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Custom Cabinet Doors and Fronts Built From Your Door List

Shaker, raised panel and slab doors, drawer fronts and face frames for kitchen and bath cabinetry. Send a door list with sizes, style, species or MDF and finish.

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Cabinet doors: white shaker style kitchen cabinets with metal pulls

Cabinet doors and drawer fronts are the visible face of kitchen, bath and storage cabinetry. Cabinet makers, kitchen brands and retailers buy them unfinished, primed or fully finished, either in standard sizes for a stock line or as a door list built for each project.

The style decides the construction. A five-piece shaker or raised panel door has a solid wood frame around a center panel, which can be solid wood, veneered panel or MDF. A slab door is one flat piece, either edge-glued solid wood, veneer on a panel core or painted MDF. Paint grade and stain grade doors use different materials, so say which one you need before anything else.

What this covers

  • Shaker and other five-piece doors
  • Raised panel and flat panel doors
  • Slab doors in solid wood, veneer or painted MDF
  • Drawer fronts to match each door style
  • Face frames, end panels and fillers
  • Mullion frames for glass inserts
Cabinet doors and frontsAt a glance
Species
Hard maple, White oak, Red oak, Cherry, Black walnut, Ash, Poplar, MDF, Plywood
Processes
Kiln drying, Rough milling, Finger jointing and edge gluing, Planing and moulding, CNC routing, Veneering and pressing, Joinery and assembly, Sanding and finishing, Inspection and packing
Order size
Two patterns: standard sizes in repeat volume for stock cabinet lines, or mixed door lists built per project. Ask whether the plant takes mixed-size lists, how it numbers and packs each door and how it handles remakes.
Rules
  • TSCA Title VI for MDF, plywood and particleboard in doors and panels sold in the US
  • EU formaldehyde emission limits for wood-based articles under REACH (Regulation (EU) 2023/1464)
  • KCMA performance testing is voluntary in the US, but some retailers and builders ask for it
  • EUDR due diligence for wood placed on the EU market

Cabinet doors and fronts by product line

Each line has its own page with typical specs, species, construction options and the RFQ checklist factories quote from.

Shaker cabinet doors

Five-piece Shaker doors with square edge frames and flat recessed panels, paint grade or stain grade, made to a cut list with hinge boring and matching drawer fronts.

How it is built

  • Solid frame, solid panelStile and rail frame with a floating solid wood panel. The panel must be free to move, so paint can crack at the frame line.
  • Solid frame, veneered or MDF panelThe panel does not move with humidity. The usual choice for painted five-piece doors and for wide veneered panels.
  • Veneered slabVeneer on an MDF or plywood core with solid or veneer edges. Flat and stable for modern kitchens.
  • One-piece MDFRouted from a single MDF sheet to look like a five-piece door, then painted. No joints to crack, paint grade only.

What to send for a quote

  1. A door list: width, height and quantity for each door and drawer front
  2. Style: frame width, edge profile, panel profile and inside edge detail
  3. Paint grade or stain grade, species or MDF and the panel material
  4. Hinge boring (hinge brand, cup diameter and position) or no boring
  5. Finish: color reference, sheen and which faces get finished
  6. Labeling and packing per door, so doors can be matched to cabinets on site

Where orders go wrong

  • Paint cracks at frame jointsSolid wood frames move at the joint between stile and rail, and paint cracks along that line. For painted doors, ask about MDF panels, MDF frames or one-piece MDF.
  • Shrinkage gaps on solid panelsA floating panel finished after assembly shows a raw line when it shrinks. Ask for panels finished before assembly and for panel retainers that stop rattle.
  • Warp on tall doorsPantry and tall doors twist more than base doors. Give a flatness tolerance and ask what construction the plant uses above a given height.
  • Color mismatch across a kitchenDoors from different lumber lots stain differently. Ask for color sorting and a signed finish sample for the whole project.
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Questions about cabinet doors and fronts

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What drives the price of a custom cabinet door?

Style and material come first: a five-piece door has more parts and joints than a slab, and clear stain grade wood costs more than MDF. A multi-coat finish can cost as much as the door itself. Oversize doors, glass frames and special profiles add labor.

Should I buy cabinet doors finished or unfinished?

Finished doors save a finishing line and arrive ready to hang, but color must match across the whole order and the packing has to protect the finish. Unfinished doors cost less and let you finish to match your boxes. Either way, ask for a signed sample door that sets the standard.

Can the factory bore hinge cups and drawer front holes?

Many can. Give the hinge brand and model, cup diameter (35 mm is common for concealed hinges), the distance from the door edge and the position from top and bottom. For drawer fronts, give the hole pattern for the drawer system and the pulls.

How should finished doors be packed?

Doors are usually wrapped one by one, with foam or paper between faces, packed in cartons with corner protection and labeled with the door number from your list. Ask for photos of packed cartons before loading and a check of a few cartons on arrival.

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