Forevermark cabinetry features durable finishes and paints, solid wood construction, and superior hardware. Each distinctive cabinet door style is designed with love, care, and excellence in craftsmanship.
Forevermark kitchen cabinets construction includes several pieces of solid wood and wood veneers on plywood. With a rich selection of various styles, premium quality, and reasonable prices, Forevermark Cabinets specifications guarantee durability and longevity.
Wood Cabinets Have Dovetail Joints
Look inside the drawers and examine the joints between the door faces and the rest of the frame. If you see that the joint was assembled with interlocking "fingers," which is known as a dovetail joint, the drawer is likely made of solid wood.
Sometimes wood drawers will be installed with a laminate or a veneer as the front., and only the front will be made of real wood and the rest will not be. If you pull out the drawer and look at the sides, you can often tell if there is a difference between the front and sides.
Most manufacturers employ solid wood in the construction of cabinet doors, face frames, and trims, but not in the box of cabinets.
When it comes to kitchen cabinets, both solid wood and MDF are equally important. While solid wood makes the cabinets strong, sturdy and long-lasting, MDF offers a smooth finish. MDF withstands changes in heat and humidity better than solid wood.
By far the most common cabinet material is wood, and there are several species that top the list of cabinet woods: red oak, white oak, hickory, cherry, hard maple, birch, ash and pine.
There are two types of wood you can craft your cabinets with, broad-leafed, hard trees, and soft trees. Hard trees yield birch, oak, maple, cherry, and hickory cabinets. Meanwhile, soft trees yield pine, spruce, and cedar cabinetry.
In terms of cost, pine is the cheapest cabinet wood you can use while mahogany is one of the most expensive, with oak and maple falling in the mid-range in terms of price. Durability of the various types of wood is also important to consider. Pine's budget pricing makes sense, as it scratches and dents easily.
Of the three materials, Plywood is the best option for cheap kitchen cabinets. While you can still get nice MDF or particleboard cabinets, we would say to look for plywood. Our least expensive cabinets are plywood boxes with solid wood doors. They are quality construction for a cheap price.
Plywood is the most expensive choice for kitchen cabinet construction, and it is generally what your designer means when they say “solid wood” cabinets. It's the most structurally sound and is made of thick wood veneers glue together in contrasting grain patterns to add strength.
Cheaper cabinets will often use thin panels which then require metal hanging rails with brackets, rails, and a picture frame construction. Sometimes they leave the panel out completely, so the wall shows through.
The price of the cabinets depends on the product and style selection. However, most of the customers and experts agree on that the general price/performance ratio is one of the highest in the market. So, Forevermark Cabinets are considered cheap and high quality.
Forevermark Cabinetry is proud to offer assembled cabinets that are Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA) certified, passing a rigorous battery of tests simulating years of household use.
Forevermark cabinets are a product of The Shekia Group, LLC, a leading manufacturer of durable and affordable RTA kitchen cabinets.
Hardwood. Arguably the most durable material for kitchen cabinets, hardwood is solid wood. Some hardwood types, such as hickory or maple, will resist scratching and denting more than softwood species like walnut and mahogany. However, the former will cost more due to durability and overall quality.
Combs and knife handles made of ebony are considered extremely fine personal items. Likewise, furniture like kitchen cabinets made from ebony wood would be the height of luxury design. Ebony costs close to $100 per board-foot making it the most expensive wood available for furniture crafting.
There are three types of cabinets: partial overlay, full overlay, and inset. Each term is used to describe how the cabinet door or drawer sits on or in the cabinet frame. The three types of cabinets also represent different budgets and styles.
Oak, by far the most common wood used for solid wood cabinets, has a strong “flower” grain that comes through just about any color stain. If you want a less red look, use white oak.
One of the types of high-quality wood used for making furniture is teak wood as it is durable and highly fire-resistant. Other types of wood include rosewood, deodar, oak and mahogany.
Cabinets are grouped into four grades based on quality of construction: ready-to-assemble (RTA), stock, semi-custom and custom.
Generally speaking, wooden cabinets are just much stronger than laminate cabinets because they're made from stronger types of woods. A top-quality wooden cabinet could last for decades if you take care of it properly and protect the wood from moisture with the appropriate topcoats and polyurethane layers.
Depending on the quality of the wood cabinets you purchase, the amount of time they will last will vary. In general, high-quality cabinets can last up to 50 years. This sounds like an incredibly long period of time, but cabinets are in fact one of the longest lasting components of your entire kitchen.