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Cabinet notes from Middle Tennessee kitchens and baths: box materials, painted against stained doors, refacing that works, and the hinges and drawer slides worth paying for.
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Written by Michael Blair, owner of Nashville's Cabinets, from the trade’s own practice.
October 19, 2026
Built-Ins Beside a Fireplace in an Older House
Bookcases on either side of the chimney are one of the most asked-for built-ins in an older house. Two things decide how they are drawn: how near the wood may come to the firebox, and how the new work meets the old trim.
Read itOctober 12, 2026
Refinishing Cabinets in a House Built Before 1978
Cabinet refinishing starts with taking the old finish down, and in a house built before 1978 that step falls under a federal lead rule. Here is what it means for how the job is done.
Read itOctober 8, 2026
Repairing a Water-Damaged Sink Base Cabinet
The floor of the cabinet under the sink is bubbled, soft at the front edge, and the sides have started to peel. Here is why it stays that way and how it gets put right.
Read itSeptember 28, 2026
Upper Cabinets Pulling Away From the Wall
A dark line along the top of a wall cabinet, wider at the top than the bottom, is a sign the box may be leaning off its screws. Empty it before anything else.
Read itSeptember 21, 2026
Cabinet Doors That Sag, Rub or Will Not Close
Most cabinet door complaints are fixed with a screwdriver and a few small turns at each hinge. The trick is knowing which screw moves the door which way.
Read itSeptember 14, 2026
Painted or Stained Cabinets, and Which Lasts
The finish is the first thing you see and the first thing to show its age. Paint and stain wear differently, and the difference is worth knowing before you choose.
Read itSeptember 7, 2026
Cleaning Cabinets Without Ruining the Finish
The glossy patch around a handle comes from hands, and scrubbing at it only makes it shinier. What to clean cabinets with instead, and what to keep off them.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Refacing Cabinets or Replacing Them
If the layout works and the boxes are sound and dry, refacing changes what you see without tearing the cabinets out.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Cabinet Materials in Nashville Humidity
The material that fails first in a humid climate is usually the one nobody looks at — the box, not the door.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
The Cabinet Hardware Worth Paying For
Doors and finishes are what you choose. Hinges and runners are what you live with.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Stock, Semi-Custom or Custom Cabinets
Custom is not automatically better made. What it buys is dimensions that fit your room rather than the other way around.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Cabinet Interiors That Actually Get Used
The most expensive space in a kitchen is the cabinet you cannot reach the back of.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
What Cabinet Lead Times Do to a Schedule
A kitchen schedule hangs on the day the cabinets arrive, and the decision that protects that day gets made before anything is torn out.
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