Argggh! Kitchen cabinet issue.
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Issues with custom make kitchen cabinets.
Comments (1)Are these inset cabinets or overlay?...See MoreUsing "standard issue" kitchen cabinets to best advantage
Comments (8)Molding is always a key to achieving a more custom look. Multiple piece stacked crown as well as light rail molding. Even modern kitchens with slab doors can look more custom if you choose the appropriate finishing touch. All cabinets look better with proper lighting. Under cabinet lighting as well as the proper amount of recessed lighting, semi-flush lighting and pendants. That will show off your cabinets to their best, no matter what brand they are. Proper installation. A good installer can take 5K worth of cabinets and make them look like 50K worth, and a hack installer can butcher 50K worth of cabinets to look like cheap crap with a poor install. Not saying that this is beyond the realm of a DIYer if they have good finish carpentry skills, but yes, it IS beyond 95% of most DIYers. Having the proper "surroundings". Putting in a gorgeous new kitchen in a home that doesn't match it stylistically or with the same level of detail just makes it look wrong. If you live in a center hall Colonial and want Tuscan Old world cabinets with gazillions of grape corbels and onlays, it will only look transplanted from Mars, not an integral part of the home itself. Also, if the rest of the house is standard 8' ceilings, with minimal builder grade moldings and popcorn ceilings, unless the kitchen is the start of redoing the whole house to a higher level, you don't want to be putting in super premium cherry cabinets with elaborate stacked moldings and an exotic granite and a pro style range. It's not appropriate to the level of the rest of the home. It works vice versa too. If you live in an expensive neighborhood of custom homes where SubZero's and Wolf's are everywhere, putting in a Maytag range and off the shelf cabinets from Home Depot won't cut it either. The most successful kitchen remodels give you a "wow" without a "WOW!" factor. Bad quality materials and installation are more apparent than are good quality materials used in a more subtle manner appropriate to the home. You want the room to look current, without being a slave to current fashion, as that will quickly date it....See Moreissues on ikea kitchen cabinet installation
Comments (6)Problem is Joe, without the toggles (or more fastening points) cabinets on rail systems will exert too much torque and bend the rail itself between the fastening points. While this isn't likely to make them fall off the wall , it will make it difficult or impossible to keep the cabs plumb if the rail flex exceedes the adjustment in the hanging bracket - which is very possible. This usually happens where two cabinets join together and there are two brackets pulling on the rail. And guess where thet usually happens ? Right in the center of rail fastening points. Murphy's law. It's also happens at the end of an open cabinet run where there is no stud to fasten the rail too. There , you must use something like a togglebolt. Or your cabinet will just flap in the breeze. Just use the bolts or similar, the cost and time savings Joe is advocating by not using them is just too great a risk. Joe , would you hang 6.5 feet of traditional wall cabinet by only 3 screws ? I doubt it. And if say you would then your hack, which I don't think for a even a second....See MoreUpper Kitchen Cabinet Interior Quality Issues
Comments (0)Took a look at our install and am very disappointed in the quality of the upper cabinets - specifically the interior where the side and back panel meet the bottom of the cabinet. All are cut poorly with various uneven gaps. I’m also concerned about issues with water & pests down the line. This is the Diamond line of cabinets from a local cabinet place - not big box - so I wasn't expecting this. Our budget Ikea cabinets didn’t have gaps! Is this normal and if not, what kind of fix should I expect? Also where in the process would this have occurred? Fabrication, install, etc? Thanks for any insight - new to all this!...See Moretaliaferro
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