Enhance Your Home With Glass Kitchen Cabinets
Glass cabinet doors do two things at once: they make a kitchen feel bigger and brighter, and they turn a row of closed boxes into something you actually want to look at. They are also having a real moment in 2026, helped along by reeded and fluted glass that hides a little mess while still […]
Kitchen Cabinet Finishes Explained: A 2026 Guide to Paint, Stain, Glaze & Specialty Coatings
Kitchen design guide · 2026 edition Twelve finish types, five sheen levels, three certification standards, and one decision that will outlast your appliances by a decade. Here’s how to pick the right one. By IST Cabinets Editorial Team · Reviewed by our showroom designers · 20 min read · Updated May 10, 2026 Jump to […]
Kitchen Cabinets Ideas for 2026 Data-Backed Trends from IST Cabinets
White kitchens had a long, dominant run. But if you’ve been browsing renovation ideas lately, you’ve probably noticed the shift: warm wood tones, earthy greens, and cabinets that feel more like furniture than filler. The data backs it up. According to the 2026 Houzz Kitchen Trends Study (surveying 1,780 U.S. homeowners), wood-toned cabinetry has officially […]
Is Fabuwood a good cabinet ?
Fabuwood cabinets cost roughly half what Lowe’s Home Improvement quoted one homeowner for the same kitchen layout — $12,000 versus $30,000. That price gap raises an obvious question: what are you giving up? Less than you’d think. Below is an honest look at what Fabuwood actually delivers, where it falls short, and whether it belongs […]
Checklist for Shaker Cabinets with the Right Hardware
After speccing knobs, pulls, and handles across hundreds of Fabuwood kitchen installations in our Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Texas, and Illinois showrooms, we’ve learned one thing the hard way — on a Shaker door, the fittings aren’t a finishing touch. They’re the defining detail. Shaker cabinets earn their reputation on restraint. Flat panels, square edges, five-piece […]
Avoid These Mistakes When Integrating Hardware with Shaker Cabinets
Shaker cabinets punish sloppy hardware work. Their five-piece door construction — two vertical stiles, two horizontal rails, and a recessed center panel — creates a rigid visual grid that exposes every crooked pull, every misaligned knob, and every poorly matched finish. Where a raised-panel or slab door might forgive a 1/8-inch deviation, the Shaker profile […]
Ultimate Checklist for Shaker Cabinet Craftsmanship
10 quality markers that separate cabinets built to last decades from ones that won’t survive five years — and how to spot them before you spend a dollar. Your 10-Point Shaker Cabinet Quality Checklist 1. Door construction — five-piece assembly, cope-and-stick joinery, zero visible gaps 2. Center panel engineering — MDF for painted, veneer-over-stable-core for […]
In Stock Today Cabinets Expands Fairfax Showroom Amid Rising Wholesale Kitchen Cabinet Demand
Fairfax, VA – February 21, 2026 In Stock Today Cabinets has relocated its Fairfax, Virginia showroom to a larger facility within the same building complex, moving from Unit B to Unit A at 2817 Dorr Avenue, in response to increased demand for wholesale kitchen cabinets from contractors and homeowners throughout Northern Virginia. The expansion coincides with notable […]
RTA vs Pre-Assembled Cabinets
The Contractor’s Real Math on Cost, Quality & Installation A Data-Driven Case Study for Builders Who Run the Numbers Before Picking a Cabinet Line Seventy-One Percent of Builders Say Labor Is Their Biggest Cost Problem. Their Cabinet Strategy Should Reflect That. A 2024 NAHB survey found that 71% of residential builders named labor costs as […]
What Actually Makes a Shaker Cabinet Quality Last?
A Trade Professional’s Field Guide to Separating Quality from Marketing Most Shaker cabinets look the same in a showroom. The differences show up 36 months later—warped doors, drawer bottoms pulling free, finishes yellowing where the morning sun hits the uppers. By then, somebody’s reputation is on the line. Usually yours. Whether you’re a contractor pricing […]