Cabinet Selections

Cabinets are essential to kitchens and bathrooms. They are also useful storage systems in other areas of the home like the garage, wet bar, laundry room, bedroom, home office, basement, mudroom, dining room and other rooms. The same options that we’ll look at here apply to most cabinet applications so let’s dive in.

The three basic types of cabinets are custom, semi-custom and stock. Custom cabinets are built to your exact specifications including size, layout, storage needs, style and color. Custom cabinets are the most expensive since they are completely built to order. Semi-custom cabinets come in standard sizes and designs but they can be altered to meet your needs; the door fronts, drawers, cabinet depth, style, colors can be customized to your specifications. Semi-custom cabinet are less expensive than fully custom cabinets since some features are pre-determined. Stock cabinets are pre-manufactured and come in variety of sizes, styles and colors. You have to pick from the options that are available, thereby limiting the scope of customization. Stock cabinets are the most affordable type because they are pre-made.

The first things to look at when making cabinet selections are the size of your kitchen (or other room that cabinets are going into) and how you want the cabinets and storage to layout in the space. Beside the basic style, material and layout decisions, the choices for cabinet color, hardware and countertop will affect the overall look and feel of the space. Other custom accessories like racks, pull-out drawers, roll-out trays, corner swing-outs, tray dividers and so many more options are available add-ons to your cabinets.