Carbonized Shaker Bamboo Kitchen Cabinets
The Carbonized Shaker Bamboo Cabinets feature a lighter brown finish than the Gunstock, with more orange hues. This is a good color for creating that warm, cozy feeling in the kitchen.
- 1/2" plywood cabinet box with 5/8" plywood shelves
- No Particle Board is used anywhere in their construction
- 3/4" framed solid bamboo shaker door and drawer front
- 1/4" reveal overlay doors
- 5/8" dovetail solid wood drawer box with 3/8" plywood drawer bottom
- Each cabinet piece is shipped complete in the box, ready to assemble
- Only a screw driver is needed to complete the assembly
- soft-closing undermount, full-extension drawer slides
- Concealed 6 way adjustable hinges
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Bamboo Base CabinetHave your own design idea, but need help creating it out of our cabinets? Email gary@rtacabinetstore.com with a picture of the design (from a magazine or website), and we will recreate it for you.
Coat Rack and Storage
A coat rack out of RTA cabinets? Yes, it's true. This design image sparked a lot of ideas for us because it shows the flexibility of stock RTA cabinets, and how they can really be used in any room. This coat rack is a great combination of style, function, and extra storage.
Coffee Bar with Mullion Doors
If you are a coffee aficionado, then a coffee bar like this might be something to work into your design. With all mullion doors, and a shelf to keep the coffee mugs and other coffee accessories, this would look great in any kitchen. The staggered look on the wall cabinets gives it a custom look that isn’t hard to create. For an added custom look, attach decorative end panels to the sides.
Staggered Height Bathroom Vanity with Extra Storage
This is probably our most popular design from all of the TV shows that we have worked on. We get emails every week asking how to make this. This design lends itself to the Cherryville line, because the bathroom vanities are only 30” high rather than our standard of 32.5”, but you can still accomplish the same look in any of our lines that feature both a vanity line and kitchen line. This design provides his and her sinks, and a lot of storage with the vertical tower.
End Bookshelf for Wall Cabinets
This simple design allows for extra storage space at the end of a cabinet run, and easy access to spices, cook books, or anything else that you might need in the kitchen. There are a couple of ways that you can create this look, and it will really depend on how deep you are making the cabinet.
Island with End Book Case
One of the challenges in the kitchen is to find a place to keep everything you need and use on a regular basis. Every good cook will keep some cook books around for reference, and what better way to store them than to add a book case in the kitchen. I found this picture of a kitchen and really liked the way they laid out their island. With the sink in the island, and plenty of countertop space to work on, having all of your cookbooks within easy reach is a natural fit. This is really easy to accomplish using our RTA cabinets (easier than you would think). How big or small you want the island and how you will configure the layout, will depend on the size of your kitchen, but the overall design will remain the same. Here are some simple instructions on how to get the same look for your kitchen using our RTA cabinets.
Kitchen Island With Double Ovens
One of the hottest trends in kitchen design is shifting the oven units down to the floor. Traditionally, you would have seen either a free standing range or the oven units stacked in a wall unit. With the trend heading towards design and trying to hide the appliances, installing them in the island is a great way to achieve this. Most people wouldn’t think you could still achieve this look with RTA cabinets, because we don’t have a cabinet specifically for undermount oven units, but you actually can. While this layout shows two ovens, you could easily modify this for a single oven or for wider base cabinets, but the design will remain the same. Here are some quick instructions for re-creating this look in your kitchen.
Kitchen Island with Wine Cooler
In this design, they decided to accentuate the island and make it a focal point of the kitchen by using a different color cabinet. They also came up with a creative way to incorporate a wine cooler into the design, without taking up valuable space along the wall where the appliances would traditionally go. A very simple design that allows flexibility in terms of what you put in the island and how big you want to make it.
Kitchen Hutch with Microwave
It has become common place in kitchens today to put the microwave above the stove in a microwave/range hood combo. What we liked about this design, is that it is simple, and yet creates a customized space for coffee, entertaining, or whatever purpose you can find. The great thing about this design is that it could be used in the kitchen, in an entertainment room, or even as a wet bar. There is a lot of flexibility in how to lay this one out, but we will explain how to build it based on the pictures.
Kitchen Island with Curved Top
We really like this island design for a large kitchen (at almost 4 feet wide and over 8 ft long, it will require a lot of space). This design offers storage on all four sides, while providing a large amount of work surface AND seating; making the island multi-functional. In the picture they feature a built-in farmer’s sink, but for the instructions we are just going to show a regular under-mount sink. The advantage to building a big island like this one, is that it creates a great gathering space and allows the chef to interact with guests.
Pass Through Kitchen Island
While this isn’t a very elaborate design, it is a great way to create a multi-functional space that can help define two different rooms and/or create uniformity between two different living spaces. With this design, you can use one side for extra seating, you could put a dividing knee wall to define the other space, or you can do back to back cabinets to really maximize the storage space. Whichever way you decide to go, this multi-functional design would work great in kitchen or living room. For the instructions below, we assumed you would be putting back to back cabinets to maximize the storage space.
Stacked Wall Cabinets
This design incorporates several different storage options, and also shows another way of handling the layout of wall cabinets. They use a combination of smaller wall cabinets for the top, to create the look of custom cabinets. For the bottom, while it is hard to see in the design picture, they actually took off the doors of the base cabinet and added pull out shelves to break up the look of having a wall of all base cabinets. One additional features that we didn’t add to our design are the cup holders below the plate rack. This is something that can easily be added if you want to complete the look from the picture.
Staggered Height Kitchen Island
This island design is great for a narrow kitchen that needs additional storage space. While it doesn’t allow for extra seating, the wall cabinets on the back of the island give plenty of extra storage. In this design, they utilize the island for a cook top, but you could easily substitute a sink or just take advantage of the extra counter space. It does limit the work space, but frees up room along the wall (especially in a small kitchen), and may help with the coveted “work triangle” which is essential for every kitchen. They also did a nice job in dressing up the bottom of the cabinets with the furniture feet that were added at the corners. For the design below, we didn’t put the feet all the way around, but left them on the front and back.
Built-In Wet Bar
For anyone that loves to do a lot of entertaining, a wet bar is the perfect addition to any home. W really liked this wet bar design because they took a very simple design and make it look like custom furniture. By pulling out the center base cabinet and end wall cabinets it creates the illusion of being a custom hutch. The addition of some extra toe kick to the bottom, gives this wet bar even more character.
Pantry Wall
This design is great for a smaller kitchen and tight spaces, where storage is needed, but standard base cabinets are too deep. At first glance this would look like ordinary base cabinets, but they are actually wall cabinets used to create the pantry and the base cabinets. By using wall cabinets, it frees up 12” of clearance for walking. By adding some decorative accents, it also gives the illusion that this could even be a piece of furniture.
Large Island- Open Concept Living Room
This design is great for creating the open concept kitchen/living room in a house, and for making the cooking area the center of attention. With this design, it allows for eating on one side (with the raised breakfast bar), and plenty or work room for the cook on both sides of the stove. This design is easy to create and is another great idea for an open kitchen feel. For this design, we did not explain how to create the breakfast bar or wall around the cabinets (since this will vary in height and design).
Basement Snack Bar
This is a simple design that would work in a basement entertainment area, workshop, kid’s room, or as a kitchenette for a small apartment. Easy to create, and just as flexible for how many different configurations you could make. Think about adding a door mounted trash can to the base cabinets, or extra store for glasses with a wall insert. We really liked the use of down lighting and the tile backsplash to add some focus to this corner of the room.
Wine Bar With Stem Glass Holder and Wine Rack
For the family that likes to entertain and enjoys wine, this wine bar incorporates everything you will need. While the design shows a small sink, you could also put a wine cooler in the bottom to help keep your white wines chilled. This design also shows a creative way to make additional space above the sink by utilizing multiple small cabinets. You can use your imagination as to how you want to create this, but here is a simple way to create it using our cabinets.
Kitchen Island With Built-In Table
While this is a fairly simple design, it shows another way to create seating at your kitchen island. In this design, they have eliminated the need for a kitchen table by building it into the island. This not only saves on space, but also allows the chef of the house to interact with dinner guests or kids. The staggered height allows for normal height chairs instead of bar stools. Also note the unique hood range that they used in this design! Very easy to make out of our cabinets.
Ornate Cooking Area and Range Hood
This is one of my favorite designs because it really shows how creative you can be. A kitchen like this could cost upwards of $50-60,000 in a kitchen design store or even the big box places. With some simple planning, you can get a similar style to this for less that 10% of what you would pay for custom cabinets. This design lends itself more towards cabinet lines that are painted, but we will give you a basic design that can be used in any cabinet line. Depending on what type of ventilation system you use, you may have to make some modifications to this design.
Kitchen Island with Raised Breakfast Bar
Similar to another design that we showed you, this kitchen island has plenty of room for storage with cabinets on both ends that can be used as bookshelves by removing the doors, or regular storage. The big difference with this design is the additional height of the breakfast bar. By using 42” high wall cabinets, you create an elevated eating area, and add some depth/dimension to the design. The island can be as wide as you want it to be, but we designed it for seven feet. While they don’t show the other side in the picture, we are leaving the backsplash up to your imagination (we only factored in an island panel to cover it). We also including optional decorative end panels for the back of the island, which you don’t need for the design but add some detailing.
Kitchen Island/Seating Area
With room for a couple of stools this design incorporates both a seating and cooking area with extra storage. Just another example of how creative you can get with your kitchen island. In the picture they show a decorative toe kick, which can be made, but we made it a regular toe kick to make it easy.
Kitchen Island with End Wine Rack
While this is a fairly simple design, it helps to make the most out of the kitchen island without wasting space. In the drawing we incorporated two wine racks, but you could include a plate rack, shelving, or even leave one side open like they did in the picture. The sketch doesn’t show it, but we backed up wall cabinets to the base cabinets on the other side, so you will actually need a filler in between the wine racks if you are doing two of them together.
Staggered Depth Wall Cabinets
This design could be used for any combination, but the reason we liked this look is because most people don’t realize how simply modifying the depth of the wall cabinets can create a completely different look. By staggering the depth of the cabinets, it adds shadow lines and makes it look like a custom build project.
Built in Desk Between Walls
This is a really simple design, but most people don’t consider using kitchen cabinets for something like this. This is perfect for a little nook in a bedroom, or a multi-purpose room where you don’t want to have a desk sticking out. A few simple cabinets and you are ready to start paying bills, doing homework, or working on the computer.
Washer/Dryer and Sink Combo
Whether you have a small condo where space is a precious resource, or you have a large home with a separate space for a laundry room, not many people consider how to incorporate them all using kitchen cabinets. This is a simple design that can easily be scaled into a full laundry room, or laid out to incorporate a tiny studio apartment kitchen. With the popularity of stackable washer/dryer combos on the rise, this is an easy way to incorporate them into any room.
Washer/Dryer and Wet Bar Combo
This washer/dryer combo design is for the multi-functional room or small apartment. This design incorporates a wet bar, stack washer/dryer, mini refrigerator or wine cooler, and plenty of storage for all of your party or laundry supplies.
Kitchen Desk Attachment
With the kitchen being the hub of the home, and more and more technology being integrated into the kitchen, it only make sense that you are going to need a place for your computer. This easy to make desk arrangement, allows for easy access to your computer, a small desk area, and more counter top space.
Wine Rack with Storage Tower
This is a good combination of open shelving, storage space, and display area. Perfect for a wet bar area, entertainment room, or wine bar. We used a combination of cabinets to recreate the look, with the only real carpentry coming from the cubby holes.
Display Hutch with Plate Rack
This design is great for homeowners that want to showcase their fine china or dishware. The combination of mullion doors, with the plate rack, and extra storage about makes a great focal point for a room (especially if you have tall ceilings). We made some modifications to make it work with our cabinet sizes, but you will still get the same dramatic effect. Add the LED lighting that we offer from www.ledundercounterlight.com and it would light up the whole room!
Spice Rack Island
The kitchen island doesn’t just have to be for extra seating or more work space, and this design proves it. By adding some creative spice rack storage, you can have easy access to all your spices, cooking supplies, or even canned goods. The design in the picture has a sink in the island, but you could always put in a cook top as well. This island only has cabinets on one side, but you can always put base cabinets back to back or put wall cabinets on the other side
Pantry and Mini Refrigerator Combo
This design uses some creative detailing to give the kitchen a custom look. While it looks high end, this design can be made out of any of our stock cabinet lines. The high end look comes from decorative filler strips and a unique way to install the crown molding which I would mention in the design below. Using accent under cabinet lighting really helps to accentuate the look. The height of the wall cabinets and the pantry can be adjusted, but for this example we used 30” high wall cabinets.
Refrigerator and Desk Combo
With today’s busy lifestyle, incorporating technology and functionality into the kitchen is a must. While this isn’t a complicated design, it makes good use of the space and adds a desk area to the kitchen that can also be used for food prep or as a work area. This can be accomplished using any of our cabinet styles. For the instructions, we just focused on the refrigerator and desk area.
Double Vanity and Linen Cabinet Combo
While this is a fairly simple design in terms of construction, it is another great way to lay out your bathroom and create a double vanity master bathroom suite. With flanking linen cabinets, two sinks and drawers in the middle, it creates ample storage and countertop space. With this design you have a lot of flexibility with the design, but may be limited on some of the styles that you can use. For the cabinet lines that don’t have linen cabinets, you will have to use pantries (for our design we used pantries). While the image shows a white cabinet line, we used the autumn shaker to configure ours. (Note: Only a few of our bathroom lines have the three drawer cabinet for the middle.)
Washer/Dryer Combo with TV
While simple in design, we really liked this idea because it gives you a way to add some functionality and entertainment to your laundry room. With ample work space, and storage space, this design lets you catch your favorite shows while washing and folding laundry. With the optional storage shelf above, you can add some design elements to the room with some nice baskets, or just add another cabinet for closed storage space. The size of the cabinets will really depend upon the amount of space you have so you can easily substitute any of the sizes in our cabinet lines
Large Kitchen Island with Seating
If you are going for the grand kitchen, this is the island for you! As we designed it below, this island is 72” by 54”, so you will need a lot of space but it features storage for everything you will need in the kitchen. With storage on all sides, seating in the back, and the option for a sink in the middle, this will give you space or work, storage, and seating. The sizes can be adjusted to fit your kitchen, but we tried to replicate the picture as much as possible.
Large Bathroom Combo
While this looks like a high end bathroom with custom cabinets, it is actually a well-designed bathroom using kitchen cabinets! No one says you have to use vanities to build a bathroom, and this design proves it. The counter tops will be a little bit higher than traditional bathrooms, but still comfortable to stand at. The vertical storage (made of wall cabinets), gives plenty of extra storage. Note the staggered depth of the base cabinets, which adds detailing (we replicated that in the instructions). Also note the toe kick vent in the picture… another great way to hide the heating and air conditioning vents in a room. This style is versatile and can be created using any of the cabinet styles that we sell. The wall cabinets will be based on the height of your ceilings.
Kitchen Island With Built-In Microwave and Dishwasher
One of the most popular trends in kitchen design is to build in more and more of the appliances. The microwave went from a countertop appliance, to a built-in above the range, to now being built into the cabinets. This island design takes it to the next step by building it into the kitchen island, where it can be tucked away out of sight. In this design they incorporated the sink, dishwasher and microwave into the island. This is actually an easy design to create and can be done using any of the cabinet styles that we offer. The size we are creating is 93” long, so it is fairly large, but it can be scaled down by removing the 9” base cabinet and/or using a smaller cabinet for the sink.
Kitchenette Combo
The reason we liked this design is because it can be used in any size kitchen or as a kitchenette in an apartment. It makes great use of the space by incorporating the microwave into the cabinets (freeing up countertop space), and gives plenty of storage for everything in the kitchen. The cabinet sizes can be adjusted to fit your space.
Range Hood Combo
While most people think of either putting the microwave on the counter top or using a microwave/range hood combo, we thought we would show some other combinations that are popular. In most of our cabinet lines we do offer a microwave shelf, but not all microwaves will stick out past 12”. In this design, they used a much smaller microwave so that it could be tucked away on a shelf. So, if you like the look of a full range hood, but still want to keep the microwave off the counter top, this is a great way to do it. This design would be for ceilings that are 9” and higher.
Range Hood Combo with Floor to Ceiling Storage
This design makes a grand statement and ensures that the cooktop or range take center stage in the kitchen. With floor to ceiling storage, you may lose some work space on the countertop, but you gain some unique storage compartments. This look can be achieved with any of the cabinet lines we offer, and can be used with a cook top or a regular stove. The wall cabinets that we use are based off of 8 foot ceilings, so they can be adjusted accordingly. The image includes some optional accessories that are noted in the design.
Washer/Dryer Combo with Extra Storage
We have several laundry room configurations, but this one offers the most flexibility and storage. Most of the designs show stacked laundry units or side by side, but this design incorporates a sink between the units. It also features extra storage over the window. While the cabinets in the design image are fairly basic, this design really can be made with any of our cabinet lines.
Wet Bar with Dishwasher/Mini-Refigerator Panel
In this design, we take a simple wet bar design and add some decorative detailing by covering the front panel of the refrigerator. This design can be used for dishwashers, mini refrigerators, or any appliance that accepts panels on the front.
Farmers Sink with Stacked Wall Cabinets
The farmers sink is definitely one of the most popular design trends in kitchens right now. It is a timeless look that can be incorporated into any type of kitchen: farm house, traditional, retro, and even modern. Add the double stacked wall cabinets create some visual interest on the wall, and the added task lighting under the cabinets really helps make the design. This can be created in any of the cabinet styles that we current offer. To recreate the glass door look, you will have to use 42” of cabinet height, so make sure your ceilings are a minimum of 9 ft high.
Master Bathroom Design
While we have several different designs like this, the design image of this one really stood out for me. The contrast of white and dark, and the cabinets all coming out to the same depth really adds a unique design feature. This design can be accomplished by using bathroom cabinets for the base cabinets, which would be 21” deep and 32.5” high, or you can make it higher and deeper with kitchen cabinets (24” deep and 34.5” high). We used kitchen cabinets to create this layout (for bathroom, just substitute vanities and vanity drawer banks).
Open Storage Shelf Design
Most people have pictures, knick-knacks, decorative plates, or glasses that they want to display but don’t have the room to do so. We saw this design at one of the tradeshows and thought it was a great idea, and easy to re-create using our cabinets. The wall cabinets with open shelf below will give you plenty of storage space for your kitchen, bathroom, office, or wherever you need storage. This can be created using any of our kitchen cabinet lines. For this design, we assumed a size of 90w x 30h, but you can make it as big or as small as you want.
Plate Rack Island
This is another simple, yet functional design that makes perfect sense when you think about it. Having easy access to your plates, and even displaying your plates where you are going to use them the most… the kitchen island. This design idea can be created a lot of different ways, so feel free to use your imagination. This can also be implemented in any of the cabinet styles that we carry. An additional twist on this design is to add another wall cabinet to the back of the island (behind the plate rack) so that you have storage on both sides.
Kitchen Island with Wine Storage and Seating
This isn’t a complicated kitchen island design, but it incorporates everything you would need for eating and entertaining. Plenty of storage, wine cooler, and seating will really make the kitchen the center of entertainment. We duplicated the design on the picture, but you can customize this any way you want to
Master Bathroom with Seating and Storage
The trend in bathrooms is to create a spa-like experience. While simple in design, the added seating helps to make the bathroom feel more like an escape rather than just a bathroom. The bench can be customized to any size and functional storage under the seat. This design can also be used to create a separate seating area of walk-in closet if you wanted all of the cabinets to match in the house. The design can be created using bathroom vanities or kitchen base cabinets (which I used for these instructions)
The Carbonized Shaker Bamboo kitchen cabinet collection offers a sleek, modern Shaker door with a dramatic Carbonized finish. This finish is slightly lighter with a different tone than our Gunstock Shaker Bamboo Collection, in fact, the slight orange hue reminds us of a muted Osage Orangewood, an exotic hardwood usually found in Prairie states.
The exotic finish and straight, modern lines make the Carbonized Shaker Bamboo Collection perfect for modern and contemporary kitchens. The rich finish can also take on larger spaces without the size of the room overwhelming the cabinetry. In fact, the Carbonized Shaker cabinetry easily becomes the focal point of any kitchen it graces.
We love the kitchen design options that are offered with the Shaker Bamboo Collection. The Shakers design is based on an 18th Century sect that became known for their craftsmanship that reflected their no-nonsense beliefs. Shaker furniture, design and cabinetry are widely known for its simplicity, quality and functionality. Shaker cabinets reflect these traits, as they are simplistic in their lines, and should have a place for everything and everything in its place.
The color palettes that look best with the Carbonized Shaker Bamboo cabinets tend to lean toward earthy browns, neutrals and rich yellows that work well with the unique finish. Add a neutral countertop to keep the focus on the Carbonized Shaker Cabinets; black, white or a creamy off-white or any combination of those three, are an excellent look.
Design elements that pair well with the Carbonized Shaker Bamboo Kitchen Cabinets are:
• A light, natural bamboo floor that contrasts with the Carbonized finish of the cabinetry;
• Stainless steel appliances add to the sleek Shaker door panel, while black appliances will add a touch of drama to the mix.
• A granite countertop in a light color with veining that picks up the hue of the Carbonized finish without overwhelming it is an excellent choice.
• Add mullion (glass-paned) doors to one or more of the upper cabinets to add interest and a more defined focal point. Adding an interior accent light creates a professionally designed look.
• Layer lighting throughout the kitchen. Use accent lighting for the cabinetry, task lighting for the workspace, add a handsome chandelier or dropped pendant lighting fixture to pull double duty for decorative lighting and ambient (all over) lighting.
Bamboo cabinets are an eco-friendly option for the kitchen, as bamboo is a sustainable material that regenerates in just 4-7 years, which is ten times less than the typical hardwood. Quality features that are found in the Carbonized Shaker Bamboo Collection include:
• A ½ inch thick plywood cabinet box with 5/8 inch thick sturdy plywood shelves
• No particle board is used anywhere in the cabinet’s construction
• ¾ inch framed solid bamboo shaker doors and drawer fronts
• 1/4" reveal overlay doors
• 5/8 inch dovetailed solid wood drawer box with 3/8 inch plywood drawer bottom
• Each cabinet is shipped complete in its own box for safe travels
• Only a screwdriver is needed to complete the assembly
• The drawers feature soft-closing undermount, full-extension drawer slides to make full use of drawer space
• Concealed 6 way adjustable hinges
The Carbonized Shaker Bamboo Cabinet Collection is an excellent investment for your home, your kitchen and our environment, and it will pay off handsomely for years to come.
