I am a little confused as to what you're looking for. Doors with mullions just have wood framing in the glass area. The glass itself can be clear, seeded, frosted or whatever you want.

I have one style of mullion doors but the glass is clear (I don't like it this way and wanted seeded glass but DH refuses to pay for it). I'm guessing this is look you're actually hoping to avoid?

To get the terms straight. the little pieces of wood that divide the panes of glass are "muntins"; mullions are the pieces of wood between window frames.

We get the glass installed Thursday. Here is a before and after door installed picture. I wanted to see some decorated items but not everything. Hope this helps.

I'm sorry everyone, I got the terminology wrong. What I wanted to see was "seeded" glass glass doors (or non-clear).

It seems most people here have clear glass on their doors, wondering why more people don't prefer to have their "dust Bunnies" hidden! That is what I'm concerned about.

I wouldn't even consider clear glass on my cabinet doors!! I want my kitchen to look nice, and if you could see the insides of my cabinets, it wouldn't. I don't remember price being an issue, but, then again I only put glass on two doors so it was probably negligible.

I'm getting 2-21" cabinets w/glass doors w/mullions (muntins ?). The glass will be sort of swirly rather than seeded (I don't know the technical name!) I will also be getting glass shelves 3/4" thick (to allow me to put my stoneware dishes in the cabinets...I have a lot & they're heavy). The cost is approximately $1,000 for the glass.

I think the wood "dividers" are actually in the front of a single sheet of glass rather than separate panes. Are these "mullions" or "muntins"? (Aren't the "muntins" the pieces of wood that hold the glass in place?)

BTW...according to my KD, glass shelves will still "bow" like wood. She said you need to turn glass shelves over each year just as you do wood shelves. (Any confirmation on that?)

I have seeded glass doors and the contents are visible, just not as much as clear glass, which I have in my hutch. I have wood shelves and no lights.

You need to be aware that any glass door cabinet is more for display and is not as useful as a regular cabinet.

I have clear glass doors with bevelling on the glass. I think the type of decor of your kitchen contributes to the decision of what kind of glass. I have a somewhat contemporary looking kitchen (I also would call it "transitional", cause I do have a few traditional elements mixed with the contemporary). The clear glass fits well with my kitchen's decor. Bevelling the edges almost doubled the cost of the glass, but I love the subtle high-end look (versus plain clear glass). I keep my "good" china in those cabinets, and wine glasses, so I like that the contents are visible. I agree with Momj47 that any kind of glass door cabinet will show the contents; I think even the seeded or wavy-glass or frosted glass are not such good candidates for storage of sippy cups, cereal boxes, assorted plastic containers, and the like.

As to mullions vs. muntins--wow, I've called them mullions my whole life. After reading Heimert's message, I had to look it up. Here's the link.

Here is a link that might be useful: Wikipedia - Mullion and Muntin

buehl,

didn't know I had to turn the wooden shelves over. Crap, that's going to be a lot of work- every shelf - every year!?!

I will have glass shelves in my garden windows, alcove, and was planning on putting them in the cabinet over my microwave- so that won't be such a huge task. Is it only for shelves that have heavy loads on them? What about pullouts? You can't flip those over cuz they have sides. No one flips over drawers...

Has anyone else ever heard of this?

I will be having two cupboards with glass inserts- one 42" and one 30". Both will be for dishes, glasses, and mugs. Good excuse to get some new 'accessories' that'll look perty, and maybe give me incentive not to get too cluttery.

I have bevelled glass in mullions in a corner cupboard in my dining room and I love that look. I store my good china and glasses and vases in that cupboard. My longterm plan is to replace the plain glass (which I don't even have yet) in my kitchen cupboards with custom made leaded glass with bevels. There are a number of sellers on eBay who seem to make some fairly reasonably prices stained glass panels.

I had not heard of this either...but in retrospect I should have thought about it. After all, we flip our mattresses every few months for much the same reason!

In my current kitchen, several of my shelves are bowed. Not all, just those w/heavy items. The rest look fine, and it's been over 12 years. W/drawers & full extension I think you have more support in general for the "platforms". But, it made me reconsider where I was going to put a couple of things...back to shelves in upper cabs rather than drawers, just in case.

I'm planning on turning over one cabinet and cleaning out one drawer bank every couple of months or so (8 upper cabs & 8 drawer bases). It doesn't seem like such a chore then...plus it guarantees that I will clean out and wipe down each cabinet at least once a year!

I have never heard of flipping wood shelves in cabinets. That seems a bit nonsensical to me but maybe it is because I don't have enough stuff on my shelves. I do flip my mattress every so often but I don't follow the rules on that either. Que sera.

God forbid you (this is a collective and funny 'you' not a name calling 'you') tie a ribbon around sets of sheets in your linen closet? Never mind, I don't want to know. That just scares me too much. LOL.

jeeze, shelves used to be permanent. what did those poor people do? plus their dishes were HEAVY. i've never rotated my shelves (14 years now), they are 3/4 laminated mdf...structurally, VERY sound.

as far as mullion, muntin...i've seen many many cabinet companies and cab. door companies refer to them as "mullion" doors and i think it's pretty common to call them that. i've noticed that lots of items are called by various names by various people, even professionals.

susan, what kind of glass is that? i like it and will have to choose soon.

People used to have better made cabinets & shelves were thicker and had more support all around (my parents' house has cabinets made in 1960 w/permanent shelves...those shelves are still going strong!) Seriously, we currently have 12-year old builder-grade cabs and they're not the best (Aristokraft). Our shelves are 1/2" whatever. I just looked and about a third are bowed in the middle. The worst is the one with the glass mixing bowls. I have 6 stacked on one shelf...a lot of weight!

Does anyone know what the "swirly" glass is called? Any pictures? I've looked on the FKB but didn't see any--at least not that I could tell. I think we need a "glass front cabinet" category!

The problem with the FKB, however, is that a high percentage of the kitchens are no longer viewable because (1) Yahoo shut down their picture hosting and (2) many have removed their pics or made them private.

Wow, Just when you think, you've thought of everything! Now that you mention it, I had to flip one of my pantry shelves the last time I cleaned in there. I thought it was an anomoly. My canned goods were just too much I guess.

Here is a website that shows different glass patterns. Just FYI.

Here is a link that might be useful: Glass patterns

wow, thank you, mtnwoman....very nice site!