Sears Home Improvement - Albuquerque
Millwork Resource, Inc.
Mr. Handyman of Greater Albuquerque
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are the centerpiece of your kitchen and represent the single largest expense in the kitchen remodeling exercise. The choice of your countertops and other kitchen accessories depends on the choice of your kitchen cabinet. The process of choosing a kitchen cabinet can become simple if you have a floor plan and a target budget. If you get professional help in the guise of a designer, this along with your specifications for functionality should help you get started. You will have to work with the designer to formulate a kitchen design, and make choices for cabinet brands, styles, wood types, construction, sizes and finish. Make sure that you evaluate cost before you make any decisions.
If you’re not planning to sell your Albuquerque, NM area home soon or planning to move out of your home in the near future, don’t skimp when it comes to buying a kitchen cabinet. Whatever the type of kitchen cabinet, whether they’re antique kitchen cabinets, corner kitchen cabinets, kitchen wall cabinets, glass kitchen cabinets or wood kitchen cabinets, they need to be sturdy to stand the abuse of constant use. Choose cabinets with solid frames, doors and drawers and make sure that they have closed backs with reinforce corners. Also, make sure that the mechanical hardware can stand the everyday abuse of endless opening and closing.
If you’re planning to buy a wooden kitchen cabinet, it’ll help you to know what types of wood are popular with cabinet makers and how they rate on functionality. Oak has been a favorite with cabinet makers, and maple is yet another hot favorite. Maple is popular simply because of its light weight and regular grain texture. Yellow birch is yet another popular wood species, and is similar to maple in its versatility and strength, not to mention the wide variety of colors that it comes in. Hickory is a nice hardwood that can be used for a good staining finish and pinewood is inexpensive but needs special care. It needs extra preparation and handling as it is easy prone to burns and scratches.
Recent Requests
I am looking for some remodeling estimates.
Victoria F
I need two bathroom cabinets. A vanity around 30" wide (not a simple rectangular box) and a simple rectangular box cabinet for above the toilet. This is an upgrade so it will be quality wood and design.
Jess S