt Cleaning Life Hacks

In addition to the above, start adding some cleaning life hacks to your routine. For instance, did you know a squeegee works great for getting up pet hair? Some great lists to check out include:

Want to customize your cabinets for optimal storage and organization to simplify your chores? Contact us today to learn how we can help.

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Kids Room Storage Design Ideas

8 Fun Kids Room Storage Design Ideas

Does your child’s room look like it should be declared an official disaster area? Does there never seem to be enough room for everything?

No matter how much stuff your child might have or how little space there is, incorporating fun kids room storage design ideas helps to transform the space.

With a few storage hacks, you can finally find a clear path, just still watch out for those pesky Legos that seem to jump out of nowhere.

1. Color-Coded Storage Bins/Baskets

Add a small or large cabinet along a wall or in a corner. Section off blocks to place color-coded storage bins (cloth or plastic) or baskets. Label each bin with a type of toy or item. Then, all a child has to do is grab the right bin, dump all the appropriate items in and put it back. While they might still balk at cleaning up after playing, you’ll love how clean it looks when they’re done. Plus, it adds some bright color to the room.

2. Build Vertical Cubbies

Sometimes, kids room storage seems impossible when the room’s small. However, you still have some vertical space to work with. Floor-to-ceiling cubbies work for both storage and decorations. Use baskets or bins to store items out of sight and use open cubbies to showcase trophies, pictures or favorite toys. If you have space, you can even add two floor-to-ceiling cubbies with a bench in the middle. This is a great place to sit and play or read. Plus, the bench can double as extra storage.

3. Add A Play Desk

Never underestimate the storage possibilities of a desk. You don’t need a traditional desk. Instead, install custom cabinets or even a custom cabinet island, much like a kitchen island. One cabinet will be a pull-out chair to easily store the chair when it’s not in use. Then, you’ll have cabinets to either side, which can be drawers or standard cabinets. If you want to go vertical, add a row of cabinets above and let your child hang a few toys or play accessories from the bottom for easy access.

4. Separate The Room

Imagine if you could combine kids room storage and separate the room into two parts at the same time. Now, you can! Whether you’re separating the room to give two kids their own space or just to separate a play area and sleep area, cabinets in the middle of the room will do the trick.

A row of base cabinets from the wall to wall, with a door wide space in the middle, allows your child to have shelves or cabinets for storage and adds some separation. For more privacy, you can use floor-to-ceiling cabinets instead of just base cabinets.

5. Create Play-Themed Storage

This might sound kind of vague, but the idea is to build shelves or cabinets that resemble something your child loves to do. For instance, if your kid loves cars, you might build a tall cabinet with doors that look like car doors and tires for handles. If your child loves dolls, you can build a shelving unit that looks like a large open dollhouse.

6. Get Rid Of The Bottom Bunk

Bunk beds aren’t just for sleeping. If you get rid of the bottom bed, you have an entire space to work with for storage. Adding drawers, cubbies, baskets or even a desk with a few cabinets helps to turn that bottom bed into the perfect place for storage and play.

7. Floating Shelves/Boxes

Kids room storage doesn’t have to be bland. Add some custom floating shelves or boxes. Wall-mounted crates actually work well for this. They can be placed in patterns for extra storage and decoration. Paint them to match your child’s favorite color, toy, TV character or whatever else they may be into.

8. Store Where They Sit

There are limitless possibilities for this one. A few creative ideas include:

  • Storage ottomans with fuzzy or beanbag style seat cushions
  • Using wooden boxes for seats and storage
  • Using crates with wheels to store items and travel around the room
  • Benches with hidden storage
  • Stools with shelves
  • Larger ottomans with storage and a large space for sitting stuffed animals, shoes or clothes for the next day

Chairs don’t have to just take up space. They also help you gain space when they double as storage.

Ready to transform your child’s room? Contact us today to learn about our custom cabinets that help add fun kids room storage for your little ones.

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Custom Outdoor Storage Solutions

Custom Outdoor Storage for Sports Gear & Shoes

Sports and playing outside are fantastic for bonding with family. This could result in a surplus of sports gear and shoes just laying all about outside your door. Considering that they come in different forms, shapes and sizes, it is evident that you need to identify the best way to store them while at the same time keeping them accessible to all. A simple outdoor custom storage area is just what you need.

Outdoor storage comes with the added advantage that you will be removing the clutter from the main house, so you have more room for other things. The outdoors allow for better custom storage as there is sufficient space with fewer limiting factors. Here, you can install a custom cabinet to suit your needs and preferences. Sports gear can vary from safety equipment, playing equipment, balls, etc. which means that you need a storage facility that will accommodate what you have. This calls for a customized cabinet.

Benefits of Custom Outdoor Storage Cabinets

  • Convenience & Efficiency

Homes, especially for those with young kids can be overwhelming because it is very difficult to control their decisions. While you are always encouraging them to play and practice different sports, it is not fun for anyone to have to clean up someone else’s stuff or a mess that was left behind because something dirty was brought in. Having storage outdoors makes it convenient and efficient, as they will always have a place to keep their equipment before dashing into the house. You can say goodbye to the days when you had to yell to have your kids keep the house clean.

  • Maintain Order

Customized cabinets are designed while keeping in mind what you want to store. You can have something as simple as a bucket or one large receptacle for balls to sit in, and little cubbies for shoes. That’s about as simple as you could get, and it will work wonders! I know as a kid i had a big bucket to keep all of my balls in and it was simple and perfect.

  • Blends in With the Rest of the Home

If your home’s theme is white shelving for example, we can replicate that outside for the sake of continuity. If you are looking to meet storage for kids, you can always alter the height of the cabinets so they can easily reach for what they need without creating a mess.

  • Keep the Dirt Outside

Kids can be messy and after a long day playing, they can bring in tons of dirt, dust, or snow. Having a great storage option outside means they won’t even think twice about leaving their things out there, and you won’t have to worry about messes. Win win. Outdoor storage is great for parents and kids alike, and you can have storage space created for anything from tools to hockey sticks, it all just depends on your needs.

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Why Leave Custom Cabinets to The Pros?

How Hard is it To Make Custom Cabinets?

A lot of people are curious how hard it would be to make their own custom cabinets, and the simple answer is that this is not too hard for a true professional, the average person could probably even do it if they followed a good set of directions exactly.

Custom cabinets are quite popular, you can find them in a variety of homes, businesses, and more. The basic difference between the custom and the regular cabinet is the basic appeal and overall quality. Custom cabinets are always going to look better and last longer than stock. However, if you already have a set of stock cabinets but just want to give them a different look, that’s an option too! Even with stock cabinets you can easily crate a unique look with a little bit of work. You can stain any way you like, and even add/replace parts that may not be up to your quality.

Why Do I Want a Pro Making My Cabinets?

While we do believe that some of our customers probably are good wood workers and could make decent quality custom cabinets, we know that we only let pieces of the highest quality leave our workshop and make their way to your home. Our job is to make the absolute best pieces of furniture that we can, and we take pride in that. You can trust us to deliver you the absolute best piece of anything that you may want, we are proud of the work that we put out there.

You may not think about it often, but their are cabinets all over your home. From the mudroom, to the kitchen, to your bathroom and bedroom. They’re everywhere! With that said, if you do want to them from boring stock cabinets to something with a little life, you can!

Refurbishing Your Stock Cabinets

Living Room Furniture StorageStock cabinets are generally regular looking cabinets that do not have anything extraordinary or exciting about them. So to make these ordinary cabinet anything but, you have to take care of a number of things. The most important thing you want to improve is the functionality, and that’s all up to your own preferences. Most stock cabinets come in the quintessential wooden material but you can always make the custom cabinetry look different with glass and metal add-ons. You always need to keep your overall home theme/decor in mind as well, you want to stay consistent.

In most refurbishing cases, you’ll want to add crown moldings to the stock cabinets to give them a more custom look. You can even add pull out, sliding doors, and deep inset drawers into the stock cabinets. Different people have different requirements when it comes to cabinets and what they prefer. So don’t settle for the norm, make sure you do what YOU want. The entire process of developing customized cabinets from the stock ones is even easier and cheaper. You won’t get the same super long lasting results of true custom cabinets but you can trust that they’ll at least be better than before! Regardless, if you’re looking for new cabinets, you need to try your hardest to get custom made ones.

If custom made cabinets are just the things you’re looking for, contact us today and let’s start talking about the ideal cabinets for you! The sooner we start working, the sooner you can start enjoying. 

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Organize Kitchen Cabinets

Get The MOST Out Of Your Custom Cabinets

What Can Beat Custom Cabinets?Organize Kitchen Cabinets

Every homeowner wants nothing more than a home that satisfies their taste and looks good to others. Cabinets are an amazing way to add taste to your home. On top of that, what could be better than getting to design exactly how your cabinets look and work so that YOU can get the most use out of them!

  • They allow you to match your décor and architecture exactly.
  • They allow you to add specialized touches to suit your specific needs.

Reservations about custom made cabinets may arise from their expensive nature when compared with cheap and easy pre-made cabinets. Unfortunately, cheap does not assure you of effectiveness and attractiveness. If you are still unconvinced about the advantages of custom made cabinets, here are other reasons to consider:

Looking Good

Custom cabinets of good quality can be made from any type of wood and trim you can imagine. Whether your home is full of rustic pine furniture or simple bohemian furniture, a custom designed cabinet can be made of the same style. Such a cabinet can also feature a unique trim or crown-molding pattern. With these pre-made cabinets, you get none of these customization options!

Conquering Space

You may have noticed that older homes are not designed to accommodate the standard sizes of pre-made cabinets. In many cases the kitchen is rarely the ideal width. As a result, awkward spacers are necessary to be fitted between standard-size cabinets. Fortunately, custom-made kitchen cabinets save your kitchen of awkwardness. These cabinets can be made for any size even in odd spaces that don’t need to go unused. Custom is key, your cabinets will fit like a glove and truly look incredible.

Personal TouchBathroom Storage

Standard pre-made cabinets follow the mantra one-size-fits-all which is more often than not a false premise. There’s just something about a custom-made cabinet. For instance, you can add a wine rack, rotating spice shelves or a glass door that shows off your china to your custom-made kitchen cabinet. You can also use custom-made cabinets for your living room. At Edgewood cabinetry, a master custom cabinet maker, we give you the opinion to add a personal touch to your cabinets. Even if you’re not sure what you want, we can bounce ideas together until we find something you love!

Quality Of Workmanship

Custom-made cabinetry is always handled by the professional whom you choose. Professionalism ensures that your standards are met and that the investment in your home is more than worth your money. Regardless of whether you are hiring an interior designer or directly working with a registered cabinet maker, the process of making custom-made cabinets is always managed by a trained professional. As a result, your cabinets should always turn out to be of excellent quality. Edgewood Cabinetry guarantees you professionalism. We endeavor to make your finished product something you are proud of and can enjoy for a long time. We ensure every single thing we produce is something we’d be proud to display in our own homes.

An Investment Into Your Home

Custom cabinets are an investment into your home. It is an amazing way to enhance your kitchen and your entire home! Such enhancements boost your home’s value and aesthetic appeal. Furthermore, you will be able to use your space effectively as you adapt to a changing lifestyle.

Edgewood cabinetry is the best custom cabinet maker around, check out our stuff on Facebook and let’s see what we can make for you!

Ready to start creating your own handcrafted storage options? Start by contacting us today to learn more. Call now at (919) 339-7300! We can’t wait to help you get the cabinets you’ve always wanted. 

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Innovative Wine Storage for the Kitchen

Wine bottles can be many things: collectable treasures, sentimental objects, or even just simple refreshments.  But when you incorporate beautiful wine storage into the kitchen, they can also become art.
Built-in wine storage can be stained to fit right in with existing cabinetry, or it can be painted or finished differently to create an accent piece.  Let’s look at some examples of different types of wine storage to see the variety of styles being used.
Some homeowners prefer to have their wine storage high up, such as in this traditional kitchen, which is still convenient for adults, but mostly inaccessible for curious children.  The criss-cross design offers a generous amount of bottle storage, and the bright labels add a punch of color to the room.
In this very contemporary kitchen, the built-in storage is lower to the ground, and purposefully does not match the all-white cabinetry that surrounds it.  It helps break up monotone, and also accentuates other decorative wooden elements in the kitchen.
This country kitchen epitomizes the notion that a wine storage can become decorative art in the right space.  The ornate details and geometric design draw the eye right to the wine rack, which matches perfectly with the rest of the elements in the breakfast nook and makes great use of an otherwise under-utilized corner.
These are just a few examples of how built-in wine storage can elevate your kitchen design, while also providing a practical, organized space for favorite bottles.  Contact us to learn more about designing the perfect wine storage for your home!

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