Month: August 2016

Properly Storing Your Cabinetry

Properly storing your cabinetry assures a smooth installation. The summer days are becoming extremely hot and humid, which is why we want to ensure your Kountry Kraft cabinetry is protected.

During a kitchen remodel it is important to schedule the delivery of your cabinetry to coincide with proper heating and cooling in place. It is also important to consider cabinetry that is in a vacation home or a residence that is periodically unoccupied. This information about properly storing your cabinetry is especially important to know during the summer months – when high humidity and temperature changes are likely to occur. Expansion issues are likely to happen if your Kountry Kraft cabinetry is currently stored in a non-air conditioned area. According to Conestoga Wood Specialties; Any solid wood product will expand or contract over time as moisture and climate conditions change. Solid wood cabinetry can act like a sponge, when surrounded by water the sponge absorbs the water and expands. However, unlike sponges you can’t ring the water out of solid wood.

When designing your Kountry Kraft cabinetry, you customize it to properly fit and function in your home. If your cabinetry expands due to improper storage where temperature and humidity is high, there will be issues when it comes time for installation. So, it is very important to listen to take this information seriously and store your cabinetry in a proper area.

properly storing cabinetry

Storage Tips:

  • Store inside.
  • Store in a room with air conditioning/temperature control.
  • Use a dehumidifier to be safe about humidity.
  • If it is summer time, or a vacation home, be sure to take extra steps to ensure your cabinetry is safe.
  • Wood expands as humidity increases and shrinks as humidity decreases.
  • Unfinished (exposed) wood will exhibit the most dramatic changes.

As always, if there are any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us.

 

Kountry Kraft offers customers the ability to paint match their custom cabinetry to ensure that the cabinetry we create will complement the existing colors in their home. Our list makes it simple for them to find the right color for their match. As of June 30, 2016 Kountry Kraft added 15 new paint colors to our already extensive list. Kountry Kraft matches their own paint colors to national brands including; Behr, Benjamin Moore, Dalys Paints Co.,Farrow Ball, MAB, Martha Stewart, Pratt Lambert, Ralph Lauren, Sherwin Williams, Valspar and Wilson Art Paints. Unlike other companies, Kountry Kraft does not charge a paint match fee for colors selected from the Kountry Kraft’s paint match list.

paint match

Kountry Kraft’s New Paint Matches:

paint matchBenjamin Moore Black Panther

paint matchBenjamin Moore Deep Royal

paint matchBenjamin Moore Grant Beige

paint matchBenjamin Moore Old Navy

paint matchBenjamin Moore Simply White

paint matchBenjamin Moore Smoke and Mirrors

paint matchBenjamin Moore Wrought Iron

paint matchFarrow and Ball Calke Green

paint matchFarrow and Ball Cooking Apple Green

paint matchFarrow and Ball Green Ground

paint matchSherwin Williams Halcyon Green

paint matchSherwin Williams Ivory Lace

paint matchSherwin Williams Jasper Stone

paint matchSherwin Williams Light French Gray

paint matchValspar Woodlawn Colonial Gray

Kountry Kraft is always updating this list to include an array of colors for our clients to choose from. Kountry Kraft makes it easy for you to include the perfect color for your home

To see more colors Kountry Kraft has available click here.