In-frame kitchens
Doors and drawers hung inside a solid timber frame, the way a cabinetmaker builds a piece of furniture. The most work, the longest wait and the one that looks least like everybody else’s kitchen.
Nearly every kitchen sold in Britain is lay-on. The door sits on the front of the cabinet and covers it, with a 3mm gap to its neighbour. It is quick to make, quick to hang and it is what a modular range gives you.
An in-frame kitchen puts a solid timber frame on the front of every cabinet and hangs the door inside it, so you see the frame around each door. That is more timber, more machining and considerably more setting out, because the frame has to be square and the door has to fit it with an even gap all the way round. Get it wrong by a millimetre and you can see it from across the room.
It is also the construction that ages best. A frame stiffens the cabinet, and a door that shuts against a rebate rather than a bare carcass edge takes knocks without chipping.
| Frame | Solid tulipwood or oak, mortice and tenon, 20mm face |
|---|---|
| Door | Five-piece with a flat or raised panel, hung on concealed or butt hinges |
| Gap | A consistent 2mm reveal around every door and drawer |
| Finish | Hand-painted in any colour, or oiled if you want the grain |
| Carcass | 18mm birch ply, glued and screwed at every joint |
| Adds | roughly 25 to 35% over the same kitchen built lay-on |
In other people’s houses
The same construction, in three different rooms.
See one in the workshop before you decide
The difference between these constructions is much easier to feel than to read about. Ring 01302 350055 and come and open a few doors.
Or book a design visit and we will bring samples to you.
The workshop
Unit 1 & 2, Bootham Lane Industrial Estate, Bootham LaneDunscroft, Doncaster
South Yorkshire DN7 4JU
Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm
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