Shaker vs. Slab Door Style
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Comments (8)You can have reverse raised panel, or a veneered panel. With reverse raised panel, the wood will be "stripey" as it will be composed of many different strips of wood to achieve that solid panel. With a veneer panel, you will get the prettier grain pattern. Veneer panels are generally on top of a MDF core although it could also be plywood. MDF is preferred for veneering as it doesn't have any grain to telegraph through the veneer and spoil the look. If your panel is recessed on both sided, then you have a veneer panel. If the recess is only on the front, and the rear is raised and the wood is stripey, then you have a reverse raised panel. One is not "better" than the other, just more expensive. Veneer has long been used in furniture flat panels and using it in the recess panel is a perfectly fine choice....See Moreshaker style- 5 piece drawer door or solid?
Comments (17)I go with cloud_swift's idea. Although my eye is anal, so I'd have the line of 5-panel going straight across. There are drawers that are just too short to warrant the stiles and rails. Those, I'd go with slab. The larger drawers, where you could actually see the recessed panel, would be where I'd go 5-panel. It's the same with tall, skinny cabinets. 9" cabinets wouldn't show the detail! The rails and stiles would be right next to each other! The detail does show, even with darker cabinets. A pure slab is very much more modern -- unless they're inset. But you haven't mentioned which. As much as you talk about your handles and pulls, they're still going on a door or drawer. The detail behind them -- or lack thereof -- will change how the jewelery is showcased. I'd suggest just being consistent. Maybe all the top, skinny drawers slab, with the larger, lower drawers being detailed. You chose this because you liked it in the first place. Are you settling?...See MoreBaker Cherry Shaker doors vs IKEA Laxarby doors
Comments (14)Bbtrix, thank you so much for your input. It has been very helpful as I reflect on this project. I want to make the IKEA work because of $ and for simplicity. I considered the Laxarby because it will match the other elements and be paintable in the future if needed, as it is wood. The white selections that IKEA offer now, are all foil wrapped or some other product. I would have preferred a color to the cabinets other than white though. White would not work with my DH. I am thinking, after discussing this, that the dark Laxarby would be fine with the table. The room won't be really contemporary, the desk/table I am reading as more rustic. We live on a farm next to a major river with lots of woods nearby. The desk/table, to me, speaks to the countryside around us. The cabinets will blend and contrast with my kitchen. So maybe I am off the cherry cabinets for his office ;) I will be using a whitish countertop with the cabinets, but will need to consider that now, if I go with this table. I couldn't go walnut!!! Could I? It might be too dark for the room. Speaking of counters, I just saw on craigslist a bunch of walnut slabs that might work for countertop at my depth. OH NO! I wanted simple. But I love projects. I have the means to make a countertop out of a slab I think....See MoreShaker style cabinet doors with flat panel drawers?
Comments (10)I did flat panel on all of the narrow top drawers and shaker on the larger bottom two drawers; my stacks were a uniform 3 drawers. I preferred the look of the centered handle on the flat narrow drawer over the centered handle on a narrow shaker.one. I think all three options/combos come down to personal preference....See Morerufinorox
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