Shaker is the easiest kitchen to buy badly, because the door looks much the same at every price point and the difference is all behind it. The Adornus Cabinetry NJ Hampton Cabinet NJ line puts a maple shaker front on a plywood box with four sided dovetail drawers and Blumotion hardware. HM Cabinetry has both the door and a cut away box at the East Brunswick showroom.

Two shaker kitchens can look identical on the wall and behave completely differently after five years. The drawer box is where it shows first: a four sided dovetail drawer in solid wood holds its corners under weight, while a stapled box works loose. Hampton runs Blumotion full extension runners throughout.
• Full overlay door style
• Natural pre finished 3/4 inch plywood box interior
• 3/4 inch thick sides, shelves, tops and bottom
• 5/8 inch solid plywood back
• 3/4 inch bridges to add additional strength
• Natural finish solid wood, 4 sided dovetail construction with 1/4 inch plywood bottom
• Blumotion full extension concealed drawer runners
• 3/4 inch plywood adjustable shelf, with edge banding front and back
• Blumotion soft close mechanism integrated in concealed six way adjustable hinges
• Matching interior and exterior finish
The shaker door is the part buyers compare and the part that matters least to how long a kitchen lasts. What matters is whether the drawer box is dovetailed, whether the runners are full extension, and whether the back panel is thick enough to hold the box square. The Adornus Cabinetry NJ Hampton Cabinet NJ line answers all three, which is why HM Cabinetry puts it into family kitchens across Middlesex and Monmouth counties.
Full extension is worth testing rather than reading about. A three quarter extension runner leaves the back six inches of every drawer effectively unusable, which across a whole kitchen adds up to a surprising amount of lost storage. Hampton covers the full box list, including narrow fillers, 42 inch wall cabinets for a ceiling height run, drawer bases in 15, 18, 24 and 30 inch widths, and panel ready fronts for the dishwasher and refrigerator. Our team measures the room, draws it in 3D and puts the deep drawers where the pots actually go.
A light finish shows a scuff near the trash pull and around the handles, and most of it wipes clean. HM Cabinetry handles touch up on the Adornus Cabinetry NJ Hampton Cabinet NJ finish, adjusts the six way hinges after the first heating season, and orders replacement doors from the same run. Come in and load a drawer before you decide.
Send a photo or a rough sketch of your kitchen and we will come back with real numbers for your own layout.