Cabinet Construction

"As long as they look pretty, that's all I care about..."

If this is what you're thinking when making your cabinet purchase then let's take a minute to think about what happens to the cabinet over time. Doors and drawers will be open and shut hundreds, maybe thousands of times during the life of your kitchen. Heavy loads are likely to end up in the drawers and on the cabinet bottoms, not to mention the wear and tear on the finish. The way to combat this normal wear is to build the cabinet to stand up to much more than the average wear.

Be careful when you shop!

There seems to be a disturbing trend in some of the cabinets being sold in the big home centers. Some newer cabinet companies are producing sub-standard cabinet cases to cut production costs, but are installing "soft-close drawer slides which give a quality feel to the drawer operation, however the structure of the cabinet is sometimes as thin as 3/8 plywood.

Case Construction (the unsung hero)

The cabinet case or "carcass" as it's called in the business, has the job of supporting the drawers and shelves full of pots and pans, dishes, silverware and some things that you may have forgotten about for years. This is the part of cabinet that is not dressed up with fancy moldings, or stains and most of it isn't even visible, but it is critical to the strength and durability of the cabinet.

Justice Custom Cabinetry and Furniture starts with a cabinet box that is made from 3/4 hardwood plywood. You will find that the major cabinet companies don't even offer 3/4 plywood as an upgrade option, and the ones that do charge heavily for it. And, yes it does make a difference.

Drawer Box Construction

We have only one standard drawer box. Our standard drawer box is an upgrade at most other cabinet companies. We use solid 3/4 maple drawer boxes with dovetail joinery. The dovetail joint is a tried and true method of assuring the drawer box stays together for many years while looking beautiful at the same time. Nothing says quality like dovetail drawer boxes, and at Justice Custom Cabinetry and Furniture you will get this "upgrade as standard equipment.

Door and Drawer Front Construction

All doors are mad from solid hard wood materials.  Whether you choose a slab door or intricate raised panel door, you can be sure that the material used is the finest quality solid wood available.