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Custom Cabinetry BACK TO TOP |
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With custom cabinetry, the sky’s the limit in terms of cabinet dimensions, shape, wood species, finish and special detailing. Custom cabinetry provides customers an unlimited number of styling options in both their framed and frameless offerings. Sales of custom cabinets are much less than those of either semi-custom or stock cabinetry in the industry. |
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Semi-Custom Cabinets BACK TO TOP |
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Semi-custom cabinets offer fewer options than “custom cabinets” and are available in a number of different sizes, shapes, wood species and finishes. Semi-custom cabinetry provides customers a limited number of styling options in both their framed and frameless offerings that include such things as reduced depths, increased depths, matching interiors, inverted frames, etc. Sales of Semi-custom cabinets are much less than those of stock cabinetry in the industry. |
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Stock Cabinets BACK TO TOP |
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Stock cabinets, which offer fewer options than either “custom” or “semi-custom&” cabinetry, are also available in a number of different sizes, shapes, wood species and finishes. Stock cabinetry provides customers a very limited number of styling options in both their framed and frameless offerings. Sales of stock cabinets are greater than those of either custom or semi-custom cabinetry in the industry. |
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Framed Cabinets BACK TO TOP |
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The traditional framed cabinet has a front frame around the cabinet opening to which the door is attached. These are the most popular type of cabinets in the U.S. and are easier to install than frameless cabinetry because of their recessed end panels and rigid front frame. Framed cabinets are available in Traditional and Full Overlay styling which are explained below. Framed construction utilizes glue, staple and dowel or screw construction. |
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Frameless Cabinets BACK TO TOP |
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Frameless, or European-style cabinets, have no front frame. The doors are attached directly to the sides of the cabinet. Frameless cabinets, which are more contemporary in style, offer the advantage of completely unobstructed access to the cabinet interior because there is no front frame. Frameless construction utilizes pin and dowel construction. |
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Traditional Overlay Styling BACK TO TOP |
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Overlay is the amount of front frame covered by the door and drawer. The exposed front frame is referred to as the “reveal.” The reveal on Traditional Overlay cabinets is typically 1 inch. The width of the front frame in Merillat Cabinetry is 1 1/2 inches. |
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Full Overlay Styling BACK TO TOP |
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Overlay is the amount of front frame covered by the door and drawer. The exposed front frame is referred to as the “reveal.” The reveal on full overlay cabinets is typically 3/16 inch. The width of the front frame in this instance is still 1 1/2 inches. Due to full overlay cabinetry utilizing larger doors and drawer heads, more of the cabinet front frame is concealed. |
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Melamine Laminate BACK TO TOP |
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This is a material used on drawer and door surfaces to cover substrate of either particleboard or medium density fiberboard. All laminate is durable and easy to clean. Melamine laminate is also a material used for fabricating countertops since it is thicker than vinyl and provides a hard, durable surface. |
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Vinyl Laminate BACK TO TOP |
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This is a material used on the interior of all cabinetry as well as most cabinet exterior end panel surfaces. Typically 2 mils thick, it is very easy to clean. Since vinyl is thinner than melamine, it can easily wrap various cabinet components while providing the highest degree of resistance to moisture and abrasions. The vinyl used in the interiors of Merillat cabinetry is natural wood-grain in appearance. |
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Mullion Doors BACK TO TOP |
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Mullion doors have glass inserts in place of the typical solid center panel for a more stylish appearance. The inserts have horizontal and vertical dividing bars similar to those in windowpanes. |
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Soffit BACK TO TOP |
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A soffit or “bulkhead” is the area between a ceiling and the top of wall cabinets and usually 12 inches high and extending out over the wall cabinets. |
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Solid Wood BACK TO TOP |
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A door with a solid wood center panel is comprised of boards that are joined or glued together to form the width of the center panel. Because natural woods have variations in color and grain pattern from board to board, these variations will be apparent in a solid wood door. Predictably, a solid wood door is more expensive than a veneered door.
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Veneer BACK TO TOP |
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A veneer is a thin piece (1/32 of an inch) of solid wood which is attached with glue to a substrate (usually “particleboard” in raised panel doors and “hardboard” in flat or recessed panel doors). Veneered components are more uniform in finish and grain consistency. Veneered center panels in doors provide stability by minimizing shrinking and expansion in dry and moist climates, thereby eliminating cracking and splitting. Some matching interiors in Merillat cabinetry are wood veneers as opposed to vinyl. |
