Kitchen Cabinet Doors - Types & Varieties

When looking for kitchen cabnet doors you will need to know about the various types and styles available.

For those looking to replace there existing kitchen cabinet doors you will need to know of the many varities and typs available on the market place.  Replacing your kitchen cabinet doors is a great way to change the look and feel of your existing kitchen decor.Providing you purchase the right style and design of cabinet doors, you will find you can easily replace your doors in a matter of mnutes rather than hours. Kitchen cabinet door replacing is one of the easiet forms of upgrade you can give to your kitchen as well as being very affordable.

Choosing the right design style

Some of the most common styles of kitchen cabnet doors are as follows:

Raised Panel:  Consisting of a raised form of design in the centre of the cabinet door, this is a very common dsign style that can be implement well in any kitchen

Glass frame door:  Great for adding a focal point of unique china and porcelain within your kitchen.  Glass can come with sketched designs or plain as well as coming clear or frosted.  These types of kitchen cabinet doors come in 2 types, your standard 1 sheet panel of glass as well as mullion bar types that separate glass to provide a sectioned look.

Metal frame doors: Almost always these types of cabinet doors come with glass as part of the design.  Great for a really modern look, especially thosewith a frosted glass effect. 

Types of cabinet doors on the market.

Flush Cabinet doors

These type of doors when closed sit within the outline of the frame when closed.  When choosing the right set make sue measurements comply with your cabinet frame as many have made the mistake of purchasing frames to big to snugly fit inside.  With some wood types of cabinets there is a possibility over time that the structure could slightly morph sometimes leading to kitchen cabinet doors sticking or catching on to the frame.

Overlay cabinet doors

These doors are designed to rest on the frame of your existing cabint frame.  As well as ben very common in the kitchen they are affordable and come in a varity of colours, styles and designs.  It's advised to take measurements of hinge placment and door measurements before setting out to purchase overlay doors.

Tambour style cabinet door

These doors are the sliding variety which are becoming increasingly popular in modern designed kitchens.  When looking to implement these types of kitchen cabinet door take careful consideration of the layout around the cabinet in question.  Many find that a sligh alteration maybe need for these types to fit and operate correctly.  The downside to this type of kitchen cabinet door is that pover time it's possible for the sliding mechanism to come off it's track.  Apart from that they are a great addition to provide you with that modern and unique look, as well as preventing you from hitting your head liek many overlay types!

Lipped style cabinet doors

These type are identical to your standard insert or flush doors but provide an even tighter fit by means of a groove cut round the rear of the door