From Sketch To Showpiece: Designing Truly One-Of-A-Kind Cabinetry For Characterful Kitchens

Cabinetry plays such an integral role in every well-designed kitchen, both in terms of its functionality and the overall feel your space has. As specialists in bespoke kitchen doors, we know just how important it is to find your perfect match, which is why we offer a wide variety of different styles, colours and finishes to suit all tastes.

If your kitchen cabinets will benefit from a makeover, here's some need-to-know info that will help you to find the right cabinet doors for your kitchen.

Choosing the Perfect Bespoke Kitchen Doors for Your Style

Classic and Timeless Shaker Style Kitchen Doors

Shaker style bespoke kitchen doors are characterful yet contemporary, which makes them extremely versatile and well-suited to a variety of kitchen designs. This style offers both practicality and simplicity, with a simple profile that can be styled in myriad different ways to suit modern or more traditional spaces.

If you're hoping to create a classic kitchen that's adaptable and can evolve alongside you over time, one of our Shaker styles could be your ideal match. Our Bella Rowen doors have a flat central panel with a raised frame, and come in more than 50 different colourways, including natural wood tones and painted finishes. Alternatively, our Bella Buxton doors are similar in style but feature a touch more detail in the layered panelling that's done in a way that still feels beautifully chic and understated.

Sleek And Sophisticated Handleless Kitchen Doors

Perfect for anyone looking to create a clutter-free kitchen with an inherent sense of spaciousness, handleless kitchen doors are sleek, contemporary and supremely practical. With no need for added handles that can distract the eye and catch on clothing as you're walking past, handleless styles have a modern and minimal look, which will allow you to create areas of uninterrupted style in your space.

From ultra-reflective options that feel supremely modern to styles with subtle panelled details and beautifully painted finishes, there's a handleless style to suit every kitchen. Our Jayline handleless doors are a full-wrap style with J-Pull handles that exude quality, and come in a curated selection of neutral colours in both supergloss and supermatt finishes.

Pro Tip: For something a bit different, check out our Bella Integra handleless doors, which have an angled concealed handle design that offers a distinctly retro twist to an otherwise contemporary design.

Smooth and Chic Slab Kitchen Doors

Made from a single, flat piece of material, slab style doors have a smooth and seamless look which is perfectly suited to contemporary and minimalist kitchens. As this style doesn't feature any beading or raised frames, they're easy to maintain and keep clean, which makes them well-suited to busy households.

Our Bella Lincoln kitchen doors have a sleek silhouette with beautifully bevelled edges, which give this style a unique sense of character and personality in a way that almost feels slightly retro. Our Bella Pisa doors also have a bevelled edge, this time with a slightly crisper design which feels a touch more modern. Both styles are available in more than 50 finishes, including high gloss and matt options that will enable you to curate each element of your kitchen.

Pro Tip: Our Bella Ora slab doors are another option to consider if you're looking to achieve a contemporary look, as they come with a colour matched reverse and matching edge for a sleek and seamless finish. This style comes in a small range of neutral, contemporary leaning colourways, including aquamarine, agave, and blue.

Explore Traditional Design Elements For A Charming Finish

Kitchen doors with a raised central panel have a more traditional and characterful aesthetic, making them ideal options to consider if you live in a more traditional property or you want to give your kitchen a country cottage style makeover.

Our Bella Westbury doors immediately spring to mind here, as this style features a raised tongue and groove style panel, which has a very classically chic look and feel. With this style you've got the option to lean into this sense of tradition by choosing a heritage inspired colour or a natural wood finish, or to play with an old-meets-new theme and choose a more contemporary blush pink or Scandinavian blue finish.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the benefits of choosing handleless kitchen cabinet doors?

Handleless kitchen doors have a very clean and sleek look, as there aren't any small details for the eye to get caught on. This means that it's a style that can make your kitchen look and feel more spacious than perhaps it really is. Handleless doors are also incredibly easy to keep clean, as all you'll need to do is wipe a soft cloth over the surface to remove any dust and debris.

What are the benefits of choosing kitchen cabinet doors with handles?

You may simply prefer the look of kitchen doors with handles, especially if you want to design a kitchen that is rooted in a more traditional sense of design. Kitchen doors with handles also offer an additional opportunity to customise their look and feel, as you can really amplify traditional qualities or play with the juxtaposition that occurs when pairing a more classic door style with a decidedly more contemporary handle.

Is it best to choose a neutral finish if I want my new kitchen doors to stand the test of time?

When it comes to your kitchen cabinetry, colour and finish play an equally important role as style does. So, if you're eager for your kitchen to really stand the test of time, you may be drawn to more traditional styles that will continue to look great even as other trends come and go. This may also mean that a neutral colour, such as antique white or ivory may work well for you, but don't discount other classic colours such as sage green or rusty red, both of which have continued to take a starring role in interiors throughout the decades.