Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Tips for Tight Design: Why Custom Equals Class

When doing a remodel involving cabinetry or built-ins, go custom. It is an opportunity for you to make an impact on your immediate environment, and the design-build community near you.

1. SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS Often surprising, smaller shops have resources to, and are willing to perform, construction and finish methods unavailable to you when going through a mass-producing, pre-fab company.

2. GO GREEN Opt for box construction made of a more green material, such as wheatboard, bamboo plywood, or locally grown + sustainably harvested wood/panel products. As you may know, there are also formaldehyde-free plywood products available.

3. QUALITY CONTROL Great craftsmanship and energy put into the construction reflects in the details at end panels, reveals between doors + drawers, as well as paint and stain finishes.

4. LESS WASTE The quality of product and unique connection to its environment creates an appreciation with owners, and therefore, less chance of a tear-out + remodel, even in a re-sell situation.

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