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In today's climate of environmental awareness, everyone is talking about how to reduce their carbon footprint, make a smaller impact on our resources and energy reserves, and be all-around "greener." While Jason and Tom are very different on many political issues, they agree on this: we need to think green when it comes to building materials and the ways we use our resources. To this end, we've dedicated this page to telling you about some of the products we sell that can help you meet these goals. If you have any questions about what you see here, please fill out the contact form at the right, and we'll call you right away to go over how your project can not only help your home be more beautiful and functional but "greener" as well. Remember, you've found the best way to buy green products, "Factory-Direct & Worry-Free."

Many of the cabinet lines we sell are certified by the Kitchen Cabinet Maker's Association as members of the "Environmental Stewardship program." Click here to see what this means.

Ultracraft uses a very environmentally friendly material for all of their sheet goods (cabinet sides, backs, shelving), called an "EVR Panel." Click here to learn more.

Keeping finishes low in Volatile Oxides helps keep your cabinets from polluting the air in your home once they're installed. It also means that the factory that made your cabinets is less polluting than others. All of our cabinet lines offer low VOC finishes. Click here to read why that's important.

Bamboo is a standard building material in the east, but its acceptance as a mainstream building material in America is fairly recent. There are many benefits to building with Bamboo. Click here to read more about it.

Read this great article about how to choose energy efficient appliances

Check this out to see all the ways that Whirlpool appliances can help add efficiency and sustainablility to your home.

The Eco Kitchen

Whirlpool is very serious about making highly-efficient appliances affordable. Read this press release about their most efficient "green" appliances to date. They realize that the fridge will have an MSRP (not what we'll sell it for) of $2,099, much less than many refridgerators of lesser technical prowess. This frdige will use the power equivalent of a 60 watt light bulb. Interested? Click here to learn more, then buy it from the appliances section.

Whirlpool's Sustainable kitchen. You'll need Google sketchup to view this download, but it's freely available from google. This is a great example of what you can do, with Whirlpool and the Total Kitchen Store, to help make a sustainable kitchen that is functional and attractive.