Kitchen Cabinetry-A Solid Investment

Today, your kitchen might be your family’s office, party room and conversation area — in addition to the place where mom or dad cooks dinner.  As its household role has expanded, kitchens have increased in size, while becoming more inviting and convenient.  One welcoming component is the kitchen’s furniture or cabinetry.  Kitchen cabinets add to the overall aesthetics of your kitchen design.  They bring organization and storage capabilities to the room and also are a great investment in your home.   Cabinetry creates more counter space, stores food products and hides appliances, dishes, and silverware.  They are an essential facet to modern kitchen living, and without them, we’d struggle with the most practical kitchen usages, such as cooking and eating.   So now you know kitchen cabinetry is a great investment for your home, but what should you look for in design and value?

Many home owners are demanding more interesting architectural features in their kitchens — for example, demand is increasing for higher ceilings, to make the rooms look taller and add storage space; decorative beams and moldings; large, unusual-shaped

windows; chandeliers and accent lighting; and ornate cabinetry. Modern designers are using such cabinets as pieces or accessories to make kitchens look more elegant, pleasing and extremely beautiful.  Allowing your kitchen’s design to be influenced by juicy colors, textures, and patterns found in your favorite foods is one way to have fun in the room and with the room’s design plan.  The newest décor incorporates materials such as granite, marble, metals and even concrete. Painted and glazed cabinets are becoming popular; hot color choices include celery green, creamery yellow and pantry white. Stainless steel and black remain the top two choices for appliances.

As a permanent fixture, kitchen cabinets strongly communicate and substantiate the design of the kitchen.  Instead of buying low quality cabinets, for a little more, you can get better quality custom kitchen cabinets that you will be proud to own.  These quality cabinets will be noticed by your friends and family, but one day, they may also be admired by potential home buyers when you decide to sell your home.  Quality cabinetry will yield a better return on your investment in addition to years of enjoyment.  It literally pays to invest in quality materials that will hold up under years of daily use and abuse.

Depending on your taste and how you assess the value in your home, kitchen cabinets are an excellent way to enjoy your space and make it work for you.  Custom kitchen cabinets are also the most likely to get you a larger return on your kitchen remodeling investment when it comes time to sell your home. 

Bobby Sanders is owner of Sanders Design Build and is a Certified Graduate Remodelor™ (CGR) with an exclusive professional designation designed to emphasize business management skills as the key to a professional remodeling operation.

The CGR designation requires that graduates meet prescribed standards of business practice, possess a minimum of five years remodeling industry experience, have a proven track record of successful project management, complete a comprehensive education curriculum and pledge to uphold the program’s code of ethics.

For more remodeling information call us at 806.457.8599.

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