As wood ages, its color and grain can take on a richer, deeper color. Different wood species age differently and some wood species like cherry get substantially darker, with rich, warm red-brown hues. Cherry's color turns more mahogany red and [...]
Natural wood has made a full comeback in interior design, and white oak and red oak are leading the way. White oak is harder, at 1370 on the Janka hardness scale, than red oak which sits at 1290 hardness (the [...]
Many cabinet shops begin by building every component in-house, including cabinet doors. As a shop grows, door production can quickly become a bottleneck, and one of the most time consuming, schedule derailing parts of the process. That's when many cabinetmakers [...]
Trying to decide between a 4S cabinet door with IEA inside edge, or Cope and Stick door with IE2, IE4 or IE9? Cabinet door outside edge choices used to be more varied, but in recent years outside edge detail selected [...]
What Cabinetmakers Ordered Most This Year With door orders shipping from TaylorCraft to cabinetmakers throughout the United States, we get first-hand insight into evolving cabinet and door trends nationwide. Below is a quick snapshot of the top-requested styles from this [...]
Warmth Meets Simplicity: Soft Modern Design in the Kitchen and Bath In recent years designers have sought to temper stark, modern design with a warmer version many now call soft modern. Rather than all white, flat design or an ultra-minimal [...]
When it comes to kitchen design, the cabinet doors and cabinet material and finish set the tone. Cabinet doors are the most visible element in the room and play a huge role in defining the style, quality and personality of [...]
Just Launched: New Patent Pending 4S Door Profile Options TaylorCrafted 4S Cabinet Door, Now with More Ways to Customize its Seamless Strength and Stability! We've expanded our innovative, patent-pending 4S cabinet doors with new 2" and 2-1/2" frame options, and [...]
Finish More-Stress Less: How TaylorCraft Helps Cabinet Shops Keep Moving We get it. Delivering consistent quality cabinets, on time isn't optional, it's expected. As demand for your product grows and skilled labor becomes harder to find, maintaining craftsmanship while managing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. The two most popular drawer front options are five-piece construction with standard rails (horizontal) that are the same width as the drawer front stiles (vertical) shown below in maple, [...]