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If you’re a certain kind of homeowner, you like to take care of home improvement projects yourself; your rooms are a kind of blank canvas, and you’re the artist. In the kitchen, this might mean replacing or installing cabinets that are as practical as they are attractive. Well, when it comes to working on kitchen design and finding the necessary building supplies to upgrade your cabinets, there’s no better place to go than Cincinnati, Ohio’s Huber Lumber Co.

But if you’ve never installed kitchen cabinets before, how do you go about it? The experts at Huber list five suggestions:

  • Careful Removal: When taking the old cabinets out, be very careful about making sure you take out every screw; you don’t want to take the wall off as well!
  • A Top-Down Approach: When installing, start with the cabinets themselves and then move down to the base. It’s also simpler to start with a corner to avoid spacing issues down the line.
  • Stripped Down: If the cabinet you’re installing has drawers or doors attached, remove them before mounting it; this will make it easier to manage everything as you attach it to the wall.
  • Leveling: A good practice is to establish a benchmark, a level horizontal line that goes around the perimeter of the kitchen as a reference. This will make it easier to ensure that your cabinets are perfectly parallel to the floor.
  • Filler Pieces: Don’t worry if there are small gaps between cabinet and wall. The fact of the matter is that most walls are not perfectly straight; use filler pieces, called scribes, to fill in these areas and ensure that the moving parts of the cabinet do not contact the wall.

With good planning, a careful approach and the right tools, the folks at Huber Lumber Co are quick to emphasize that installing new kitchen cabinets can be accomplished. Check out all the building supplies and lumber that this local business has to offer and swap design ideas with the staff by stopping by the shop. Visit this company’s website to learn more, or just give the staff there a call at (513) 731-4035.  

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