Glass Cabinet Doors to Elevate Your Kitchen

From crystal clear panes to smoked and frosted styles, glass kitchen cabinet doors are available in a surprising number of styles and can offer an additional layer of elegance to your kitchen.

What are Glass Kitchen Cabinet Doors?

A glass kitchen cabinet features a glazed panel somewhere on the door, which allows you to see inside. Glass cabinets are designed to help you display items within your kitchen whilst also keeping them safe and dust-free, but can also be stylish features in their own right.

Should I Include Glass Kitchen Doors in my Home?

Glass replacement kitchen doors can be incorporated into both traditional and decidedly more contemporary kitchen spaces with ease, so here are a few reasons why you might want to include them in your kitchen redesign.

Enhance the Sense of Space and Add Visual Interest

As glass doors are adept at reflecting light, they can help to make your kitchen look and feel more spacious and open. Whether you're working with a small footprint or you just enjoy spending time in light and airy spaces, glass kitchen doors can be a great addition.

It's also worth noting here that while kitchens with plenty of cabinets are often highly functional and organised, solid walls of cabinets can make a space look crowded and overwhelming. Glass replacement kitchen doors can break up solid cabinetry and offer a little more variation within your space.

Create a Focal Point

Incorporating some carefully positioned glass-fronted cabinets within your kitchen can be an excellent way to capture and direct the eye's attention to the main area of the space. For example, choosing glass fronts for your wall-mounted cabinets can draw the eye upwards, which can give the impression of more space, particularly in rooms with high ceilings.

Showcase your Favourite Kitchenware

From decorative ornaments to your favourite glassware, glass-fronted kitchen cabinets offer you the chance to showcase some of your most-loved items whilst keeping them protected from dust and grease.

Pro Tip: To make even more of a feature out of your glass kitchen cabinets, consider installing lighting to illuminate what's inside.

Enhance Your Kitchen's Organisation

As you can see through glass-fronted cabinets, they can be a great motivator for keeping your kitchen tidy and organised. Not only is it easy to see where your items are, but you'll also have the opportunity to experiment with styling your displays to create different atmospheres within your space. For example, opting for symmetry can bring a sense of balance and serenity, whereas playing with different sizes and heights can offer intrigue and personality.

If you're keen to experience these benefits within your own kitchen, let's explore which kitchen cupboard door styles are best suited to the incorporation of glass panels.

Bella Stratford

The classic recessed design of our Bella Stratford doors gives this style a timeless look, which can be styled to suit a variety of different kitchen designs.

The stylish panelling also offers the chance to offer a small peek inside your cabinets by replacing only the upper panels in each door with clear, frosted or fluted glass. As well as giving your kitchen some extra personality, this can also be used as an opportunity to encourage the eye upwards to enhance the sense of space you feel when preparing meals and socialising with loved ones.

Pro Tip: This technique can also be used to draw attention to beautiful beams by creating a sense of harmony between your home's original features and your new kitchen.

Bella Harlem

Modern and minimal, our Bella Harlem kitchen cabinet doors have a sleek look, clean lines and a simple silhouette. An ideal style to choose if you want to create a kitchen that looks polished and pristine, incorporating glass panels into some or even all of your wall-mounted cabinets can offer a glimpse inside and ensure your space feels light and airy.

Bella Carlton

The large central panels in our Bella Carlton doors can be replaced with glass, creating picture windows that will allow you to create eye-catching displays within your cabinets.

Pro Tip: As the glass fronts are particularly large here, this presents an ideal opportunity to install subtle in-cabinet lighting to create a real feature within your space.

Bella Westbury

Taking inspiration from kitchens seen in beautiful traditional countryside properties, our Bella Westbury kitchen doors feature classic tongue and groove detailing, as well as a combination of straight and delicately curved lines.

Glass-fronted doors with supportive horizontal and vertical bars can sit alongside solid doors with ease and ensure that your kitchen maintains a sense of balance between old and new, especially if you also want to incorporate traditional features such as an open plate rack.

Frequently Asked Questions About Glass Kitchen Cabinet Doors

Can I incorporate glass cabinets in a traditional-style kitchen?

While glass is often a main feature in very modern kitchens, it is a material that can also be used with great effect in kitchens with a more traditional look and feel. Incorporating a few glass-fronted doors within our Bella Stratford or Harlem kitchen cabinets can give extra light and dimension to the space, and is particularly effective when used in wall-mounted cabinets housing beautiful crockery or glassware.

How many glass-fronted cabinets should I include in my kitchen?

The number of glass cabinets you choose to incorporate into your design is entirely down to personal preference. You could choose to integrate just two glass-fronted doors, perhaps on either side of your cooker or sink to draw attention to one of the main features of your space.

Equally, you could choose glass-fronted doors for all of your wall-mounted cabinets if you have lots of items you want to display and you're eager to ensure your kitchen feels spacious and airy. Don't forget that you'll need to be conscious of which items you're storing in glass-fronted cabinets, as careful styling is required to keep your kitchen tidy and organised.