We sell the cabinets we’d put in our own homes: real wood construction, solid hardware and finishes made to last. Here’s the independent testing and certification behind them — and exactly which lines carry each one.
Cabinets live in your home for decades, so what they give off into the air matters. Select lines carry UL’s GREENGUARD Gold certification, which holds products to strict limits on chemical emissions.
It’s among the most stringent indoor-air standards in the world, with limits that build in safety factors for sensitive people, like kids and older family members, and it certifies a product for use in schools and healthcare facilities. Raising three boys taught us to care about what’s in the air.
What GREENGUARD Gold means for your homeSelect lines are finished with waterborne UV coatings supplied by Sherwin-Williams®. Water carries the finish instead of heavy solvents, then UV light cures it into a hard, scratch-resistant surface.
Select lines are built from raw materials certified by the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) through our manufacturer’s supplier. The FSC is an independent non-profit that protects forests for future generations, and the only system backed by groups like WWF, the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Wildlife Federation.
FSC standards protect water quality, ban highly hazardous chemicals, restrict deforestation and clearcutting, safeguard high-conservation-value forests, and respect the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities. Choosing an FSC-certified product means its wood came from responsibly managed sources.
These lines use eucalyptus grandis, a consistent, premium hardwood:
Our cabinets are independently tested to meet or exceed ANSI/KCMA A161.1, the American National Standard for kitchen cabinets. Testing is done at Home Innovation Research Labs — the same lab the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association uses — with a battery of structural, drawer, door and finish tests that simulate years of real kitchen life.
Loaded at 15 lb per square foot for a week. No excessive sag, and no joint may loosen or separate.
Cabinets are hung on a wall and loaded to 600 pounds with no sign of cabinet or mounting failure.
Up to 250 pounds pressed against the face-frame stiles, so joints won’t open during install or daily use.
A steel ball dropped from six inches onto shelves, bottoms and drawer bottoms — think cans hitting the shelf. No joint failures.
Drawers loaded at 15 lb per square foot run through 25,000 open-close cycles and must still glide without sagging.
A three-pound weight hits the drawer front from eight inches, ten times over. No damage, nothing loose.
Doors swing a full 90° 25,000 times. Hinges stay undamaged and tight, and the door still closes.
A door carrying 65 pounds is cycled open and closed for ten minutes, with no damage or looseness at door or hinge.
A door spends 24 hours in a hotbox at 120°F and 70% relative humidity.
An hour in the hotbox, back to room temperature, then an hour in a cold box at −5°F.
Doors, frames, drawer fronts and end panels sit under coffee, vinegar, juices, olive oil, ketchup and 100-proof alcohol for a full day.
Door edges are soaked in a standard detergent formula for up to 24 hours.
Our cabinets meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s current standards under TSCA Title VI, the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act — the world’s most stringent formaldehyde emission limits for composite wood. Every box and product carries a compliance label.
epa.govOur cabinets meet the California Air Resources Board’s current certification standards. CARB regulates air quality by holding materials and emissions to some of the strictest requirements anywhere, and compliance labeling is on every box and product.
arb.ca.govOur cabinet manufacturer is a member of the NKBA, which keeps the lines we carry current with the latest news, standards and developments in the kitchen and bath industry.
nkba.orgSend your measurements and a rough layout. You get a full kitchen design and an itemised quote, usually within two days.
