Kitchen Cabinet Styles that are Popular

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We believe in the trend-resistant kitchen cabinet—something that will remain timeless and ensure you won’t want to start fresh every few years. We favor a clean, streamlined aesthetic, without fancy carved wood or molding.

To make the selection a little easier, we’ve narrowed down the options. As far as we’re concerned, these are the only three cabinet styles you need to know: glass-front, Shaker-style, and flat-front.

1. Shaker-Style Cabinets

While many traditional styles have fallen in favor, Shaker-style cabinets have only gained in popularity, thanks to their minimalist but still distinctive look. Each Shaker-style door has five segments: vertical pieces on the sides called stiles, horizontal pieces on the top and bottom called rails, and a recessed panel in the middle. (More-traditional cabinet styles often have raised center panels.)

Pros:

As with glass-front cabinets, it’s quite acceptable to combine Shaker with flat-front styles.
Because they’re so popular, Shaker cabinets are widely available and can be reasonably priced—in fact, the best budget option is sold by Ikea.

Cons:

You’ll need to clean regularly to prevent dirt from collecting on the inset area.

2. Glass-Front Cabinets

You may not choose to have glass fronts on every cabinet in your kitchen (especially the below-counter ones), but it’s OK to mix and match with, say, a flat-front style. Like a window, a single cabinet door can be made up of one or several panes of glass.

Pros:

• As kitchens tend to be dusty and greasy places, glass-front cabinets display ceramics and glassware but keep them more protected than open shelves.
• Adding lights installed inside your glass-front cabinets will help brighten your kitchen—and also highlight what’s displayed.
• Glass-front doors also let you add a design element inside the cabinets—say, installing beadboard in the back, or painting the interiors.

Cons:

• There’s a downside to the display element: Since whatever’s inside is in open view, you must keep your shelves neat and tidy. That’s a good reason to have glass on only some of your cabinets—and put your best stuff in those. Or, choose frosted glass, for some opacity.
• Be sure the glass is high quality; for safety’s sake you’ll need it to be durable.
• Cleaning glass and wood is a two-step process. Dirt and dust can collect along with the frames; glass is easily cleaned but will need a glass cleaner.
• Glass-front cupboards are a little more expensive than wood, as the glazing takes more time to fit and finish in the shop.

3. Flat-Front Cabinets

Flat-front doors, also called slab doors, are solid with no panels or other framing. It’s a simple, minimalist look that works well in any modern or contemporary kitchen. Flat-front doors are generally made from a single piece of plywood or MDF, which is either painted or covered with wood veneer.

Pros:

• No cabinet is easier to clean or refinish than one with a flat front.
• These make an excellent showcase for the hardware you choose (knobs, drawer pulls, and the like).
  Because of their simplicity, flat-front cabinets can be the least expensive, but it all depends on the type of wood used, the finished applied, the hardware, and more.

Cons:

Flat-front cabinets can look a little stark, but you can easily add interest by staining the wood or painting it. (They’re particularly easy to paint.)

More to consider:

Cabinet prices vary widely, depending on the quality of the wood, the finish, and the style. When you’re browsing cabinet styles, there are also many functional features to consider, and they all affect the final price tag: Are drawers available? How about wine racks or specialized fittings, like spice drawers? What hardware is used to install them (such as hinges and sliding mechanisms)? What material is on the inside? Then there’s how you customize the look: the type of wood; the color, stain, or finish; the handles and knobs. Selecting the style is just the beginning, but it sets the groundwork.

And, if you do ever tire of your Shaker cabinets, the styles are simple enough that replacing the doors can be a fast and easy way to update your kitchen, as long as the cabinets themselves are still in good shape.

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