I think you want it to be consistent on the front and sides. It looks okay to me.

Looks right the way it is.

That is how it is supposed to look to match the doors.

Thanks everyone. I probably should know this by now but the cabinets are "frameless"?

I like it.

Looks great, be thankful someone knows what they are doing matching the reveal like that.

Looks fine...it is consistent throughout. The gap is probably there because your frameless doors go all the way to the top of the frame...If they made it flush the door would probably rub the trim when you opened/closed it

That's what I figured but I still think they can make the side panels flush so they look more like these: ??!

Or this: Sides are flush

The pictures above do not have the decorative panels that you probably paid for as an upgrade. Those are just the cabinet boxes. My decorative panels look exactly like yours, and are supposed to coordinate with the doors in height. I think your cabs look perfect.

I think I'm just used to inset cabinets which is what I originally wanted but was talked into frameless since it looked good, easier to clean, more space etc ... Functionally they are great. Just have to get used to these gaps.

I think there would be a lot more gaps with inset- surrounding each door and drawer! All those lines with inset make me crazy. Your cabinets are really pretty- I wish I knew more about frameless before I got my full overlay.

Yours definitely look better than the samples posted....

I think we still prefer that the sides of the cabinets don't look like a door. To me these frameless shaker look cleaner:

You got a cabinet maker who is meticulous about detail and did a fabulous job. They will have to remake the side panels to be 1/16" or 1/8" longer and then it will look funny from the front.

With all respect g117, I'm beginning to think you don't want to hear what you don't want to hear. So far eleven posters answers have said what you have is correctly done, and what you are showing are photos of cheap looking store bought boxes, unlike your custom cabinets that were very well done.

No offense taken. Bottom line is I know realize I wanted traditional inset cabinets and there is not much I can do now to fix that. Hopefully, if I have to sell one day, some of the prospective buyers will appreciate the cabs as much as you posters.

The only type of cabinet that won't show lines/gaps are traditional partial overlay doors. Inset doors will show a space between the door and the frame, but frameless doors will also have small spaces between the doors and the moldings, and also between the doors themselves. There's no way to avoid this because you need clearance for the doors to open. AND the spaces will not be even either. You just need to accept it and forget it!