How are cabinets made

Ever wondered how your cabinets were put together? Or even why a good quality cabinet costs what it does? A quick photo tour of the factory will help you put it all together.

Sheets of plywood come into the factory to be used for the cabinet construction

The plywood goes through a machine that gives it a finish before it is cut to size

The doors for your kitchen have their own process.

Pieces of wood are matched for graining and color to ensure that each door has consistency

Various profiles of molding are waiting to be used with the middle panels of wood that we mentioned above.

This example shows how the corners of the door frame are mitered for a tight edge around the interior panel

These doors are waiting to be sanded before going to the finishing area of the factory

This worker sands the door by hand to make sure that there are no imperfections before it heads to the next step

You may decide to add additional details to your kitchen with legs on an island or other moldings

Another type of finish on a door is the RTF  or Rigid Thermafoil finish. It comes in multiply colors and looks and is extremely durable and easy to care for.

Various colors of thermafoil sit on rolls waiting to be added to the door fronts of choice

This machine vaccuum's the foil onto the pieces and then heats it so that it is baked on. The result is a smooth clean look that wipes easily and allows for fun and contemporary styles

This worker is hand-cutting the veneer for a door front out of bamboo, that will later be glued and sealed onto the door. 

The staining and painting process are very similar as the doors pass down the assembly line and are colored according to the client's selections

These doors are leaving the spray booth and are exposed to the air for only a few seconds before they continue down the line where they will be dried and sprayed again until the coats of finish are completed

Sometimes a client will choose to add a glaze or distressed finished effect. This is all done by hand by trained specialists who must give every component of a kitchen a unique yet consistent look.

Once the doors have been attached to the cabinet box is lined up for inspection once again to make sure that it is ready for shipping. 

The cabinets are then wrapped in protective coverings and stacked ready to be shipped to your home and installed by expert carpenters!