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Cabinet components include the face,
frame and doors.
The face is the layer of finished wood or
laminate that will show in your
kitchen. The doors will be solid wood,
veneer or a laminate-clad wood. The
frame in all cabinets is either plywood,
particleboard, or both. The better
grades of particleboard are an excellent
building material, but the best cabinets tend
to be plywood all around.
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Doors are usually solid wood or wood
veneer.
They come in four basic
styles: raised panel, recessed panel,
frame and panes, and flat panel.
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Cabinets can be either stock, custom,
or semi-custom.
Stock cabinets are manufactured in
standard sizes, which makes them an
economical choice. Custom cabinets, as
the name implies, are made to order for
whatever space you're installing them
in. They come in an infinite variety of
sizes, styles, materials and finishes.
Semi-custom cabinets are made in a greater
variety of sizes and styles than stock
cabinets, making them an intermediate choice
between stock and fully custom cabinets.
Originally published in Parr Lumber's Inside
Spaces Idea Book, copyright 2003 Strategy Custom
Publishing
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