If it is not square, you can struggle with hanging doors to have an even reveal (the space between the cabinet frame and the cabinet door). One of the challenges with frameless cabinets is keeping the cabinet box perfectly square.
It is a very simple, modern design for cabinets. They are sometimes called European style cabinets and were made very popular by Ikea. The plywood edges are covered in edge banding to finish them. For cabinets with double doors, you can have a center stile to give a little more wiggle room when installing the double doors.Ī frameless cabinet is a cabinet that is only made from plywood.Cabinet doors do not have to be absolutely perfectly aligned to look great (the face frame offers some wiggle room).
#FULL OVERLAY CABINETS VS FRAMELESS INSTALL#
Cabinets do not have to be perfectly square to successfully install cabinet doors (great for DIY).In the US it is easy to find hinges for overlay doors on your face frame cabinets.Many cabinets with inset cabinet doors are built with a bead detail on the faceframe where it meets the door because the outside of the inset cabinet door is typically squared off and lacking design detail.Benefits of Face Frame Cabinets with Overlay Doors Inset cabinet door placement the cabinet doors are built to fit inside the faceframes so exact cabinet door sizing and square is critical. This reduced frame creates a more narrow gap or “reveal” between doors and drawer fronts at the cabinet front, creating an appearance that is closer to the clean lines of a frameless cabinet while still providing the strength of the faceframe.
#FULL OVERLAY CABINETS VS FRAMELESS FULL#
In full overlay construction the faceframes are typically more narrow than traditional faceframes with frames reduced to 1-1/2″ width or smaller. In standard overlay construction you can see a significant portion of the faceframe behind the doors and drawer fronts. Traditional faceframe cabinets are built with standard overlay construction where the cabinet doors partially overlaying the faceframe by 1/2″ on all sides. Faceframe construction is considered very strong and durable because of the extra reinforcement provided by the solid wood frame on front and remains a popular cabinet construction option.Ĭabinet door placement – full overlay, partial overlay, inset While frameless cabinet construction originated in Europe, it has become mainstream and is widely used in the United States.įaceframe cabinet construction is a more traditional cabinet construction method where the cabinet box has a frame (typically 2″ solid wood frame stock) attached securely to the face of the box and the cabinet door attaches to the face or inside of the frame typically with a 1/2″ overlay (the cabinet door covers 1/2″ of the frame underneath on all sides).
European cabinet construction can be less expensive than face frame because you don’t have the added cost of solid faceframe lumber and it can be less time consuming to make, however box materials and construction and reinforcement methods vary greatly so frameless cabinets may not always cost less. Instead of seeing the frame between drawer fronts or cabinet doors, the doors and drawer fronts cover the entire box and meet up with each other providing a clean look and maximum access to the cabinet. Instead the cabinet doors are attached directly to inside of the box itself, and the doors completely cover the frame. Frameless, European-style kitchen cabinetsįrameless or European cabinet constructiondoes not have a frame on the front of the cabinet box.
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