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Choosing Quality Cabinets

Insiders Tip: What To Look For When Choosing Quality Cabinets

When you add cabinets to your kitchen, bathroom or other areas of your home, you want them to last for years and possibly generations to come.

Choosing quality cabinets isn’t as easy as just picking what looks pretty or fits the best. Instead, it’s about things like the type of wood used and how much weight the drawers support.

While higher quality cabinets may cost more, they’re more cost-effective because they’ll far outlast their cheaper counterparts. Plus, it’s easy to have these cabinets custom built to match your every storage need.

Solid Wood Frames

Your door frames are going to deal with a lot of wear and tear. They hold the door front together and attach to the cabinet itself. Using solid wood means you won’t have to deal with the swelling that comes with using particle board. This is especially true when it comes to kitchen and bathroom cabinets where humidity may cause particle board to warp, ruining how easily your doors open and close.

Look to see if the frames are joined perfectly. If you’re working with a custom cabinet builder, ask how they connect the frame pieces. While screws are quick, they can cause the frame to wear down faster. Higher quality cabinets use joints, dowels and glue to make all the corners meet flush and stay together through constant use. Some even use custom mortise and tenon joints, which is a true sign of high-quality cabinets.

Solid Wood Door Fronts

When choosing quality cabinets, look for solid wood door fronts. Not only will this perfectly match the frame, but will extend the life of the door itself. Using particle board or other alternatives will cause the door to wear out much faster, especially if the door is near a sink. Plus, if you spill something on the wood, it’s easier to clean quickly without causing permanent damage.

Plywood Or Solid Wood Interiors

A common cost-saving measure in cheaper cabinets, especially pre-fabricated cabinets, is to use thin particle board for the interior panels. The shelves are typically a thicker particle board designed to withstand more weight. However, this material gives over time, leaving you with sags and dents within your cabinets.

If you want cabinets that support more weight for decades, look for plywood or solid wood interiors. While solid wood is the best option, you can save money and still get quality cabinets by opting for plywood interiors. These last well with normal use and still look great.

Supportive Drawers

How many times have you seen a drawer give under the weight of silverware or beauty supplies? Low-quality cabinets may only support 5-10 pounds before you have trouble opening them. The cheaper materials used for the interiors give easily and cause the drawer to warp when much weight is put inside it.

When choosing quality cabinets, look for plywood or solid wood interiors designed to support more weight. Some may even support 50 pounds or more. While you might not need that much support, it’s always best to have more support than you need. Plus, this makes them last longer and slide out smoother.

Smoothly Opening Doors And Drawers

Speaking of drawers that slide out easily, the best cabinets have doors and drawers that open with zero problems. While choosing quality cabinets won’t prevent an overstuffed drawer from getting stuck, the glides used on the drawers ensure they slide out with ease and don’t sag even when they’re filled. Without the right hardware, you’re going to be left trying to deal with sticky drawers or worse.

The same holds true with your doors. Not only does using solid wood make them stronger, but the hardware used to connect them should easily support the door itself without any wobbling. The hardware should also be strong enough to support baskets or hanging items weighing at least a few pounds or more without any trouble.

Warranties

Finally, when choosing quality cabinets, look for a warranty. For instance, at Edgewood Cabinetry, we provide a five-year warranty that protects against defects due to workmanship or the materials as long as it’s due to normal use. Quality cabinets are designed to stand the test of time and regular use. Without a warranty, this is showing you the maker doesn’t believe in the durability of the cabinet.

Ready to install quality cabinets in your home? Contact us today to learn more about our custom cabinetry services today.

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Yes, You Do Need Custom Cabinets!

Why You Need a Custom Cabinet MakerBathroom Storage

When it comes to choosing the best custom cabinets for your home, you should leave nothing to chance. It is fantastic that you have decided to settle for custom cabinets but this is only the first step. Since custom cabinets are unique and cater to your specific needs, you need a true custom cabinet maker. A qualified custom cabinet maker assures you of a job well done, and a personal touch that you can’t find elsewhere.  Here are the most compelling reasons for you to look into custom cabinets above all else!

Design Expertise

A true custom cabinet maker has had years of experience in cabinet making and typically even more, they know how to do everything by hand and they know what to look out for. A custom cabinet maker can also help you ensure you get the best usage of your space possible, this is what they do for a living so they know what will give you the most useable space. Even restrained to a medium budget, if you were to spend the same amount of  money on pre-made cabinets, you wouldn’t get nearly as much value back. Don’t just fill your cabinet space, create something amazing in it.

New Cabinet Designs

Settling for a custom design should not mean that you’re not open to new ideas. A true custom cabinet maker may have even better ideas than yours, and offer those to you as you work on the project. They can take your dreams and thoughts and transform them into something magnificent. You only need to be open minded to their ideas. Furthermore, such a cabinet maker is continuously keeping up with new skills and knowledge in cabinet making. They are aware of the trends in custom cabinet making and can advise you accordingly. Cabinet makers, Raleigh such as Edgewood Cabinetry are on top of their game.

Customer Service

If you decided not to hire a custom cabinet maker, you probably went with a big-box store or some other mass-producer. Good luck getting any kind of customer service there when you need it. If you don’t like the end result, who do you have to blame? Both you and the unqualified cabinet maker are not adequately equipped to handle such work. If you are working with a true custom cabinet maker, you know that in the end you’re going to have a quality product. Therefore, you can ask questions and air out any reservations you have during the cabinet making process. The greatest strength of custom cabinets is that as the process goes along you can change ideas and such, and in the end you’ll get exactly what you asked for. You just can’t replicate that.

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Everyone wants quality cabinets, you want them to be able to outlive you honestly. Buying any pre-made cabinet is a guessing game, it could last for 50 years, or it could start falling apart in 5 years. Your investment in custom cabinets should be well worth the cost. You just can’t ensure this quality if you aren’t paired up with a true professional custom cabinet maker.

Timely Work

Nobody wants to put work into a plan and commission it to be done just to be stuck waiting, inconveniencing yourself. Your project shouldn’t take too long, but it also shouldn’t be done in a night. A true custom cabinet maker takes enough time to make sure you’re getting the quality project that you paid for, and that the work gets done in a timely fashion.

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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Avoiding the Hidden Cost in Kitchen Remodeling Can Be Tricky but Not Impossible

Avoiding the hidden cost in kitchen remodeling can be a difficult task, but doesn’t have to be.

There are so many issues that can pop up in any remodel and the kitchen can be one of the most difficult because of the size and scope of the project. While some problems are bound to pop up here and there you can avoid a majority of hidden costs by taking a few pre-remodeling precautions.

Get Blue Prints

This is especially true when you are renovating the kitchen in an older home. Having the original blueprints to the home will let you know of any structural characteristics that may have been hidden by previous renovations; characteristics that could cause you to change your plans and spend more money. It may also be a heads up to any plumbing, electrical, or HVAC that you may want to avoid or work around.

Know What You Want and Stick to It

One of the biggest problems that drive up the cost of a home remodel is changing your mind in the middle. Whether you don’t like the color of the floor or decide to move the dishwasher across the room these little changes can ring up to big bucks. If you are going to do a kitchen remodel you must have a solid plan and stick to it exactly if you want to stay on budget.

Get Quality Components

People are always looking to save a buck during a remodel, and they should, it is an expensive process. Where you can really go wrong is getting substandard components that will not only be guaranteed to cost more money in the future they could end up costing you a small fortune during a remodel. Cabinets are one example of an item where quality counts the most. Your best bet is to go with custom cabinetry to get everything that you want out of your cabinets but the last thing you want is bargain basement cabinets that will split in half while you are mounting them on the wall.

To find out more about how our quality cabinets can take your kitchen remodel to the next level or to get more information for your next project please contact us we would love to help.

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