I still remember the first time I noticed framed cabinets, not in a fancy showroom, but in my grandma’s kitchen, where the drawers always stuck a little and the flour lived in a dented tin by the stove. Those cabinets had character. They had that little lip around the edges (the “face frame,” I’d later…

I didn’t mean to fall in love with old cabinets. It just kind of… happened. One summer, while sanding down my grandma’s faded 1970s oak kitchen doors, I caught a whiff of something sweet and earthy — like a forest and a lumber mill had met for coffee. The wood had tiny dents and knots…

I didn’t go looking for white oak shaker cabinets. Honestly, I didn’t even know that was a thing until I found myself elbow-deep in sanding dust, trying to rescue a set of beat-up doors in my grandma’s kitchen. But somewhere between that sweet, grainy scent of oak and the way the sunlight hit the raw…

Warm wood kitchen cabinets aren’t just nostalgic — they’re quietly becoming the heart of modern kitchens. Somewhere between the sleek all-white trend and the moody dark tones, these honeyed, chestnut, and oak hues bring something deeper: soul. I discovered this by accident while sanding down my grandma’s 1970s cabinets. The wood was scratched and sun-faded,…