I love what you said about you love your children more :)

I have two friends with inset. Guess what??? Dents around the drawers. They have children.

I had inset for awhile, in addition to paint chips, the doors would expand and not close properly when the humidity levels were high They are beautiful, but I'm going with full overlay in my new house.

I have inset in my main house. We are doing a new kitchen in a vacation house. My husband kept saying he loves inset and wanted to put it in the vacation condo. I think he likes the look. I convinced him to go full overlay. Mainly for cost. I like the look of full overlay as well. Inset has less space and I do bang the edges of the frame and can see that when I pull a pot out of a few cabinets. When I was doing my kitchen here, the one with inset, a KD strongly advised me not to do it. She said she had inset and had redone the kitchen to get rid of them. I do find that I have to adjust the hinges a lot.

All of that being said, I do like the look and am not sorry I did it in my home kitchen. Looking forward to seeing how I like the full overlay in condo kitchen, though.

I have had all colors of kitchen. White is fine with little kids. If you see a spill you wipe immediately. Vs with stain. One can get by you and the sun hits perfectly while standing in your kitchen with a guest. :)

Ha, yes, gwlake - definitely more about dents and dings than wipe-able stuff. :) My friend with 5 sons and white cabinets, well... I couldn't handle the wear and tear I see on her cabinets! Which is what it boils down to, I think, coming to terms with what I can live with.

This is a good post since I love inset but am now thinking with my small kitchen that I should go with full overlay.

Thanks Joseph. That company sure makes an interesting products!

Cabinet construction - how to choose?
Here’s a great article: Framed
vs. Frameless