Semihandmade makes the ultimate IKEA hack: stylish doors to fit IKEA cabinets ? hear the origin story from owner John McDonald.

This week?s DMTV Milkshake guest is John McDonald, founder and CEO of Semihandmade.
If you?ve recently embarked on the fearsome journey that is installing new kitchen cabinets, you?ve probably encountered the work of John McDonald, whose Semihandmade produces the ultimate IKEA hack: stylish doors to fit (and improve upon) IKEA cabinets. ?I joke it?s a love-hate relationship [with IKEA] ? I love them, and they hate me,? John says. ?But that?s not completely true. It?s been a complicated relationship over the last decade, and the fact is, we don?t exist without them. They build a system that has allowed this incredible ecosystem to sort of spring up around it.? McDonald?s new addition to this endeavor is BOXI by Semihandmade, ?The first American-built direct-to-consumer line of cabinets for the entire home?; through it, customers can purchase American-made cabinets for the kitchen, bathroom and elsewhere, online, for delivery within three to four weeks.
In this edition of Milkshake, McDonald talks us through the ABCs of ordering cabinets for the first time: ?It’s not something to jump into,? he says. ?In some ways, depending on how big the project is, you could be spending the price of a small, or medium-size, or large car. It’s not a purchase you make many times in your life.? He also shares his circuitous route to cabinet ent...