Creating Your Own Cabinets
Cabinets have been in existence for many centuries now. They are being used as storage places for different goods. It is usually described as a piece of furniture that was created with a set of wooden boxes put together. There are many uses of cabinets it was mostly used inside the kitchen. Now there are different kinds of cabinets. They could be the hanging cabinets which are usually located overhead. There are also the lazy Susan cabinets that have shelves mounted that are mounted on a piece of axle so you only have to push or pull the shelves for easier access. There are the ready-to-assemble cabinets; the name itself already explains what kind of cabinet it is.
Since you now know more about cabinets and know their importance, maybe you will be persuaded in making your own cabinets. This house equipment is as important as white platform bed and modern bedroom furniture. Let’s take the kitchen cabinet as an example for your future work. So the materials in creating a cabinet are the wood, the cabinet doors and cabinet styles.
Let us start with the wood selection for your cabinet. There are many kinds of wood to choose from but woods also have their pros and cons. one of the mostly used wood in cabinet making is the maple, this is because the material is hard and has a tight even grain. The con of maple wood is that it has big swirls or waves are present on its surface which the owner may not think that it’s pleasing to look at. So some may consider the birch wood since it’s similar to maple when it comes to hardness but it doesn’t exhibit the same streaks. Some woods to consider are alder, cherry and rustic woods.
After selecting the wood that best suits your cabinet, you can then proceed in selecting the door style of your cabinet. There are two well-known door styles for cabinets and they are the Frame and Panel Doors and the Slab Cabinet Doors. The frame and panel doors have rectangular frames built around the center panel which are located on each door. Under this category are the three sub-categories which are the Raised Panel Cabinet Door wherein the door has a sloped edge making it look like it is protruding forward; second is the Recessed Panel Cabinet Door wherein the center panel is flat and is attached from the back of the face of the door frame; and lastly the Bead-board Cabinet Door wherein the door’s style has vertical grooves. Under the Slab Cabinet Doors are two sub-categories which are the Solid Wood Cabinet Door and the Covered Substrate Cabinet Door. The former has solid wood pieces running in vertical or horizontal directions while the latter is more of a particle board using materials like laminate or thermo-foil.
After selecting your wood type and door type, you can now decide what style your cabinet will be. There are the frameless cabinets, inset cabinets, traditional overlay cabinets and many others. So just pick whichever you, just be mindful with the cost of making the cabinet.
Since you now know more about cabinets and know their importance, maybe you will be persuaded in making your own cabinets. This house equipment is as important as white platform bed and modern bedroom furniture. Let’s take the kitchen cabinet as an example for your future work. So the materials in creating a cabinet are the wood, the cabinet doors and cabinet styles.
Let us start with the wood selection for your cabinet. There are many kinds of wood to choose from but woods also have their pros and cons. one of the mostly used wood in cabinet making is the maple, this is because the material is hard and has a tight even grain. The con of maple wood is that it has big swirls or waves are present on its surface which the owner may not think that it’s pleasing to look at. So some may consider the birch wood since it’s similar to maple when it comes to hardness but it doesn’t exhibit the same streaks. Some woods to consider are alder, cherry and rustic woods.
After selecting the wood that best suits your cabinet, you can then proceed in selecting the door style of your cabinet. There are two well-known door styles for cabinets and they are the Frame and Panel Doors and the Slab Cabinet Doors. The frame and panel doors have rectangular frames built around the center panel which are located on each door. Under this category are the three sub-categories which are the Raised Panel Cabinet Door wherein the door has a sloped edge making it look like it is protruding forward; second is the Recessed Panel Cabinet Door wherein the center panel is flat and is attached from the back of the face of the door frame; and lastly the Bead-board Cabinet Door wherein the door’s style has vertical grooves. Under the Slab Cabinet Doors are two sub-categories which are the Solid Wood Cabinet Door and the Covered Substrate Cabinet Door. The former has solid wood pieces running in vertical or horizontal directions while the latter is more of a particle board using materials like laminate or thermo-foil.
After selecting your wood type and door type, you can now decide what style your cabinet will be. There are the frameless cabinets, inset cabinets, traditional overlay cabinets and many others. So just pick whichever you, just be mindful with the cost of making the cabinet.