Kitchen & Bath Projects
Cabinet door dampers: 30 second fix to slamming cabinet doors
There are millions of kitchens with concealed hinges that aren’t soft closing. But, almost all kitchens with soft closing doors can be upgraded to soft closing with simple tools and an inexpensive cabinet door damper. In this article learn how to stop your cabinet doors from slamming. With a cabinet damper available for around $5 per door, there’s no reason to have slamming kitchen cabinets. And, best of all, these dampers are easily installed by just about anyone with a
How to Make Face Frames: Step-by-Step Construction Guide
My journey with woodworking started back in high school when I did miscellaneous summer jobs for a cabinet shop splitting wood and stacking lumber. When my junior year came around I had a chance to work in the cabinet shop and started learning many tricks of the trade, including how to make face frames. What is a face frame? A face frame is the cabinet component that supports the cabinet doors and drawer hardware. While not all cabinets have frames,
Guide to kitchen cabinet drawer slides
The best drawer slides for kitchen cabinets are a mix of operating and design features. For example, soft close operation is standard in cabinets. But some kitchens are designed to have no hardware – and require push to open to function. Finding the best drawer slides for kitchen cabinets is a challenge. While the standard is the easy-to-use soft close slides, there are other options if those slides don’t fit your budget. Drawer slide features like soft close, self close, full