Cabinet appointment

Brian McKenzie doesn't like to think a lot about the housing market collapse, and all the small construction-related companies that sank with it.

His family's business, McCabinet, should've been one of those casualties -- it's something McKenzie still loses sleep over some nights. But thanks to a legacy set by his father, Kevin, all the way back to the company's founding in the family garage in 1996, McCabinet had something to hold on to so that it could live to build another day.

Since then, the Pinellas Park company has grown from a few employees to 18, and is set to move into a new warehouse space it purchased in Largo. The big gains in revenue -- that this year could hit $2.8 million compared to sub-$1 million ledgers right after the recession — could be attributed to the housing market's return. But it's also the product of McKenzie's insistence the cabinet installer diversify.