Shaker Cabinets - Slab or 5-Piece Drawers?
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Comments (24)When I was researching cabinet styles, I noticed a correlation between door and drawer details. The simpler the style, the more likely you'd see slab drawers, sometimes all slab and sometimes mixed with 5-piece drawer fronts. As cabinet styles became more detailed, there was a much slimmer chance of seeing them paired with slab drawer fronts. As buehl discovered, plain fronts don't look as finished with more detailed doors. Drawers that echo door details just look better. I think you could go either way and I'd be more inclined to aim for a balanced look of stile versus inset panel. 1" clearance between stiles doesn't seem to provide that, IMO. Your wider stiles sound more like the contemporized Shaker cabintes that Ikea offers. Perhaps you can find some inspiration by looking at photos of Ikea kitchens. There are several in the FKB. Here's an example of a 4-drawer bank next to a 3-drawer bank from mindstorm's kitchen (link below). You can see more photos if you click on the link to the photo album from mindstorm's FKB page. Here is a link that might be useful: FKB - Mindstorm's kitchen....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 MoreTop Drawers on Shaker style cabinetry
Comments (16)Thanks everyone for the input so far. I had looked at pictures and I strongly prefer slab drawers when paired with a beaded inset, but we ruled out beaded inset because of the additional cost. My cabinet maker doesn't charge more for 5 piece drawers vs. slab drawers so our choices are the just reduce the top/bottom part of the 5-piece drawer so the side rails line up with the drawer or door below it in terms of width, or to reduce all 4 sides. It seems like the former option is more common, but I think I prefer the proportional option. Has anyone else done that? Any pictures?...See More3-piece shaker drawer fronts?
Comments (11)great input, thanks. I have a lot of drawers, so with slab I was concerned that it might look kind of unfinished, or like a slab front kitchen. I have both stacks of drawers and drawers on top of cabinet doors. The cab people ensured that the stiles would line up on drawers over doors. You're absolutely right about letting the grain of the walnut shine through uninterrupted. This 3-piece looks either kind of dated or kind of craftsman, which my house is not. It's 1904 and while we're not bending over backwards to preserve, I do like things to look not TOO out of time/place. I'm having the same style but painted in the adjacent dining area, and that might be a different consideration as there won't be the wood grain to show off. On a side note: man, these walnut cab doors are ge-orgeous....See Morerhome410
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