Fine Cabinetry in Austin, Texas
To determine what style of kitchen cabinets are in your home you need to look directly into their face beyond the doors. Are they the face frame North American type or are they the European frameless version?
The face frame North American type has long been a popular cabinet style. It is characterized by the plywood cabinet box, or carcass, having a 3/4" thick hardwood front frame application of 1 1/2"-2" widths. These are present on both the vertical components, or stiles, and on the horizontals called rails.
The frameless European style is just the carcass without any face frame yielding only a 3/4" outward appearance at the stiles and rails. Both the frameless and the face frame styles use the same carcass body enabling the same European hinges, drawer guides, and cabinet legs to be used.
The greatest difference is seen once the door or drawer fronts are mounted. The European frameless type makes the adjacent door spacings smaller showing less of the stile beyond. The framed units have more space between the door applications showing more of the stiles and rails beyond.
Frameless is a little less expensive to construct than the face frame style so that it really becomes a matter of personal preference and different styles can be mixed within the same house using one type in the kitchen and the other in the bath.
A Typical European Cabinet Design
Typical Face Frame Look
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