Creating A Cohesive, Made-For-You Kitchen Scheme With Tailored Fronts, Textures And Handles

If the arrival of a new season has left you feeling uninspired by your kitchen, now could be the ideal time to invest in some new custom kitchen doors and give your space a much-needed refresh.

What Exactly Are Custom Kitchen Doors?

Whether you're redoing your entire kitchen or want to make a small change that doesn't bring any of the mess or hassle that a full renovation often does, bespoke kitchen doors are a great option. Made to your exacting measurements, going down this route enables you to customise every element from the style to the colour, finish, and accessories.

An Introduction To Bespoke Kitchen Door Styles

The style of doors you choose will ultimately have a big impact on the way your kitchen looks and feels, so it's important to find the right style for you and your home.

Traditional

Traditional kitchen doors have an instant sense of character and warmth, which can offer something special to a room that sits firmly at the heart of the home. Despite tapping into a long design tradition, these doors don't feel dated and pair well with both classic range cookers or more contemporary appliances alike.

Our Bella Canterbury kitchen doors are an excellent example of a traditional style, which will help you to create a warm and inviting atmosphere. Its sweeping cathedral arch is a particularly beautiful detail, which makes a statement in a chic and understated way.

If you prefer clean lines and symmetry, we recommend taking a look at our Bella Newport doors, which feature a recessed border and textured central panel. Its features create a rustic yet refined overall look, which is perfect for anyone looking to create a cosy farmhouse style kitchen.

Shaker

Shaker style kitchen doors are enormously popular, largely due to their ability to work well within both modern and more traditional design schemes. Featuring simple panelling, clean lines and crisp borders, Shaker doors are sophisticated, chic and timeless.

Our Bella shaker kitchen doors are an excellent example of this style, as they feature a flat central panel with a classic raised frame. Our Bella Richmond doors are another example and this style features a slightly narrower frame, which can feel more modern.

However, if you prefer something with a bit more detail, we recommend taking a look at our Bella Warwick doors. This style offers a slightly unexpected take on classic Shaker design as the outer panels are a touch wider, which creates a look that effortlessly merges contemporary and classic elegance.

Slab and Handleless

The sleek design of slab and handleless kitchen doors makes them a practical option in spaces that are perhaps on the smaller side or for busy families with young children. They also have an inherently contemporary feel, which may be better suited to your home than some of our more traditional styles.

Pro Tip: Slab style kitchen doors can be installed with clever push-to-open mechanisms, which will further enhance the modernity of your kitchen in a very practical way.

Our Bella Venice doors are an excellent example of how the sleek slab style can boost the sense of space and brightness in a kitchen. However, if you're looking for options that feature a recessed groove for easy opening, our Bella Chelsea doors are a style we really recommend considering because it has a clean and contemporary look with subtle curved details.

Why Colour Matters

Alongside thinking about the overall style that brings you joy, it's also important to carefully consider which colour will ultimately help you to bring your design vision to life.

Choosing kitchen doors in a pale or neutral tone can help to create a sense of space and light, which are essential features of many contemporary kitchens. Choosing a neutral colour will also offer a strong foundation for your design and give you the chance to bring in different colours through your choice of accessories, which can be switched out seasonally if you'd like.

But if neutral or pale tones don't feel right for you, Happy Doors kitchen doors also come in a plethora of deeper, richer and bolder colours, such as indigo blue, smoke green, and mood grey. As the colour drenching trend has proven, it's also possible to use deep tones within a smaller kitchen, so don't assume that you can't use colour if you aren't working with a large, open-plan space.

Don't Forget The Finish

Deciding whether you want to choose a matt or a gloss finish is a highly personal thing, as these two finishes have very different personalities.

Matt kitchen doors are extremely versatile and can be incorporated into both modern and more traditional design schemes. They're also very low maintenance and won't show marks or fingerprints as easily as glossy doors.

On the other hand, gloss kitchen doors can help to give the illusion of more space as they effortlessly reflect light. They also have a more contemporary appearance and are the perfect choice if you've always dreamed of having a gleaming kitchen.

If you're keen to incorporate warmth and a grounding energy into your space, a wood style finish can be a great choice that will also help you to connect your kitchen with the outside world.

Pro Tip: If you're not sure which colour is right for you, you can order some colour swatch samples for free to compare!

Frequently Asked Questions

How important is it to consider maintenance when choosing new kitchen cupboard doors?

Thinking about your lifestyle is always important when changing any element within your home. So, when selecting your new doors, give a bit of thought to how the finish you select might impact your cleaning routine or how easy your preferred style will be to open and close.

Are Happy Doors kitchen doors high quality?

Happy Doors kitchen doors are designed and manufactured to last, with each style coming with a 6-year guarantee to prove it!