| When planning and designing your kitchen cabinets, | | | | cabinets will feature natural patterns and |
| space and functionality will no doubt be your primary | | | | characteristics, such as knots, quilting, a birdseye |
| concerns. However, attention to style and material | | | | pattern, and fiddleback or spalting effect. |
| will also need to be included in your designs to ensure | | | | There are a wide variety of woods that make |
| that you are satisfied with the finished effect. | | | | perfect kitchen cabinets, from hard woods such as |
| Your cabinets need to reflect the overall feeling and | | | | Maple, Walnut, Cherry and Madrone, a Californian |
| style of your kitchen. For example, if you are trying | | | | native, to soft woods including Alder and the |
| to create a traditional kitchen, you may want to use | | | | Australian Lacewood. Lighter varieties of wood |
| medium to dark woods. The cabinet facades need to | | | | include pine or birch, whilst if you seeking a dark |
| match or complement other pieces of kitchen | | | | wood finish you might consider Burl or Bloodwood. If |
| furniture in order to create a harmonious overall | | | | you have very specific ideas about your perfect |
| effect. French country style cabinets would reflect a | | | | cabinet design, it may be worth getting the cabinets |
| more worn, rustic, homely feel, while mission style | | | | made from untreated wood, which can then be |
| kitchens would benefit from rugged, square-bodied, | | | | stained, painted, stenciled or etched to suit your own |
| dark wood cabinets. | | | | tastes. |
| If your style is more contemporary, you may be | | | | When planning your cabinet layout, you will want to |
| looking for a minimalist design in chrome, stainless | | | | consider inner storage space, the required height of |
| steel or bright colored laminates. These cabinet | | | | wall mounted cabinets above your splash-back, and |
| designs have sleek, clean lines and glide seamlessly | | | | where other items in the kitchen will be located, to |
| into each other. You may want to consider a | | | | ensure your cabinets are conveniently placed as well |
| matching cabinet door front to your refrigerator and | | | | as aesthetically pleasing. Ensure you can reach the |
| dishwasher to maintain the overall effect. | | | | top shelves and that your cabinets are deep enough |
| Whilst stainless steel, has been the material of choice | | | | to accommodate all your pots and pans without |
| for designer cabinets in recent years, the natural | | | | completely taking over your kitchen. Make sure you |
| wooden look is making a comeback. Complemented | | | | have plenty of space above your counter tops so |
| by granite counter tops and slate floors, modern | | | | you are not constantly colliding with wall mounted |
| natural wood cabinets can look fantastic. Such | | | | cabinets while working on your kitchen surfaces. |