The word “custom” is used a lot in the home-building and remodeling industry; it connotes something special – unique to the homeowner, made just for you.  But “custom” has a catch… Are we getting the full potential from our custom products?  No two humans are the same, so when we’re designing custom products why would we default to “same?”  This applies to every made-to-order product and installation, but in this blog, I’d like to talk about cabinetry.  We’re all fa...

“If one says, ‘Red’ – the name of the color – and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty reds in their minds.  And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different.” – Josef Albers

Color is tricky.  I call it one of the “soft sciences.”  I believe we all have a sense of color in the same way we have a sense of tone; we know when colors look good together and we know when musical notes sound good together.  But the “rules” a...