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Why StarMark Cabinetry is your best cabinetry value. Turned posts are a wonderful way to “frame” a cabinet and provide a focal point in a room. At StarMark Cabinetry, we add turned posts (we have hundreds to choose from) without taking away precious inches from your storage. The designer specifed wide stiles on this sink base cabinet so there is room for two turned posts. Can you get wide stiles with stock cabinetry? No. A stock cabinet will lose 6” of inside space in order to create the room needed to install the pair of turned posts we used on the cabinet above. SIX INCHES! Ouch. Who’s designing your kitchen? Can they create focal points? A “solution” used by stock cabinet manufacturers: dead space A Wide Stile provides an area for beautiful turned posts without taking away from storage space inside the cabinet. Turned Post Dead space! The “Wide Stile” option from StarMark Cabinetry: beauty plus storage REAL LIFE EXAMPLE #1 Stock cabinet companies use a “filler” so there is a place to attach a turned post. Looks good on the outside, but not functional inside. Turned Post filler

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Why StarMark Cabinetry is your best cabinetry value.

Turned posts are a wonderful way to

“frame” a cabinet and provide a focal

point in a room.

At StarMark Cabinetry, we add turned

posts (we have hundreds to choose

from) without taking away precious

inches from your storage.

The designer specifed wide stiles on

this sink base cabinet so there is room

for two turned posts.

Can you get wide stiles with stock cabinetry?No. A stock cabinet will lose 6” of

inside space in order to create the

room needed to install the pair of

turned posts we used on the cabinet

above. SIX INCHES! Ouch.

Who’s designing your kitchen?Can they create focal points?

A “solution” used by stock cabinet manufacturers: dead space

A Wide Stile provides an area for beautiful turned posts without taking away from storage space inside the cabinet.

Turned Post

Dead space!

The “Wide Stile” option from StarMark Cabinetry: beauty plus storage

REAL LIFE EXAMPLE #1

Stock cabinet companies use a “filler” so there is a place to attach a turned post. Looks good on the outside, but not functional inside.

Turned Postfiller

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The designer specified a “toe

treatment” for the cabinet, to give the

cabinet a furniture look and feel. We

have several looks to choose from.

At StarMark Cabinetry, our toe

treatments are an integral part of the

cabinet when it is manufactured, so it

receives the finish when the cabinet

does. There won’t be variances in the

color between the cabinet and the toe

treatment.

Can you specify toe treatments with stock cabinetry?You can do toe treatments in stock

cabinetry, too, but it will be a separate

piece to be installed on the job site.

That’s one more piece to install, one

more piece to keep track of, and

one more piece that may look quite

different in color than the rest of the

cabinetry.

Who’s designing your kitchen?Will they know they can achieve a

furniture look by specifying a toe

treatment?

Why StarMark Cabinetry is your best cabinetry value.

REAL LIFE EXAMPLE #2

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Why StarMark Cabinetry is your best cabinetry value.

What you see isn’t always what you get. What will you be getting?

Homeowners need to be wary when they’re visualizing their dream

home through the visuals in a stock cabinet brochure. What you

see isn’t always what you get.

Stock cabinetry comes in pieces. You know that tall cabinet that

looked so striking in the stock cabinetry brochure? You—or more

likely the finish carpenter you hired to do this for you—must stack

two cabinets (in hopes that the pieces match in color and size) to

achieve the look. You (or the finish carpenter) attach all the end

panels and fillers (and hope they didn’t get damaged in shipping

and the seams don’t show too much). Then you, because you are

the one paying for it, hope that it looks good when it’s done.

Semi-custom StarMark Cabinetry is ready to install with little or

no job site manipulation. Installers love working with StarMark

Cabinetry—ask them!

POCKETBOOKREALITY CHECK

REAL LIFE EXAMPLE #3 The designer specified turned posts to frame

the desk area of this kitchen. The turned posts

are field installed onto the cabinet’s “wide

stile.” At StarMark Cabinetry, a wide stile is

accomplished by manufacturing the stile of the

cabinet’s face frame a bit wider than usual. It’s

not separate from the cabinet. It’s integral to

the cabinet, so it receives the finish when the

cabinet does.

Can you specify wide stiles with stock cabinetry?You can do wide stiles in stock cabinetry, too,

but it’s a separate piece to be installed on the

job site. This will increase labor hours. This

separate piece will leave a visible seam when

it’s installed.

Who’s designing your kitchen?Will they know they can achieve a furniture look

by specifying a turned post?

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Why StarMark Cabinetry is your best cabinetry value.

The designer specified a “combined

cabinet” for the cabinet above the

sink.

At StarMark Cabinetry, we can

combine two wall cabinets into one

cabinet, so there are three functional

doors on one cabinet box. This look

could be accomplished with two

cabinets, but a seam would be visible.

In addition, the designer specified

“flush bottom” so the bottom panel

is flush with the side panels, for a

smooth look.

Can you combine cabinets with stock cabinetry?No. To achieve this look and

functionality, two cabinets would

have to be installed, instead of just

one, plus a panel would have to be

field applied to finish the bottom.

This results in more labor costs, more

seams and more finish inconsistency.

Who’s designing your kitchen?Are they remembering to take into

account the view from the bottom?

REAL LIFE EXAMPLE #4

Not a Flush bottom panel

Flush bottom panel—smooth!

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Why StarMark Cabinetry is your best cabinetry value.

The designer specified a “stacked

cabinet” for the cabinet in the utility

room. At StarMark Cabinetry, we

can build three wall cabinets that

are stacked into one cabinet. The

beautiful result? In one cabinet, there

are mullion doors for display, solid

doors for storage, and five apothecary

drawers, all on one cabinet box.

This look could be accomplished

with three cabinets, but why not take

advantage of stacked cabinets? By

“stacking” three cabinets into one,

there is only one cabinet to install, and

two visible seams are eliminated.

Can you stack cabinets with stock cabinetry?No. To achieve this look and

functionality, three cabinets would

have to be installed, instead of just

one. NOTE: with stock cabinetry,

you cannot get a cabinet that has

solid wood doors, mullion doors and

apothecary drawers on the same

cabinet.

Who’s designing your kitchen?Can they accomplish both good looks

and function?

REAL LIFE EXAMPLE #5

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Why StarMark Cabinetry is your best cabinetry value.

The designer specified a “stacked

cabinet” for this cabinet. Two wall

cabinets were stacked into one

cabinet that contains two types of

doors: mullion doors, for display, and

solid doors, for storage.

This look could be accomplished with

two cabinets; however, combining the

cabinets results in just one cabinet to

install and eliminates a visible seam.

Can you stack cabinets with stock cabinetry?No. To achieve this look and

functionality, two cabinets would

have to be installed, instead of just

one. NOTE: with stock cabinetry, you

cannot get a cabinet that has both

solid wood doors and mullion doors

on the same cabinet.

Who’s designing your kitchen?Are they asking you about your

display needs?

REAL LIFE EXAMPLE #6

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Why StarMark Cabinetry is your best cabinetry value.

A “solution” used by stock cabinet manufacturers: “kind of flush”

The right side of this cabinet is visible.

The designer specified a “flush end”

for the cabinet for a smooth finished

appearance that works well with the

cabinetry adjacent to it.

As you can see above, our flush end

is accomplished by manufacturing the

right side panel to be flush with the

face frame. The right side panel is not

separate from the cabinet. It’s integral

to the cabinet, so it receives the finish

when the cabinet does.

Another plus: flush finished ends

create a flat surface that accepts

moulding applications well.

Can you do flush ends with stock cabinetry?You can achieve only “the look” of

flush ends, and the results are inferior

to StarMark’s true flush ends.

Stock cabinet companies use a

separate piece, called a “skin.” The

finish on this separate piece may be

widely variant from the cabinet. It is

installed on the job site, increasing

labor costs. The “skin” leaves a visible

seam when it’s installed. Finally, after

all this, your cabinet may not truly

have “flush” ends. There still may be a

slight recess.

Who’s designing your kitchen?Are they making sure that moulding

applications are going to work out?

Have they considered what parts of

the cabinetry will be visible?

A flush end Not a flush end

REAL LIFE EXAMPLE #7

A small recess still remains. It’s not truly flush.

visible seam

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Why StarMark Cabinetry is your best cabinetry value.

The side of this cabinet is visible

to people who are seated in the

living room.The designer specified

“decorator panels” for the cabinet, so

the look of the cabinetry is carried out

throughout the design.

As you can see above, our decorator

panel is integral to the cabinet, so it

receives the finish when the cabinet

does.

Can you get decorator panels with stock cabinetry?You can do decorator panels in stock

cabinetry, too, but it’s a separate

piece to be installed on the job site.

This will increase labor costs. The

finish on this separate piece may be

widely variant from the cabinet, and

this separate piece will leave a visible

seam when it’s installed.

Who’s designing your kitchen?Can they continue the look of the

cabinetry through the entire room?

REAL LIFE EXAMPLE #8

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Why StarMark Cabinetry is your best cabinetry value.

To accommodate a non-standard

ceiling height, the designer specified

a cabinet to be only 11” high. An

eyebrow valance was added as the

top rail.

Can you get a cabinet that is 11” high with stock cabinetry?No.

Who’s designing your kitchen?Can they specify elegant work-

arounds for non-standard living

spaces?

REAL LIFE EXAMPLE #9