How to make your kitchen cabinet design – Discover modular kitchen ideas

Kitchen Cabinet designs offer a wide variety of options – Discover types of kitchen cabinets and why to choose a wooden, MDF or PVC kitchen

Modern kitchen cabinets look so sleek and smart. Be it a small residence or a large mansion; a newly fitted modular kitchen is always a plus point. Now, as much as you and me like the modular kitchen cabinets, we also realise it is a significant renovation project. A kitchen remodels means you need to look at all the available options of kitchen cabinet design.

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Kitchen Cabinet Designs

The primary purpose of cabinets is the storage of every kitchen item – for instance, the food items such as grains, spices, pulses, oil; the crockery, utensils, and other cleaning supplies. Now, here, as you can notice, every item is slightly different from the other. Crockery and utensils have different storage needs than grains or cleaning supplies. 

The modular design of kitchen cabinets is all about the many unique storage needs of a home. And there is more; the kitchen storage solution is also a piece of furniture. Yes, if you think of it, the cupboards with all the shelves and drawers are a furniture unit. And it is also most commonly made in wood. But do you know there are alternate options other than wood? Let’s take a look.

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Cabinets in kitchen

Let’s expand our horizon of design beyond the modular kitchen type. Traditionally, kitchens were made from stone slabs. Then with the rise of cement, cabinets got replaced by concrete slabs. As of today, we see wood or wood looking kitchens. Here is a complete list of the types of kitchen cabinets. 

Types of kitchen cabinets

• Wood cabinets – made from plyboard and finished with laminates
• MDF cabinets – made from fibreboard, also finished with laminates
• PVC kitchen cabinets – assembled from the plastic board, with laminate finishing
• Stone cabinets – made with slabs of granite or marble
• Steel kitchen cabinets – cast in sheets of polished steel

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You may be wondering – so many options, but how to choose the one perfect solution for your home. Now, we were hoping you can pick a material that fits your needs of style and utility both. Most of the types with a board, like a plyboard or PVC or MDF, look the same. However, they offer different features. To help you choose, we have listed the pros and cons of each material in a table right here. Take a look.

Finishing	Type	Pros	Cons	Pricing
Laminate	Wooden	Fit for daily use	Prone to termite	Expensive
	MDF	Fit for moderate use	Tends to weaken in moisture	Least expensive
	PVC	Fit for moderate use	May break under heavy load	Most expensive
Stone	Marble	Fit for moderate use	Tends to crack and stain	Expensive
	Granite	Fit for heavy use	Limited design options	Expensive
Steel	Stainless	Fit for heavy use	Surface may scratch	Extremely expensive

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Now, we just shared all the inside secrets and also the main pointers for the kitchen cabinet design. Next, it is time to make some more kitchen selections.