Slim shaker cabinets

last year

I’m updating my kitchen and adding new cabinets in an area that previously had no cabinets. I am going to replace all the doors and draw fronts to match the new cabinet style which I’m thinking I want slim shaker (probably 1.25 or 1.5 inch frames not the micro shaker). The sample door I’ve been shown has a hard maple wood frame with an HDF panel which has the slim frame on the front of the door, but the back of the door has a wide 2.5 inch frame. Is it normal for slim shaker doors to look like traditional shaker doors on the reverse/inside?

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dan1888
last year
The hinge cup requires a 32mm diameter hole. 1" is only 25mm. Maple solid and the veneer on a panel will turn yellow. But it can be different shades of yellow. A solid wood panel will turn yellow the same as the frame.
lizevergreen
Original Author
last year
I’m going to paint these cabinets white. What will turn yellow? I’m also not understanding what you mean about the hinge and mm.
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John Liu
last year
The inside of the frame is wider, to allow the hinge to be mounted, and also for more strength.

"Skinny Shaker" is an affectation when you think about it. The door is supposed to look like it has very skinny frames, but such skinny frames are weak, so they have to do something to add strength - the backside of the frame is wider, or make the frame from metal, or ? The actual Shakers would not have built those things.