#Partial vs full overlay cabinets professional#

THEN I went to a showroom (a couple actually) and was appalled at the gaps and errors you could see immediately. At first I was 100% inset because I have the budget and they look custom and gorgeous and theyre in all the high end kitchens. Im preparing a kitchen reno this year and going over and over which I should choose. Good luck on your project.Hi Holly, I was reading your blog exchange convo w/ Carrie from 2018 and wondering how your kitchen turned out and if you chose inset or full overlay. I offer soft close hardware and dovetail drawers standard while most others up badge for them. Upgrades can be additional depending on what they are. Expect to pay 150-400 per linear foot depending on the wood and door and drawer style choosen. I would get a few consultations from 3-4 local cabinet makers in your area.

#Partial vs full overlay cabinets professional#

I am a professional cabinet maker in the Pittsburgh area. Its very dense, somewhat economical and can look like any wood. I would recommend painted or stained hard maple. You will want to choose a hardwood to prevent dings from over filled drawers. You can easily build custom frames and attach them to your cabinets but that is a additional cost. So initially you wouldn’t achieve the look of a true inset cabinet as they have a 1 1/2 -2 inch face frame. The thickness ranges from 1/2-3/4 inch thick generally. A true full overlay cabinet has no face frame, it just has the plywood or particleboard carcass. It can be done on any cabinet but there could be challenges depending on the layout of your kitchen. (Check out Ryan’s work in our own kitchen). Hope on over to Ryan Reeder Cabinets to see more of his amazing work. You would never guess that this used to be a dated, blonde-wood, partial-overlay cabinet kitchen! It looks like a perfect, custom inset kitchen. Lastly he sprayed everything white with his perfect cabinet paint formula. He then custom made new doors and drawers that fit in to the existing openings of the old cabinet boxes so they were now inset cabinets. Next he filled the holes where the old doors were attached and sanded every surface down. He removed all the partial overlay doors and drawers. Ryan was recently hired to make over this kitchen: Typically inset cabinets are most popular and expensive because the cabinet maker must be so exact with measurements and fittings. Partial Overlay: Drawers and doors partially cover the cabinet box leaving part of the cabinet face exposed.įull Overlay: Drawers and doors completely cover the cabinet box. Inset: Cabinet drawer & doors are flush with frame of the cabinet opening. Ryan has figured out a way to save the landfills from perfectly good kitchens cabinets that are merely dated and re-use them by bringing them up to date.įirst of all…remember this post where I talked about the three main styles of cabinets which are: No really people, this makeover is the equivalent to the invention of Cookie Butter. Hopefully our white, timeless kitchens will be just that.Īt any rate…I’m back with the latest kitchen redo/makeover that my cabinet magician Ryan Reeder just completed and I am flipping out! We will all just cringe over our white kitchens and think, “what were we thinking”? Fingers crossed no.

Then I start to worry about what I’ll think about my own home in 20 years. Sometimes when I see really dated spaces I can’t help but wonder how on earth we ever thought those finishes were ever in good taste?