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Right up with selecting your cabinet color and door style, determining what type of cabinet construction you want is another  part your decision making process.   Face Framed and Frameless cabinetry are two distinct styles. Silverdale offers both!
Your sought after design-style and your budget play important roles in determining which of the two styles are right for you.  If Face Framed cabinetry is the look that makes your heart sing, but your budget doesn't allow for it everywhere, SIlverdale Design has great options for combining both construction styles together to bring your cabinetry design in line with both your budget and your style. 
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INSET FACE FRAMED CABINETRY...

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Face framed cabinets require premium cabinetry craftmanship. Many specialized details (both in design and construction) need to come together to pull it off successfully. This is what SIlverdale Hill Cabinetry Ltd. has specialized in for more than 28 years. Face framed cabinets are often the cabinets you fall in love with in magazines -- even when at first glance, you may not realize what draws you to them.

Details that set Face Framed cabinets apart from Frameless:

  • visible frames around doors and drawers
  • flush inset doors  (doors do not sit on top of the boxes, as in frameless construction, but sit level within a frame)
  • optional applied beading trim around the frames  (this detail can add another layer of interest -- its not always done, depending on chosen style of cabinetry)
  • exposed hinges  (can also be hidden for a more contemporary look) 
  • furniture style foot and apron details 
While Face Framed construction is most commonly used for more traditional cabinetry styles, very contemporary, clean lined looks can also be achieved with face framed construction.


FRAMELESS CABINETRY...

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Frameless cabinets, also known as European Style Cabinets, are the more cost-effective type of cabinet construction, when compared to Face Framed.  They use available space efficiently as no space gets lost to the stiles and rails (the dividing pieces between and around the doors and drawers) of face framed cabinets. With frameless cabinetry the doors and drawers line up tight with the other doors and drawers.
Just because frameless cabinets are more cost effective than face framed cabinets does not mean you have to give up great style.  It's still possible to pack a lot of personal style into a frameless design with additional design details.

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