About
A cabinet guide with no showroom attached
Cabinets.lol exists because the cabinet decision is mostly made in a showroom, under lighting that flatters everything and a salesperson who is paid when you choose.
We are a small editorial desk: a kitchen fitter, a cabinetmaker and a homeowner who has measured the same opening three times and still got it wrong once.
The site covers the four decisions that actually move a cabinet project: the door style, the material behind it, the question of refacing versus replacing, and the measuring that has to happen before anything is ordered.
We are independent. Nobody pays for a ranking here, and no manufacturer sees a guide before it is published. Where a project genuinely needs custom doors, we point to a maker and say why — that is a recommendation, not a sponsorship.
Measure before you opine
Every guide starts with the physical thing: the opening, the core, the hinge, the reveal. If we have not seen it, we say so.
No invented numbers
We do not publish fake price ranges or made-up statistics to look authoritative. Where a real quote belongs, there is a note to add one.
Say which trade-off hurts
Every material and every style fails at something. We would rather tell you what breaks than pretend there is a perfect door.
How a guide gets written
- Start with a real decision. Not a keyword. If nobody has to choose between two things, there is no article.
- Handle the object. Samples, a tape measure, a hinge, a door on a bench. Photos and notes come before sentences.
- Write the trade-off first. The paragraph that says what goes wrong is the one people come back for.
- Re-check the numbers. Measurements and specifications get a second pass. Opinions do not need one.
What we do not do
- We do not publish prices we have not been quoted.
- We do not rank products by affiliate payout.
- We do not pretend a style suits every room.
- We do not use AI-generated “reviews” of cabinets we have never opened.
Something wrong? Say so.
If a measurement rule does not match your kitchen, or a guide has missed the thing that actually matters, tell us. Corrections are the fastest way to make the site better.
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