I know that most people of this forum think that it isn't worth the money to glaze shaker cabinets since you barely get any glazing due to the lack of crevices. Our brother-in-law is building our cabinets, however, and he will do the glazing for free if we want it on our shaker cabinets. Our perimeter cabinets will be Cherry with a medium brown stain and our large island will be painted white. We have already decided that we will be putting a glaze on the Cherry cabinets, but I am undecided if I want it on the white island. My husband thinks we should put the glaze on the white island to help tie the cabinets together. I simply can't decide, so I would love any input my fellow GWer's have to offer.

(Oh, and the glaze on the white cabinets will be applied to the crevices only and not to the entire surface and then wiped off as is traditionally done when cabinets are glazed. This method will still keep the cabinets a very white color without the glazing changing the white color when applied, something I was concerned about at first since glazing can sometimes make white cabinets look grayish.)

I've attached a rendering of our cabinet setup and island just to give you some perspective. The island is much larger than it appears in the picture, however, and has shaker drawers and panels completely around the entire island. (Island = 8'6" x 5')