Kitchen cabinets

Kitchen cabinets are an important part of your kitchen and they can change the entire look and feel of your kitchen.

Buying new kitchen cabinets is the best way to start with remodeling your kitchen. There is a big variety of styles, sizes, configurations, materials and types of kitchen cabinets available.

Price range is also very big. It starts from ready-to –install stock kitchen cabinets to high-end custom made.

Stock kitchen cabinets are made in standard sizes and no modifications can be made. Some cabinet suppliers even keep the stock sizes on hand so you can go to the store, pick enough cabinets and trim pieces to build your own kitchen. They are available for home owners in retail locations or regional distributing companies. Semi-custom cabinets are factory-built in standard sizes, with many options for storage, design and style. The high end of cabinet construction is custom cabinets.

They are constructed in either a workroom to designer specifications or onsite in any style and finish.

Maple has surpassed oak as the most popular wood for cabinet doors. Cherry comes in third followed by hickory and pine.

Among your non-wood options, polyester and plastic laminate offer shine and color. Stainless steel, the new neutral shows up in both traditional and contemporary kitchens.

Back 20.10.2006.