A well-informed consumer is always the best defense against “word inflation”. Word inflation occurs as salespersons continually try to get away with calling their products something that they are not.

Classic example: “Solid Wood”. It comes as a surprise to many people to find out that (more…)

The House Plans industry has taken off over the last decade as more and more Americans build custom homes. Increasingly, I’ve seen add-on services offered to accompany these plans. For example, get your house plans modified by a professional kitchen designer, home theater expert, etc.

Well, I think the time has come for a built-in cabinetry add-in service. (more…)

Sticker shock is very common among those confronted with the real cost of a custom cabinet project. Most folks understand that custom work won’t be priced like something available from Office Depot, et al., but they fail to anticipate the large difference in the pricing.

Custom cabinet cost, surprisingly, is driven mostly by the design and interaction time required. Think about it… (more…)

Having been heavily involved on the cabinet end of construction for several years and being always interested in modeling and rendering technologies, I thought I would take a moment to give my perspective on the cabinet design software known as Twenty Twenty, 2020, or 20 20. (more…)

We are a mobile society, so there is something to the idea that furniture is better than cabinets because we can personalize it and take it with us.

On the other hand, furniture designed for a specific house (like the massive dining room table at my in-laws which was built in that room and couldn’t easily be removed — let’s call them “Stuck ins”) or even fastened to the house (”Built Ins”), also seems to be the future. (more…)

When most people think of cabinet design software, they think of the kitchen designs or layouts you might get from a Home Warehouse. Nearly all design software has now transitioned to a 3d-modeling platform. The idea is that you build the thing first (virtually, of course), then you let the program make the drawings for you.

I first used computer-aided design software in the mid-90’s at engineering school. (more…)