Woodworker's Journal 2008-32-4, страница 38

Woodworking for Your Home1

Cabinet Door Dreamin'

By Chris Marshall

Functional cabinets can still be unforgettable. Be sure to think outside those boxes you build ... dazzling doors could make all the difference.

In our April and June 2008 issues, Bill Hylton shared his secrets for constructing Euro-style cabinets. With his primer in hand, you may have your sights set on building some this summer. Here's one final bit of advice: don't make short shrift of your cabinet doors. In fact, Euro-style cabinets are all about the doors. Here are some ideas to get you started.

Door Styles: Slab vs. Frame & Panel

If you'd like a fast and easy solution, slab-style doors — built from solid wood panels or edge-banded plywood — could be perfect. To invigorate slab doors, use showy, figured wood or book-matched veneer. Let the wood's natural beauty and pattern sparkle. You can even dress up the edges with a routed profile.

Frame-and-panel doors will take longer to build, but you'll have a much wider palette of design options, and they may stay

Hardware can be both practical and beautiful. Dress up your doors and drawers with a variety of knobs and pulls.

flatter in the long run, too. For a moment, consider each part of the fame-and-panel door independently.

Frame variations: Generally, a door frame's rails and stiles are the same width, but that's not a hard and fast rule. Experiment with wider rails; they may help wide doors look narrower. Or, shape a wider top rail into an arch or cathedral to soften that rectilinear look.

Using cope-and-stick bits on the router table does more than just mill sturdy corner joinery. They also help introduce some attractive contours and shadow lines to your door frames. Bit sets come in classical bead, quarter-round, beveled and ogee profiles. Pick up a bit catalog and explore the options.

If you carry the sticking profile over to the outer edges of your doors, they'll have added flair. Match the profile, or use the reverse here: a

roundover inside complemented by a cove around the perimeter. Frames don't have to be limited to two stiles and two rails. A third divider stile will break your

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