Not sure on the acronym is RFT are we talking RTF (Rigid Thermal Foil) or thermofoil or whatever the next manufacturer is calling it (Kraftmaid calls it laminate?) - who can keep them straight. Bit of a bad word here (which ever one you use) but my Mom used it in her new kitchen and our experience cross shopping product was good - we chose a moulding from another company in the same colour and the match was perfect. I would recommend taking in a door and checking it against a store sample as there is some variation depending on where the manufacturer buys the foil product.

You can't cut out door centres with RTF doors the foil will shred so new doors is the way to go. Your other option is to go with unfinished doors (usually also available through the refacing programs at the box stores) and paint match. We took the glass out of a door and used the door to frame an open shelf and where the gasket was to hold the glass was just raw MDF so we just colour matched some paint and applied it. Not as prominent an area as the face of the door but if yout test the sheen it should work. If you order an unfinished MDF door you have to start with an oil based primer to get a smooth finish.

I don't really think you can see the area without sticking your head inside the cabinet - anything before where the glass would be is thermo but what's behind it is painted.

I like Caryscott's method of having a glass cabinet door without mullions. I think it will be easier for you. But also, I have another reason. I couldn't deal with the mullions not lining up with the shelves. I actually replaced my glass cabinet door with mullions for a glass cabinet door without mullions. It was quite easy to do actually. I write about it on the link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Thread about Shelves Lining up with Mullions

caryscott - yes RTF if rigid thermal foil cabinets. These are the cabinets the builder put in when the house was built in 1997. Our house isn't our forever home and isn't in the type of neighborhood that spending $30K plus to redo everything would be worth our money. So we're just making small changes - granite counters & new backsplash, a couple glass doors over the "bar" area.

and thanks for the recommendation of the glass with no mullions. i think it may be the way to go because i was just looking at the shelves and realized they would line up with an evenly divided mullion door. And i don't want to move the shelves because then i couldn't fit my champagne glasses in them - of key importance!! thanks for the pictures too, i really like the look of that glass. i'll definitely have to research this more.

akchicago, thanks for the link. after reading it, i'm pretty sure my mullions not lining up would drive me crazy too.

Just glass it is!! Thanks so much!

Glad it helped I sort of lost the plot there for a bit. I don't know anything about Quality Doors but they seem to have been around for a while. Some companies do thermo better than others.