How do you make sure cabinets (or anything, for that matter) get built the way you want? You work with good people, draw well — and keep an open mind when things don't turn out as planned. I try to do all these things, yet like most designers, I still sometimes get things back from the cabinet shop looking different than I imagined — and from what I thought my drawings made clear. Every time this happens, it's a chance to learn how to refine the process of turning ideas into reality and to improve the process of designing and speccing custom work. A recent job in which some cabinets I designed came back with a
