Full overlay cabinet spacing for custom cabinetry?
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How much frame should be visible with full overlay cabinets?
Comments (15)Thanks for the replies. I would have loved for the gaps to be as tight as sjhockeyfan's cabinets, which looks great. However, another thing that occurred to me is that our sink cabinet is centered under the window, which was a new addition and installed a couple of weeks ago. It seems that the only way to tighten that gap to the right of the sink cabinet now would be to move it to the right (and out of center with the window), since the cabinet on the right is the corner cabinet that is basically the anchor of my L-shaped kitchen. Coulda, shoulda, woulda, but I kind of blame myself for not being a little more on top of everything. In hindsight, I think I would have had them hold off on finalizing the window placement until the cabinets arrived and were placed and placed correctly. Part of the problem is semi-custom cabinets taking 4-6 weeks and GC's trying to stay within a time frame. Or I could have been more on top of them about having extremely precise measurements, though that may have been difficult given the amount of demolition we had to do before knowing the exactly what we had behind our walls. I really never anticipated this being an issue. Unfortunately I'm afraid I may be stuck with these gaps. At least they're all pretty equal in size now, as I think different sized gaps would have looked worse, and did look worse in the case of my range top cabinet. Hopefully, over time they will stop bothering me....See MoreMore inset cabinets ?s and is it ok to combine with full overlay
Comments (2)1)You'll be fine on std. depth. 2)Most pre-built cabinets use standard(oft-outsourced)drawer boxes, so they'll just "park" deeper in the cabinet. Most lines have about 3" "deadspace" behind the drawers for plumbing, utilities,etc. You'll only have about 2.25" now. The 9" pantry roll-out is almost always outsourced, so no impact from inset. 3)You're on the right track w/ varying the color, or area for mixing w/ full-overlay....See MoreAre full overlay cabinets worth $5k extra?
Comments (22)Full overlay is not necessarily for "more beauty wood" nor is it the same as frameless (both comments I saw above). Framed cabinets (with the frame around the opening) can be partial overlay, full overlay, or inset. Frameless cabinets have no frame around the opening - it's just the walls. Frameless cabinets offer more storage space than framed. They are not offered by all cabinet manufacturers or custom cabinetmakers. . For looks (form), "full overlay" does look more high-end and, IMHO, nicer. However, sometimes "partial" is fine since, as someone mentioned, some have less empty space around the doors than others, Some partials do not have stiles in the middle of wider cabinets (like Lenzai's picture above), while others so. I will note that in some case partial can be better b/c you don't need as much filler since the doors open well within the cabinet space. (Full overlay doors often open on the edge of the cabinet so in corners, for example, filler is needed.) In our kitchen, all but one cabinet is full overlay. The corner sink base is partial and eliminated the need for filler b/w the corner cabinets and the adjacent cabinets on each side. If you are OK or like the look of "partial overlay" and would rather spend the 5K on more functionality - then do it! Since this is a new build, I assume you will be in the house for many years to come, so don't plan for resale b/c you don't know what will be the current fad when you sell (unless you have a reliable crystal ball or you are a precog!) BTW....unless we know where you live, the cost of homes does not tell us anything. Where I live, the #s you stated are for mid-level homes and either partial or full would be fine in them. In other areas, those #s might be for high-end homes or for low-end homes!...See MoreUpper white inset cabs with lower full overlay wood cabinets
Comments (13)I'm really liking the two tone look lately. I'm debating about it for my cabin's kitchen, so of course I had to search for some examples. Here are few I found. This one is my favorite! Here are a few from GW that did the wood fridge surround which I like. I'm not sure though if in a smaller kitchen whether or not it would be better for all the uppers to flow with the fridge surround??? Hopefully others will chime in. Here is one with white around fridge and oven stack. I like both! But I am leaning toward the wood surround myself. I really think it's more just personal preference though because both look nice. I would also consider how much natural light your kitchen has as that might make you lean toward white. If you could post pictures of your existing space that would help us give the best advice....See MoreKristin Petro Interiors, Inc.
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