There are too many standard door styles to name here, available from a variety of large manufacturers. If you’re having your cabinets custom-built, you can consider them all. For semicustom cabinets, there are fewer door styles available but still plenty of options. With stock cabinet doors, what you see is obviously what you get.
When you begin looking at door styles, you’ll likely see popular styles with names like Shaker (pictured above), Windsor, Revere and Mission. These are widely recognizable, but sometimes different manufacturers call the same door style by different names.
Still, most door option characteristics are universal. Raised panels refer to middle panels that stick out from the door frame (not to be confused with the cabinet face frame), usually with a profile shape of some sort. With recessed panel doors, the middle panel is set well inside the door frame. Mitered construction refers to doors with a mitered corner at the door frame corner connections. Flat panel doors refer to doors with no profile (they are totally smooth-faced). Some doors make use of applied moldings, providing added detail.
It’s a lot to think about, and it’s important. The cabinet door style makes a huge impact on the overall look of your cabinets. You can use a very modern, Euro-style cabinet construction style, but ornate doors and drawers with a distressed finish will create a traditional, old-world look.
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