Struck By Lighting

Struck By Lighting

7 Bright Ideas for Cabinet Lighting Lighting is one of the simplest ways to create a good feel throughout your home. By incorporating it into joinery you can highlight treasures, make precise tasks possible and dial up the visual drama at the touch of a switch....
Wood, Melamine or Laminate. What’s the Difference?

Wood, Melamine or Laminate. What’s the Difference?

Photo credit: Guy Wilkinson Photography Laminex, Melamine, Laminate, Polyurethane,… Please Explain! Like all languages, the language of cabinetmakers has clumsily evolved over time. People  are comparing orange coloured laminex with apple coloured polyurethane and...
Finding the Balance Between Storage and Style

Finding the Balance Between Storage and Style

7 Tips for architecturally sympathetic storage Installing a tall cabinet in a small room can feel like someone has parked a double decker bus too closely in your personal space. Oversized built-in wardrobes where scale,  symmetry are sacrificed for storage is designer...
It all Hinges on This. Part 2

It all Hinges on This. Part 2

Which Type of Door is Right for My Situation? Following on from part 1 which illustrates how knowing the types of hinges can increase the functionality and storage capacity of your cabinets, here is a list of the main door hardware I use to solve spatial planning...
It all Hinges on This. Part 1

It all Hinges on This. Part 1

Which Type of Door is Right for My Situation?    Seems like a pretty simple question really, isn’t a door just a door? Well the door itself can be made of many materials in many thicknesses and in infinite styles and colours, but this question is about  how the...
Everything in Good Measure

Everything in Good Measure

Measuring Up for Organised Storage When the aim of the game is to make the most of your space, somewhere along the lines there’s going to be some very detailed designing. The ultimate design will leave no gaps between the stored items, and yet everything will still be...