Whenever
it comes to the kitchen cabinet doors during your decision
making on your new or remodeled kitchen, the question
is more about taste and favors than anything else. This
article wants to give you a little more insights on what
to look for when you decide which doors you will put
on your kitchen cabinet. Apart
of many obvious things like material and color, you might
want to have a closer look on some details
of
kitchen cabinet doors.
Two
basic types of doors
First of the typical board or panel type cabinet door
is the most common nowadays.  Made out of plywood it is
either coated with laminate or veneer. Available in all
shapes or sizes, panel doors are much cheaper to manufacture
than framed.
Framed
kitchen cabinet doors are the traditional way of door
making. While a simple board of massif wood would not
be kept flat over time, a frame is constructed where
the insert wooden panel is fixed in a groove. Framed
kitchen cabinet doors can have a panel set in made
of either wood or many other materials, such as glass
or even laminated panels.
If
you go for framed doors you should check the way the
corner joint of the frame is done.
Basically
three types can be differentiated:
The
most common and durable joint is the mortise and tenon
joint. Being also the most time consuming to make,
only high end kitchen cabinet doors are done in this
matter. The tongue and groove joint often combined with
a dowel is more often used nowadays, giving the doors
enough stability.
The
third category of kitchen cabinet doors are glass doors.
Mostly used around
kitchen island cabinets, they
allow an interesting additional design element in the
kitchen. If you happen to have one or more kitchen cabinet
doors made of glass, you should have a look on the hinges
used to hold it. Look for high quality durable
cabinet hinges otherwise your
glass doors might bevel quite a lot.
 To
sum it up, when you decide on your doors keep in mind
not just material and color, but also the way the are
fabricated. Especially on framed doors you should have
a close look on the corner joint. On kitchen cabinet
doors made of glass take a look on the
hinges offered.
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