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The Heart of the Home is the Kitchen…The Heart of the Kitchen are the Cabinets…Armstrong is at the Heart of Kitchen Cabinet Design.
ARMSTRONG CABINETS Quality, & Design Leadership From the Brand Name Consumers Know & TrustWhen it comes to what's fashionable, personalization still reigns supreme in the kitchen. More specifically, homeowners continue to choose items that reflect their personalities and individual lifestyles. Armstrong Cabinets offers a wide range of semi-custom, fine quality kitchen and bath cabinetry. Consumers and builders alike know and trust the Armstrong brand to deliver exceptional craftsmanship and value. Choosing the look of new cabinets is easily accomplished: Select a door style and combine it with the species of wood and color that best reflects your own personal style. Armstrong experts offer the following advice:
1) Select a Door Style Arch cabinet doors can create walls with true personalized style. Cabinets with eyebrow and cathedral arch doors highlight a room and make a statement of classic traditional. The eyebrow is a subtle arch that can make a contemporary cabinetry style go in a more traditional direction. Cathedral arch portrays more of a country casual feel and will add interest to wall cabinets in a kitchen or bath. Cabinetry with raised panel doors is typically associated with traditional styling. The beauty of raised panel door and drawer designs equate elegance. Raised panel cabinetry doors give a room detail design and can be highlighted with glaze finishes to show off the uniqueness or personalize a home. Raised panel cabinets can be classified as transitional or even contemporary when combined with other décor materials. Clean and simple lines, flat panel cabinetry is the ever-popular contemporary choice. Straight lines create a sleek appearance for any room where cabinetry is showcased. Create a contemporary or transitional styling with limitless décor options. Flat panel includes Shaker, which also can be dressed in a casual setting or decorated in a more modern fashion.
FULL OVERLAY DOORS Full Overlay doors have little or no visible frame and prominently feature the design. Decorative hardware is usually necessary to open cabinets.
STANDARD REVEAL DOORS Standard Reveal styles have 1-inch of visible frame when door or drawer is closed. Decorative hardware is not a necessity, but an option.
2) Select a Wood Species Cherry wood cabinets, with a fine to medium grain pattern, provide an elegant look that is suitable for contemporary or traditional styling. It is moderately hard and strong, and resists both warping and checking. While usually pinkish-brown in color, there are also shades of off-white, green, and even gray. An American classic, cherry darkens beautifully with age and contains occasional knots, which gives it a unique beauty. Cabinets in maple, a strong hardwood, are also known for its close, uniform grain. Treasured by furniture and cabinet makers for years, the fine texture of maple lends itself well to either contemporary or traditional styling. Maple wood might occasionally include curly or wavy variations in the grain pattern. Colors range from light tan or cream to yellow to light reddish-brown. The prominent open grain pattern and textured surface of oak cabinets make it a natural choice for those interested in a more traditional or casual country look. This hardwood is heavy-grained and durable, and its visible characteristics include mineral streaks and pin knots, with its attractive red or white oak color tones. Plantation Hardwood, or rubber wood, is a moderately heavy timber with a color range of pale cream to yellowish-brown. Its
grain is mostly straight, which combines with other unique markings to create clear patterns. Plantation Hardwood's adaptability
to machining and acceptance of paints and other finishes make it ideal for traditional or transitional furniture and cabinetry. Alder Its straight and close grain has made alder a popular choice for fine cabinetry and furniture. Colors of this medium-density hardwood vary from white to tan to pinkish-brown. The grain pattern shows very minimally in its uniform texture, though visible characteristics may include pin knots and mineral streaks. Alder mirrors cherry in its darker finishes, giving it a rich traditional or transitional look. Birch is a subtle contemporary and close-grained hardwood, whose colors go from cream to reddish-brown. Its texture is fine and even, and the grain is often straight but can also come in wavy or curly patterns, mirroring maple. With a smooth paintable surface, birch can be stained to resemble mahogany or walnut, but is typically at its best when left natural and sealed with a clear coating.
Or, Select a Non-Wood Cabinet Milled from vinyl wrapped material over fiberboard, thermofoil cabinets offer contemporary styling, exceptional durability and wear properties, as well as superior cleaning features. Thermofoil is applied to cabinetry frames, giving perfect door-to-frame match in comparison to painted frames, which vary in color.
Low pressure laminate used in the furniture industry, allows for contemporary urban-loft styling, and easy-care cabinet attributes such a cleaning and wearability. You can obtain the look of wood with the printed maple close wood grain pattern and simple melamine material at an affordable cost.
3) Choose a Finish From Light to Dark, from Medium to Glazed, Armstrong’s hand-applied finishes adds not only color but definition and custom tones to enhance the features of whichever door style is selected.
Armstrong’s Exclusive 17-Step Finish Process
4) Quality Construction is Key to Customer Satisfaction Allwood is Armstrong’s top-tier construction with quality features that are found in custom built cabinetry. Benefits include:
Premier Series construction is finely crafted with quality and affordability. It offers a budget conscious choice that doesn’t sacrifice style or quality. Features include:
Extreme Series construction durability is comprised of the right combination of quality materials and is geared towards the public housing segment. Features include:
5) Armstrong Cabinet Collections
For more information and tips, visit www.armstrong.com or call 1-800-527-5903.
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