Choosing The Right Cabinet Door For Your Kitchen
By Luke Anderson
The type of the cabinet door and its shape give you the texture and feel of the wood. However, it is missing the rhythm and harmony that can come from its color and other decorations that it may have. A light colored raised panel will give the kitchen a much different look and appeal than a darker flat slab. Each cabinet door has its own personality and it must be looked at as the centerpiece of your kitchen.

There are a variety of types of a cabinet door you can get. These can range from a recessed panel, raised panel, curved panel, beadboard panel, and even a black flat slab. While the type of the door is a large part in choosing the right cabinet door for your kitchen, there are a variety of other factors that must be taken into consideration when knowing how you want to decorate the cabinet door. The items that should be looked at are the color and type of stain, the wood veneer, the color of the paint, polyester, and glass.

The type of wood you have chosen and the color you want to get go hand in hand. Some forms of wood take lighter stains much better and can accent the wood much better. This is also true for mid-range and darker colors. If you wish to have a lighter color to your kitchen, your best bet is to go with something like ash, birch, elm, oak, or maple. If you wish to have that mid-range look, a nice cherry wood will do the trick. If you would like to have that darker look, maple is the best choice here.

You may have noticed that some of the woods were mentioned more than once up above. There is a madness put behind this. When you stain a wood it is much better to go from a lighter colored wood and make it dark. It is virtually impossible to go from a dark colored wood and go lighter. To use an analogy it is easer to take a white color and make it blue. It would be much harder, if not impossible, to take the color blue and make it white. Woods such as rosewood, teak, or mahogany are prime examples to use for a clear finish. These woods have a wonderful color and a great texture.

Wood veneer is made from peeling strips of wood off of a tree. When it is pulled off it is much thinner than the normal solid wood that is used in a normal cabinet door. This type of wood is usually applied to particleboard to give is strength. The result is the door costing much less. It also has a much more consistent grain since the wood was stripped in one piece. If this is something you have chosen for your cabinet doors, make sure that you have chosen a veneer that is of the same species as the rest of the cabinet.

There is almost and endless amount of things you can do with paint. There are a variety of colors that can be chosen as well as you having the ability to pick a different look and finish. You can go with a more distressed look or give the cabinet a worn out feel by sanding down the paint.

Polyester may not be one of the looks that you would have first thought of when doing your cabinet doors. It however has the same effect as it would on your car. You can get a glossy shiny finish that can be an asset to any kitchens looks and feel. This process involves a large number of steps as well as some steps that are rather difficult to achieve. You have to apply a layer in a dust-free environment to help achieve the shiny sheen. The only downside to choosing this approach is the obvious increase in the price.

Glass is another very common choice when picking what you would like to have your cabinets look like. With the glass you can add color to it as well as texture to the glass. You even have the ability to put a Warhammer mural on the glass if you so choose. This gives your cabinets that unique feel that is hard to duplicate in any kitchen.

There are a variety of choices that one has when choosing what to do with their cabinet doors in their kitchen. Stain, paint, and even glass are all wonderful choices to look at. Each one brings their own unique look and feel to the kitchen. Keep these wonderful choices in mind when looking to upgrade your kitchen cabinet doors.

The article was written by Josh Lydon. He is a writer working for Walzcraft Industries. If your looking for cabinet doors, make a quick stop at the site for a good selection and some great ideas for what you can do with your kitchen.