How To Use Textured Replacement Cabinet Doors To Add Interest To Your Kitchen

Texture has the ability to completely transform spaces in our homes by ensuring they have character, personality and depth. When thinking about texture, your mind may initially be drawn to its tactile nature, such as the way a soft velvet cushion or a sleek marble countertop feels to the touch. However, texture can also bring visual interest to a space, particularly as different surfaces interact with light in unique ways and evoke different eras and design styles.

From wooden replacement cabinet doors that celebrate the natural wood grain to crisp linen tableware, plush velvet cushions and elegant wall panelling, here are a few ways to layer different textures and create a kitchen that you can be proud of.

Replacement Cabinet Doors Design Tips

Create a characterful kitchen with Shaker style replacement cabinet doors

Expertly balancing traditional and modern design, Shaker style cabinets and doors can bring character to your kitchen in a way that feels fresh and ideally suited to busy modern life.

The Bella Helmsley is a mock in-frame shaker style door with beautiful detailing that brings both visual and tactile texture to a space. However, if you prefer replacement cabinet doors with a simpler visual profile, the Bella Richmond in a wood finish could be the perfect choice for your space. 

Pro Tip: Our Bella collection of replacement cabinet doors is available in a number of wood finishes, including Halifax natural oak, urban oak, and light Vicenza oak.

Texture can enhance contemporary kitchens, too! 

Slab style replacement cabinet doors are sleek, sophisticated, and have an innate ability to enhance the sense of spaciousness and brightness even in compact kitchens. 

Many of our slab doors come in a variety of wood finishes, and the handleless silhouette allows the wood grain texture to really shine. Our Bella Venice doors are a popular choice, as they’re versatile and complement a variety of different design styles. 

If you’re looking for other ways to give your contemporary kitchen some visual texture, our Zurfiz replacement cabinet doors have a colour matched edge and are available in a range of different finishes, including ultragloss copperleaf, ultragloss limestone, and supermatt croma blue. These finishes all have a subtle visual texture and will bring some unique character to your home.

Use wood to bring warmth to your kitchen 

Layering different wooden elements in your kitchen can create an inviting sense of warmth in a way that feels truly timeless. As well as choosing wooden cabinetry, you could also experiment with wooden flooring and open wooden shelving. 

Pro Tip: The key to designing a space with real impact is to layer different colours, textures and lighting, as interest often comes from the way each feature interacts with other elements in the same space. 

So, to soften a space which contains lots of wood and ensure it doesn’t look too one-note, incorporating earthy tones and other natural materials such as linen, terracotta and jute can offer extra dimension without detracting from the artisanal feel that bespoke wooden elements can bring.

Create a radiant kitchen with glossy cabinets and light-reflecting tiles 

Choosing light-reflective surfaces that interact with both natural and artificial lights in different ways throughout the day will help you to design a kitchen with a versatile and charmingly changeable ambience.

Pairing cabinets with an ultragloss finish with glossy ceramic tiles can significantly enhance the sense of space you feel every time you step into your kitchen, even if it doesn’t have a particularly large footprint. 

Pro Tip: This is a design style that works just as well with a neutral colour palette as it does with a colour palette featuring rich jewel tones or heritage inspired hues. Don’t forget to consider how your chosen cabinets and tiles will interact with the light.

Complete your kitchen renovation with Happy Doors replacement cabinet doors 

Colour and texture both play a huge role when designing a kitchen, and our range of cabinet doors features a variety of styles, colours and finishes. If you have any questions, please email us at hello@happy-doors.co.uk or chat to a member of our team by calling 01256 845 816 between 8:30am and 5pm Monday-Friday.