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By James Mahoney
Kitchen cabinet doors can add to the beauty of your kitchen. The
appearance of your kitchen cabinets rests on the quality of your cabinets.
You can therefore completely change the look of your kitchen simply by
changing the doors of your kitchen cabinets. Good kitchen cabinet design
is also important if you want to get the most storage use possible out of
your available storage space, and this should also be the goal in the
design of any kitchen.
Kitchen Cabinet Wood Types
Kitchen cabinets can be made from dozens of woods including Oak, Maple,
Pine, Cherry, Hickory, Poplar, Alder and Birch. Hickory and Oak are the
hardest and the heaviest. Cherry, Birch and Maple are considered to be
well suited to cabinetry. Less expensive and more plentiful woods such as
Alder and Poplar work best with glazed finishes used in creating an
'antique' look. Pine is a soft wood that can be more prone to dents and
scratches.
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There are three types of cabinet door shapes, slab,
recessed panel, and raised panel.
There are many cabinet design styles to choose from. Four of the more
common cabinet design styles are: traditional, country, shaker and
contemporary.
Kitchen Cabinet Construction
Kitchen cabinets are generally constructed using a combination of these
kinds of woods, as well as particleboard or plywood.
Some cabinet doors are made of solid wood, which is generally more
expensive. Although solid wood and plywood kitchen cabinet doors are
regarded a stronger and thicker, particleboard is considered less likely
to expand.
When selecting kitchen cabinets it is a good ideas to start by defining
your style. Will your kitchen design be more along the lines of a
traditional look with raised panel doors and a lot of ornate molding? Or
will it be more of a rustic look with knotty pine and more simple
detailing?
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There are three main types of kitchen cabinets. These
include, in-stock kitchen cabinets, semi-stock kitchen cabinets, and
custom kitchen cabinets.
While custom-cabinet doors are more expensive than the do-it-yourself
variety, the advantage is that you are able to get exactly what you want
at a very high level of craftsmanship. You can tailor the cabinets to the
exact specifications and needs of your kitchen.
There are also several styles of cabinet doors that can be related to one
or two of the overall design styles. Doors for a custom kitchen cabinet
can be flat or frameless, raised, curved, simple, or carved.
James Mahoney is the author of many kitchen
design articles and has a site about kitchen design ideas at Kitchen
Designers Ideas.com. He also publishes a newletter on kitchen design.
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