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A kitchen showcasing multiple cabinet door styles

Design Guide

Three door styles. One clear choice for your kitchen.

Our full catalog is built around three doors. Understand the differences and the choice becomes obvious.

Shaker cabinet door style

The timeless classic

Shaker

A five-piece door with a recessed flat center panel and a surrounding frame. Unchanged in form since the 1860s. Reads as traditional in a modern kitchen and modern in a traditional one — the only door style that works in both directions.

check_circleGood for

  • Craftsman and farmhouse homes
  • Transitional kitchens that want texture without clutter
  • Homes you plan to live in for decades

infoLess ideal for

  • Very contemporary interiors (visual shadow line may fight the flat-planed aesthetic)
  • Households that do not enjoy regular cleaning of the recessed panel

Products in this style

Three-Drawer Base Cabinetarrow_forwardShaker Wall Cabinetarrow_forwardFull-Height Pantry Cabinetarrow_forward
Flat Panel cabinet door style

The contemporary choice

Flat Panel

A single uninterrupted slab of door material with no inset detail. Full-overlay mounting means the door face nearly meets the door beside it — razor-thin reveals. The dominant style in European kitchens for the last thirty years.

check_circleGood for

  • Modern, minimalist, or contemporary interiors
  • Small kitchens (visual simplicity makes the room read larger)
  • Households that prefer wiping one smooth surface to dusting trim

infoLess ideal for

  • Period homes where flat-panel reads as a historical mismatch
  • Very warm, textured rooms that need the breathing room a Shaker provides

Products in this style

Flat Panel Base Cabinetarrow_forwardUtility/Broom Tall Cabinetarrow_forward60" Double-Sink Vanityarrow_forward
Glass-Front cabinet door style

Curated display, protected

Glass-Front

Tempered, low-iron glass panels in precision aluminum framing. Interior LED-ready. The cabinet style that doubles as architecture — transforms a cabinet bank into a gallery wall.

check_circleGood for

  • Collections worth displaying (glassware, ceramics, cookbooks)
  • Accent runs that break up long expanses of solid cabinetry
  • Kitchens with natural light that deserves to travel through the uppers

infoLess ideal for

  • Messy households (everything inside is on display, all the time)
  • Primary base-cabinet positions (reserve for uppers or display columns)

Products in this style

Still can't decide?

Order one Shaker sample and one flat-panel sample. Put them on your counter in morning and afternoon light for three days. The answer almost always reveals itself.