{"id":92,"date":"2019-03-08T18:04:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T18:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.mekshq.com\/throne\/?p=92"},"modified":"2025-09-21T07:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T23:55:23","slug":"raw-materials-for-our-kitchen-cabinets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bathkitchencabinet.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/08\/raw-materials-for-our-kitchen-cabinets\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Materials for our kitchen cabinets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Raw Materials<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American cabinet construction uses a combination of materials, often categorized by the parts of the cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Frames:<\/strong>\u00a0Typically made of\u00a0<strong>hardwood<\/strong>\u00a0(Maple, Oak, Cherry, Hickory, Walnut) or\u00a0<strong>softwood<\/strong>\u00a0(Pine) for face frames, or\u00a0<strong>engineered wood<\/strong>\u00a0for frameless (European-style) cabinets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Box Construction (Carcass):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Particleboard (Melamine):<\/strong>\u00a0The most common core material for cabinet boxes. It&#8217;s stable, cost-effective, and provides a smooth surface for laminates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Medium-Density Fiberboard (MDF):<\/strong>\u00a0Used for cabinet doors and drawer fronts. Extremely smooth, ideal for painted finishes. Also used for thin interior shelves and panel inserts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Plywood:<\/strong>\u00a0Higher-end option for boxes. More moisture-resistant and stronger than particleboard. Often used with a hardwood veneer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Doors &amp; Drawer Fronts:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Solid Wood:<\/strong>\u00a0Premium option, often featuring detailed profiling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MDF:<\/strong>\u00a0Common for a painted, shaker, or flat-panel style.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Veneers:<\/strong>\u00a0Thin slices of real wood glued onto an MDF or particleboard core. Offers the look of solid wood at a lower cost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Finishes:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stained:<\/strong>\u00a0Enhances the natural grain of wood.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Painted:<\/strong>\u00a0Opaque finish, very popular (e.g., whites, grays, blues).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Glazed:<\/strong>\u00a0A darker finish is wiped into the details of a door to add depth and an antique look.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Distressed:<\/strong>\u00a0Artificially aged look with markings and worn edges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hardware:<\/strong>\u00a0Hinges (often soft-close), drawer slides (soft-close is now a standard premium feature), knobs, and pulls. Brands like Blum and Grass are industry leaders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raw Materials American cabinet construction uses a combination of materials, often categorized by the parts of the cabinet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9,32,44,63,69],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kitchen-cabinets","tag-awesome","tag-imagine","tag-motivation-2","tag-travel-2","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bathkitchencabinet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bathkitchencabinet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bathkitchencabinet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bathkitchencabinet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bathkitchencabinet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.bathkitchencabinet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"http:\/\/www.bathkitchencabinet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bathkitchencabinet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bathkitchencabinet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bathkitchencabinet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}