Beech is a neutral-color hardwood that looks beautiful stained or natural. It pairs well with everything from white and cream paint to vibrant colors and dark, contrasting stains. It's a customer favorite due to its wheat-blond color and appealing, light [...]
We talk to hundreds of cabinetmakers across the USA every week and the most successful shops have a few things in common to streamline production and boost efficiency and profits: They Deliver High Quality Craftsmanship Successful shops maintain a strong [...]
When we've surveyed cabinetmakers over the years and asked, "What is most important to you in a cabinet door supplier?" the answer has always been the same, and the answer to this question creates the criteria to answer: Who is [...]
Revealed: TaylorCraft's Most Popular Door Style TaylorCraft Cabinet Door Company's customers are making their preference clear: The desire for cabinetry that works across a variety of interior design styles, and includes subtle detail without extra ornamentation, has sparked a surge [...]
Organic modern kitchen design combines natural materials like wood, stone, leather, rattan and clay, with modern, minimalist design elements and clean lines. Organic modern aesthetic has some similarities with mid-century modern aesthetic, as well as several differences. Both organic modern [...]
Maple is a popular material choice for cabinet doors due to it's durability and versatile, light color. Hard maple and soft maple are both available as cabinet door material options, and both have beautiful color and grain. See our article [...]
Arches are showing up everywhere in interior design, including cabinets. Arches have made a comeback - but in a different way. They are everywhere in interior and exterior home design. To be clear, the bell-shaped, cathedral arch cabinet doors that [...]
Pairing painted pure white or creamy warm white slab upper cabinet doors with natural wood base cabinet doors has become very popular. The white uppers reflect light and brighten the room, while the natural wood base cabinets are slightly darker [...]
High-end Austin cabinetmaker, Texas Premier Cabinets, talks about TaylorCraft cabinet door company's 4S cabinet doors, why the buyer chose them, what he thinks of them, issues with traditional skinny shaker cabinet doors and why he buys from TaylorCraft. Mike [...]
Natural Wood Cabinets and Cabinet Doors Google's trendline on searches for natural wood cabinets is up significantly over the past few years, and searches for painted cabinets is trending down, although painted cabinets are still searched at a much higher [...]
Q. Without using words, what says quality and sophistication in home design? A. High quality materials like walnut cabinet doors. The graceful curves and waves in walnut's mostly straight grain pattern, and its rich dark brown color, with creamy chocolate [...]
Rift White Oak has always been a popular material for high end cabinets due to its straight grain, durability and resistance to dents and scratches. White Oak is one of the hardest of the woods typically used in kitchen and [...]
TaylorCraft Cabinet Door Company offers a complete line of contemporary edgebanded cabinet doors with 0.5mm, 1.5mm and 3mm edgeband options shown below. Edgebanded cabinet doors are considered 1-piece construction as opposed to traditional 5-piece frame and panel doors. They are [...]
The most common drawer front construction options are shown above and include: Five-piece construction with standard rails, the same width as the drawer front stiles and slab drawer fronts are the most popular options. Five-piece construction with standard rails [...]
We get asked whether cabinet door designs have to match on upper and lower cabinets and the answer is a definite no. You can mix upper and base cabinet door styles, design detail, and materials to create a more curated, [...]
Q. What are the best kitchen cabinet color combinations? A. Color is a personal preference but there are some combinations that are more universally appealing than others for kitchen cabinets. Below TaylorCraft shows color combination photo examples of two tone [...]
Ever heard the term "Wrap Rage?" Amazon.com coined this term when they came out with their certified "Frustration Free Packaging" initiative in response to customers' aggravation over how hard it is to open packages, too much packaging waste, and desire [...]
TaylorCraft Cabinet Door Company unveiled their patent-pending 4S cabinet door styles using 3-D, interactive cabinet door samples. The interactive, online samples showcase the 4S's seamless back and 90 degree joints, without lip moulds, mitered joint construction, nails or fasteners. [...]
When deciding on cabinet door material for painted cabinet doors there are few important criteria to consider. Depending on cabinet location, end use, budget and environment, the best choice for your project may vary. A few important things to consider [...]
White oak is a classic and timeless cabinet material. It is one of the most dense, strong and scratch resistant of the hardwoods. White oak trees have a closed cell structure which gives the wood a water and rot resistant [...]
Cabinet door style preferences were varied in past years depending on region, design aesthetic and other factors, but this year, there were clear favorites in cabinet door design. Variations on the standard Shaker cabinet door style topped the list of [...]
There are hundreds of ways to customize a shaker cabinet door, with different frame widths, materials, panel depths and slight variations on the traditional square outside and inside edge detail, and flat panel. According to Kitchen and Bath Design News [...]
TaylorCraft’s patent pending 4S cabinet doors and skinny shaker cabinet doors have narrow frame widths, so traditional knob and pull hardware placement on stiles and rails does not work well aesthetically or functionally. Knobs and pulls should not be installed [...]
We've been asked by multiple customers whether European hinges can be used on our 4S cabinet doors, and the answer is YES! Our 4S doors have no nails, nail holes or fasteners that could create hinge placement concerns, and 4S [...]