The doors are set inside the cabinet frame – hence, they are inset kitchen cabinets. As opposed to full or partial overlay style where the door sits on top of the cabinet frame.
This is a detail that most people won’t notice. I am unlike most people and my eye is quickly drawn to details like that. I had noticed this style of cabinetry in my research and really liked it.
Usually, this is the style of fully custom, built from scratch to your specs, cabinets. You can also guess that this type of cabinets is very expensive.
So I set out to design the kitchen with Chrystal from Bath, Kitchen and Tile Center in Abingdon, MD. I went through quite a few permutations, initially including removing walls and repositioning doorways.
Ultimately, I decided to stick with the walls and doors as they were. I thought it would be a better investment to put money toward the cost of cabinets as opposed to removing walls. And I was also nervous to take on a more involved construction project.