Let’s Help Build a Home

Our team from Ideal Cabinets took off our Design hats for one day to assist with hanging drywall in one of Habitat for Humanity’s newest homes. You may remember that…

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Our Place in History

What is our place in history? As we near completion of the Founder’s Conference Room in our Christiansburg showroom, we have been reflecting on our past as a company.  The…

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Meet Melissa Kinlaw of Ideal Cabinets

Genuine people have a unique ability to make others feel comfortable and accepted. If I had to describe Melissa with only one word, it would be “Genuine”. The Cambridge dictionary…

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Imagination Not Required

“What do you think that will look like in my house?  I wish I could see it before I do it.” says every homeowner preparing to renovate a space within…

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Meet Jana Rakes of Ideal Cabinets

Jana was born and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia. She migrated to Christiansburg, Virginia, in 1994 after graduating from Liberty University and marrying Pat Rakes. (whom she met in a country-western…

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Sweater Weather is Coming

I have friends- you know who you are- who have already put out their pumpkins and fall decorations!  They have their sweaters ready and can’t wait for the temperature to…

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Tears to Cheers

Ken Rakes was the founder and visionary of Ideal Cabinets, which was founded in 1970 in Christiansburg, Virginia.  Almost from its inception, Ideal Cabinets offered design, demo, construction, and installation…

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