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Face-frame cabinets have a solid wood border fastened to the front of the box; frameless cabinets have none, so the door covers the full face edge to edge. That single structural decision determines which door styles work, how much of the interior you can access, and what hardware the entire job gets built around. In… Read the Full Guide: Frameless vs. Face-Frame Cabinets | Timber Design + Build →
Open a drawer and press down on the box floor. If it flexes, that cabinet is built on particleboard, and it will not last a decade in a working kitchen. Box construction is the single variable that separates a cabinet built to last from one that looks fine on delivery day but starts failing at… Read the Full Guide: How to Tell if Cabinets Are Well Built →
The right answer is both. Solid wood and MDF each belong in a well-built cabinet, just in different places — and the shops that build cabinets worth owning have been combining the two for decades. Where a material sits inside the cabinet determines which one is correct. Solid wood handles structural load, holds fasteners, and… Read the Full Guide: Solid Wood vs. MDF Cabinets: Which One Belongs Where? →
By Jeff Wiegmann, Licensed General Contractor & Co-Founder, Timber Design + Build Painted cabinets and stained cabinets both hold up in a working kitchen. The finish you choose should follow the wood species and how the space is used — not the trend cycle. In our Marlboro shop, we build both regularly. The question I… Read the Full Guide: Painted vs. Stained Cabinets | Timber Design + Build →
By Jeff Wiegmann, Licensed General Contractor & Co-Founder, Timber Design + Build White oak holds grain, maple holds paint, and cherry holds patina. Which one belongs in your kitchen comes down to one thing: how you plan to finish them. In our Marlboro shop, we mill all three regularly, and each species has a personality… Read the Full Guide: White Oak vs. Maple vs. Cherry Cabinets | Timber Design + Build →
For most kitchens, hard maple is the best all-around wood for custom cabinets: it takes paint cleanly, holds fine profile detail, and machines without tearout. The finish you are planning changes that answer. If you want a stained cabinet that shows grain, white oak or cherry will outperform maple every time. In our Marlboro shop,… Read the Full Guide: Best Wood for Kitchen Cabinets | Timber Design + Build →
By Jeff Wiegmann, Licensed General Contractor & Co-Founder, Timber Design + Build Custom cabinets are built to your exact space, from the dimensions of every box to the wood species, door profile, and finish system you choose. What determines whether they last 40 years or fall apart in 10 is not the door style —… Read the Full Guide: Custom Cabinets: A Complete Guide | Timber Design + Build →