Thursday, March 8, 2012

Building Frameless Kitchen Cabinets


If you like to do hand work or even if you only have a little inclination towards creative arts then you may take to building frameless kitchen cabinets for your home. A lot of people have done so with ease and they do not have great experience. The only difference is that they were able to overcome their initial fears quite easily.

How to overcome the fear factor? You need to go through the cabinets stocked at the local stores or the large ones situated in the town and then examine them physically. It is nowadays a craze to have frame less kitchen cabinets no matter what your status is in the society. You need to work with some knowledge gained through the articles in the websites and the sketches made. You may also hire a carpenter as your help so that can have more confidence.

Why build a cabinet from A to Z when you can buy straight from the market? You must have noticed the prices of the new cabinets that you might have come across during your browsing through the Internet. You might have noticed the differences in prices in relation to their sizes and types of designs. All this must have given you a mild shock as the prices are far higher than what your pockets would be able to meet.

You may therefore start building frameless kitchen cabinets with the materials of your choice so as to keep the cost very low when compared to the new cabinets. This would again depend upon your choice of wood. Although you may consult with your local lumber for the prices according to the quality of wood, you will be better off when you compare the prices at different stores as well as the lumber.

You may see that the plywood and fiber board are light material and are good for hanging cabinets yet they tend to crack or bent after sometime. This could be avoided if you choose solid wood which then again comes at a higher price. In this context it would be better to bear in mind that wood choice ought to be very important as the cabinet has to last long and be made free from frequent repairs.

The sketch would enable you to cut the pieces as per your requirements and a single large piece should support the whole of the frontal portion of the cabinet. The pieces ought to be attached in proper way demarcating areas of the home appliances, sink and the stove and other areas. When you have completed the job you may even start building frameless kitchen cabinets for your friends too.


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