Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
For the Kitchen Cabinet Makers
howgor
For all you folks that have done kitchens, I see that sometimes the drawer fronts match the panel style of the doors, but other times the drawer fronts are simply flat. Is there a current trend that is driving this one way or the other, or is this a matter of personal preference? Thanks
Re: For the Kitchen Cabinet Makers
Virgil Johnson
I made simple flat doors and drawers fronts to match. Personal preference and makes cleaning a breeze compared to the previous raised panels.
Re: For the Kitchen Cabinet Makers
Barry Irby
The last set I built had Shaker style door and drawer fronts. The reason was I had some taller drawers and stacks of them and I thought the panel style drawer front would look better and I would have had to glue up lumber to make pieces wide enough.
All in all, I think it's a matter of personal choice.
Re: For the Kitchen Cabinet Makers
David Yoho
I think it comes down to your personal preference. That said, there are things to consider.
For Shaker style cabinets where the doors are frame around flat panels, matching this look on shallow drawers just doesn't work, in my opinion. A flat front looks much better. Deep drawers look fine with the fame and flat panel but not shallow ones.
For cabinets with frame and raised panels, for me the same holds true. However, this doesn't mean the drawer fronts have to be flat. They can have a matching or similar edge profile like the door panels but without the frame.
Then there are cabinets with flat doors and drawer fronts. These can be straight edged or feature some kind of profile around them.
It's your kitchen. What will satisfy you and make you happy?
Re: For the Kitchen Cabinet Makers
Bill Tindall, E.Tn.
I have done 2 kitchens and one remodel. Don't look to me to follow a trend. I build what I/we like. It's our kitchen. I didn't build our houses to sell to someone else.
Re: For the Kitchen Cabinet Makers
Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)
When I built our kitchen a few years ago in the Shaker style, the drawers were done both ways. The preference was for a frame-and-panel, but some drawers needed to be flat simply because they were too low to include the width of a frame.
Regards from Perth
Derek
Whatever looks best at IKEA
Slab drawer fronts only
Dick Coers
I hate the look of a tiny panel on a drawer front that will even crowd the pulls.
Thanks for Your Thoughts