Problem-Solving Cabinets – Continued
Some cabinets may stretch your notion of cabinetry — a bathroom vanity, for example, that could pass for a lowboy, complete with cabriole legs (26).
Fitted cabinets in the bathroom provide convenient storage for countless personal grooming items. If you can’t squeeze almost as many cabinets into the bathroom as you find in the average kitchen, you may be missing sales and design opportunities (27).
The Home Office
Everything from a phone desk to a kitchen computer center to a full-blown home office can be defined with cabinets (28, 29, 30), although you might want to trim the toeboard where it crosses the kneespace.
Laundry
Instead of abandoning the laundry room to a strictly utilitarian fate, fit the appliances into a cabinet surround (31, 32). It makes one of the hardest-working rooms in the house a nicer place to be.
Cabinets in the Bedroom
Cabinets can take the place of dressers and closets in the bedroom, creating a custom-designed environment with standard cabinet options (33, 34).
Family Room
Cabinets can improve the looks of a gas fireplace (35, 36). Creating a contemporary credenza requires little more than a reorganization of standard boxes (37).
In today’s house, if you can’t tell when you’ve left the kitchen, you’re probably on the right track.
Cabinet Manufacturers | ||
allmilm Doylestown, Pa. 800/276-1239 American Woodmark Winchester, Va. 540/665-9100 Aristokraft Jasper, Ind. 812/482-2527 Bertch Cabinet Manufacturing Waterloo, Iowa 319/296-2987 Bruce Addison, Texas 800/527-5903 Canac Thornhill, Ontario 800/226-2248 Canyon Creek Cabinet Company Monroe, Wash. 800/228-1830 Crown Point Cabinetry Claremont, N.H. 800/999-4994 Crystal Cabinet Works Princeton, Minn. 800/347-5045 Diamond Jasper, Ind. 812/482-2527 Fieldstone Sioux Falls, S.D. 800/339-5369 Heritage Custom Cabinetry New Holland, Pa. 717/354-4011 | HomeCrest Goshen, Ind. 219/535-9300 Kemper Jasper, Ind. 812/482-2527 Kitchen Craft Winnipeg, Manitoba 800/463-9707 Kitchen Kompact Jeffersonville, Ind. 812/282-6681 KraftMaid Cabinetry Middlefield, Ohio 888/562-7744 LesCare Kitchens Waterbury, Conn. 203/755-1100 MasterCraft Cabinets Aurora, Colo. 303/375-8220 Merillat Adrian, Mich. 866/850-8557 Plain & Fancy Custom Cabinetry Schaefferstown, Pa. 800/447-9006 poggenpohl U.S. Wayne, N.J. 973/812-8900 Quality Duncanville, Texas 972/298-6101 | Regency Industries Great Neck, N.Y. 516/466-5400 Riviera Cabinets Red Wing, Minn. 800/598-4570 Rutt Custom Cabinetry Goodville, Pa. 800/220-7888 Snaidero USA Torrance, Calif. 310/516-8499 StarMark Cabinetry Sioux Falls, S.D. 800/594-9444 Timberlake Winchester, Va. 800/967-9674 Triangle Pacific Addison, Texas 214/887-2000 UltraCraft Company Liberty, N.C. 336/622-4281 Wellborn Ashland, Ala. 800/336-8040 Wood-Mode Kreamer, Pa. 570/374-2711 Yorktowne Red Lion, Pa. 717/244-4011 |