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Kitchen Cabinet Insights

Expert tips, design inspiration, and industry insights to help you make the best decisions for your kitchen project.

Painted shaker base cabinets with satin brass bar pulls on the drawers and round knobs on the doors

Materials & Construction

October 4, 2026

Cabinet Hardware Guide: Knobs, Pulls, Handles and Hinges

Linen painted shaker upper cabinet door beside a wood range hood, half cleaned, with a clean wiped band cutting through an amber grease film

Installation & Care

October 4, 2026

Kitchen Cabinet Grease Removal: How to Degrease Every Finish Safely

Water droplets beading on a white quartz countertop beside a stainless sink and glazed tile backsplash

Materials & Construction

October 4, 2026

What Are Non-Porous Surfaces? Meaning, Examples and Kitchen Uses

Kitchen with a pale grey laminate countertop with a rounded postformed edge over matte white slab cabinets

Materials & Construction

October 4, 2026

Formica Meaning: Formica vs Laminate and Where Each Is Used

Kitchen with a seamless warm-white solid-surface countertop and integrated sink over navy painted shaker cabinets

Materials & Construction

October 4, 2026

Solid Surface Countertops: Cost, Pros, Cons and How They Compare

Warm off-white Linen shaker perimeter cabinets beside a natural white oak shaker island with brushed brass pulls and a white quartz top

Colors & Finishes

October 3, 2026

Timeless Kitchen Cabinet Colors That Still Look Right in 15 Years

Built-in coffee station in white shaker cabinets: two counter-standing drawer towers flank an espresso machine under a lit walnut floating shelf

October 3, 2026

Coffee Bar Cabinet Ideas: Built-In Layouts, Sizes and Costs

Two framed base cabinets opened side by side: a light warm gray painted shaker with a natural wood-veneer plywood interior, and a stained cherry raised-panel cabinet with a woodgrain vinyl interior, each with a dovetail drawer pulled out

Brands & Reviews

October 3, 2026

Fabuwood vs KraftMaid Cabinets: Box, Sizing, Warranty and Price Compared

Bright daylit wet bar with white shaker cabinets, glass-door uppers with stemware, a wine rack, a stainless beverage fridge and a small bar sink in a white quartz top

October 3, 2026

Wet Bar Cabinets: Layouts, Sizes and What to Order for a Home Bar

Three sample base cabinets with doors open: a framed white shaker on a plywood box with a dovetail drawer, a frameless gloss slab with a laminate box and metal drawer, and a frameless wood-look slab on plywood

Brands & Reviews

October 3, 2026

Fabuwood Cabinet Lines to Avoid: A Dealer's Line-by-Line Guide

Dovetailed solid wood drawer pulled to full extension from a white shaker drawer base, showing the concealed undermount runner and locking clip beneath the box

Materials & Construction

October 3, 2026

Undermount Drawer Slides vs Side-Mount: How to Choose, Size and Install Them

Tablet showing a 3D kitchen rendering on a plywood work table in a gutted kitchen, beside a tape measure and rolled plans

For Contractors

October 2, 2026

Outsourced Cabinet Selection for Contractors: How Dealer Design Support Works

Kitchen with muted gray-sage shaker cabinets, brass pulls, warm white quartz counters, and a light oak floor

Colors & Finishes

October 1, 2026

Green Kitchen Cabinets: Sage, Pistachio, and Moss Shades and Pairings

Three unbranded cabinet door samples in different styles and finishes laid side by side on a designer's table

Brands & Reviews

October 1, 2026

Who Makes Which Cabinet Brands: MasterBrand, Cabinetworks and the Independents

Mid-tone gray shaker corner base cabinet with its door open and rotating trays loaded with pots, beside a pulled-out trash drawer

Brands & Reviews

October 1, 2026

Fabuwood Cabinet Accessories: Lazy Susans, Trash Pull-Outs, Drawer Inserts and Blind Corners

Kitchen with warm creamy ivory-beige shaker cabinets, white quartz counters, a white oak floor, and satin brass pulls

Colors & Finishes

October 1, 2026

Beige Kitchen Cabinets (and Greige): Shades, Pairings, and the Lines That Carry Them

Assembled white shaker base cabinet with its drawer pulled out, showing a dovetailed wood drawer box and a wood-veneer plywood interior

Brands & Reviews

September 30, 2026

Who Makes Fabuwood Cabinets? Where They're Made and What They're Made Of

Stack of flat-pack cabinet cartons beside a freshly assembled white shaker base cabinet on a protected floor

Costs & Pricing

September 30, 2026

RTA Cabinets Cost for a Full Kitchen, and Are They Worth It?

Warm white painted kitchen with flush inset doors and drawers, each opening outlined by a slim rounded bead on the face frame

September 30, 2026

Beaded Inset Cabinets: What They Are, What They Cost, and Who Makes Them

Newly installed kitchen with light painted shaker cabinets, open casement windows and a range hood, filled with daylight

Materials & Construction

September 30, 2026

CARB 2 Compliant Cabinets: Formaldehyde Rules Explained

Painted wood range hood with a tapered chimney above a stainless gas range, flanked by white shaker wall cabinets

Sizes & Layouts

September 29, 2026

Range Hood CFM: How Much Ventilation Your Kitchen Needs

Kitchen with warm off-white framed shaker cabinets, one door open to show the solid wood face frame around the opening

Materials & Construction

September 29, 2026

Framed Cabinets: Face Frame Construction, Overlays and Sizing

Contemporary kitchen with light oak slab cabinets on a tall wall and island, warm white matte slab base cabinets and slim brass pulls

September 29, 2026

Contemporary Kitchen Cabinets: A 2026 Style Guide to Doors, Finishes and Lines

Open frameless kitchen base cabinets showing smooth white melamine box interiors and metal-sided soft-close drawers

Materials & Construction

September 29, 2026

Furniture Board vs Plywood Cabinets: Strength, Moisture, and Cost

A warm L-shaped shaker kitchen at golden hour with a honey-oak island, white oak floor and lit pendants over quartz counters.

Costs & Pricing

September 20, 2026

Kitchen Cabinet Financing: How Buy Now, Pay Later Works for Cabinets (2026)

Muted grey framed shaker L-shaped kitchen with white quartz counters, matte black pulls, tall pantry and charcoal slate-look tile floor

Costs & Pricing

September 20, 2026

Fabuwood EZ Pricing Explained: How Dealer Pricing Works and What You'll Actually Pay

A single framed base cabinet on a workbench, door open and drawer extended, showing the face frame, toe kick, dovetails and hinge.

Materials & Construction

September 19, 2026

Parts of a Kitchen Cabinet: Every Component Named, From Toe Kick to Crown

Close-up of a white painted five-piece shaker door on a workbench beside a raw fiberboard edge and a plywood offcut.

Materials & Construction

September 19, 2026

HDF Cabinet Doors: What High-Density Fiberboard Is and When It Beats Wood

Two-tone kitchen with warm white shaker perimeter cabinets and a muted gray-green island under white quartz counters and brass pulls.

Brands & Reviews

September 19, 2026

Mantra Cabinet Colors: Beachwood, Rosemary, Omni and Every Finish Compared

Close three-quarter view of sage green inset cabinets with doors flush inside the face frame, soapstone counter and nickel bin pulls.

Brands & Reviews

September 19, 2026

St. Martin Cabinetry Review (2026): Heritage Inset, Vista Frameless and the NOMA Stock Program