Kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanity materials
Nowadays there is big selection of kitchen cabinetry manufacturers that use variety of different kitchen cabinets material. Design of a cabinets, colors, and materials used sometimes make them look alike, but indeed most of the time they are made from different materials such as: Solid wood, plywood, thermofoil, melamine, particle board, medium density fiberboard, stainless steel.Solid Wood Kitchen Cabinets No doubt, that kitchen cabinets made of solid wood are the best luxury you can get. As the term speaks for itself; "solid wood cabinets" - means, the kitchen furniture completely made out of real solid wood from all sides. Bottom and top of the cabinets is wood, shelves, doors and back panel of the cabinet is also made out of wood. Solid wood cabinets are the best option, they last long and very durable, even if you are "hard kitchen user", and spend most of your day in the kitchen room, this kitchen will look like new even years after installation.
Thermofoil Kitchen Cabinets Thermofoil is another top of the line product used for kitchen cabinets. You probably will find this material only on a solid wood kitchen cabinets, or top quality kitchen cabinetry. Thermofoil - is a very thin layer of a vinyl film which is used to cover kitchen cabinet boxes from outside. It is widely used to cover doors only, however if it's an and cabinet of your kitchen it will have side panel covered as well. This European style kitchen is very popular in Luxury Houses of United States.
Plywood Kitchen Cabinets Plywood cabinets - is engineered wood, that is widely used in kitchen cabinetry. Now days top brands manufacturers produce most of the kitchen cabinets from plywood. Plywood is made out of little panels of wood "plies" and glued together to form one single peas of wood board. Plywood is very strong, reliable and last many years. Plywood mostly used in kitchen cabinetry for shelving, cabinet boxes and doors.
Particle Board Kitchen Cabinets Even though this type of material is being slowly deprecated, there are many brand name companies that still use it. Particle board - is made out of wood chips that are connected together with glue and pressed together to form one big wooden board. Furniture made out of these boards does not last as long as the solid wood, but still now you can find a lot of them in people's houses and they were installed over 10 years ago.
Stainless Steel Kitchen Cabinets This type of cabinets is widely used in commercial industry like: Big restaurants, schools, colleges, and any other business that serves food to over few hundred people per day. Cabinet doors, walls, and shelves completely made out of stainless steel.
Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) This material by its structure is very similar to a particle wood, the only different, is that it made out of wood fibers. These fibers are placed together under the pressure and formed in to a single board panel. MDF is finer texture then particle board, but it is much heavier, which makes it a big disadvantage during installation. MDF is used to make doors, shelves, and cabinet boxes. This type of material is widely used today for kitchen cabinetry, but it is not very popular among most people considering kitchen remodeling.
