When preparing to install your own set of kitchen cabinets it’s a good idea to get help. If you’ve never installed cupboards before, you need to know that it’s going to take a lot more than a hammer, hand saw, electric drill and ambition. I’m going to give you a list of tools that you will need to make sure that you have handy. Read Preparing to Install Kitchen Cupboards

Different Colored Island

For years fabricators have been suggesting that customers break up the kitchen cabinet design which has a solid color with accents. Early in my cabinet making carrier, I learned that different colored edges on countertops, upper cabinet top scribes and toe bases could really add character to a set of solid white kitchen cabinets. If customers had under cabinet lighting this too was a great place to get creative by making the valance have a different appearance than the cupboards.

Some cupboard arrangements having Formica cabinet doors have different color horizontal strips added to the bottom or top of the door edges. This makes for an attractive design, especially if you’re decorating with white kitchen cabinets.

One of the most popular arrangements that we see today, in larger kitchens, is the use of different colored accents on the island cabinetry. In actual fact, many island arrangements have the appearance of fine furniture rather than blending with the kitchen cabinetry. This can be a very attractive addition to the kitchen cupboard design in a hi-end home.

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