A Glass Door Cabinet For Today’s Kitchen

A glass door cabinet is a surefire way to add sizzle to your new or remodeled kitchen cabinets.

Here’s Some Quick Tips

Adding glass panels to already existing cabinet doors is quick, inexpensive,e and can make a world of difference in upgrading your kitchen. The majority of kitchen cabinets that we see are usually made with some type of wood panel- but there are always alternatives if you know where to look and to know what you’re looking for.

Glass cabinet doors

How and what kind of kitchen cabinet glass inlay design you’re going for is going to depend greatly on the kind and style of glass you plan to implement. Glass panels generally fall into three major categories: clear, obscure,e and opaque but there are also many other categories as well. Take for instance a clear glass panel or opaque panel. With this type of glass door cabinet you’ll be able to showcase all those fancy collectibles, fine china, and special knick-knacks you have been dying to show off. This particular pane of glass is also excellent in the use of stains, tints, or artfully designed etched patterns. Another option along these same lines to consider is clear glass shelves. This little feature allows maximum flow of light in the cabinets. Or maybe you’re the kind of person that is more of an expressive sort. By adding colored stained glass to some of the kitchen cabinets, you will be sure to WOW anyone who visits your kitchen. This design is used sparingly because this is intended to wow folks not completely overwhelm them. Obscure glass is just as the name suggests. It is textured glass and is intended to diffuse light and make things in the kitchen cabinets more “hazed” out but still somewhat visible. This is a useful kitchen lighting tip to know if you plan to install some type of LED rope light or strip light for your cupboard lights later. Opaque is designed to completely “hide” items behind these walls of glass but are still quite beautiful in the right elements.

Glass Door Panel

The features of a glass door cabinet also make a kitchen appear larger by bouncing back sunlight streaming in from the windows as seen here. Other options are also available in a variety of textures and patterns to create the look you enjoy most.

Here are some of the most common options for your glass panels.

• Clear: No texture or pattern.
• Ribbed: May be vertical, horizontal, or diagonal.
• Beveled: Polished angle-ground glass with prismatic characteristics.
• Bubbled: Air bubbles sprinkled in the glass to enhance the illusion of age.
• Camed: Strips of lead, brass, or copper are set between the glass panes.
• Colored: The glass is tinted in color.
• Etched: Hydrofluoric acid is used to carve a design into the glass.
• Frosted: Glass blown with fine sand under high pressure for an opaque look.
• Mullion: Thin strips of wood separate the panes of glass. They can either be individual panes, sandwiched between front and back mullions, or one sheet of glass inserted behind the mullions.
• Textured: Unique textures are added to the glass.
• Stained: Unique stained glass inserts

Before you begin your glass panel shopping spree, it would be a very good idea to first take a look at all your options.

Glass Door Panels

Take a look at what is being offered in the market for glass front doors. Calculated a price point comparison. Then have a closer look at your overall kitchen theme. Make note of the look and style that you’re going for, does it fit into your budget? If yes, then great, if not, then now’s the time to do some major recalculating. Another smart kitchen lighting tip, if it’s not possible to do all of your cabinet fronts in glass panels, then you may want to consider just doing the main one in the middle of the two cabinets located on the ends of the row. This is a great way to get the look you want and still save a couple of bucks left over. All in all, upon making your final decision of whether or not you plan to spice your kitchen up with a glass door cabinet, it’s a deal well worth investing some time, budget,t and planning into. Oh, one other thing, please keep in mind, with most glass door cabinets you can see into them, society is the specialty of the day.