So, you’ve looked through all the door styles and you have decided you quite like the look of the inframe door styles. The following article will show you the differences between the door styles and explain what an inframe door actually is.
What is an inframe door?
A standard kitchen door range in technical terms can be described as a lay-on kitchen door. Another style of kitchen is Inframe or Face Frame, this is where a frame is attached to the front of a kitchen cabinet to hide the front edges of it.
The doors and drawer fronts then sit and open within the frames and the kitchen cabinets are fitted with special hinges and drawer fronts to suit.
Inframe is a feature of traditional cabinetry that has become extremely popular again in recent years. At DIY Kitchens we offer 2 different styles of inframe kitchen doors. We do offer our exclusive Innova Harewood style in 11 standard finishes & also bespoke painted to any colour of your choice.
Please note: Inframe units are constructed a little differently but all our inframe kitchen ranges do have soft close fitted as standard on the mechanisms.
What material are inframe doors made from?
All our styles of inframe doors are made from Oak or solid timber. These door styles with their differences are shown below.
HarewoodA shaker style 5 piece inframe door with a flat centre panel and v grooves along the joints with 20mm thick doors. Available in a Oak, a choice of 13 standard colours or bespoke painted to any colour you choose. The frame around the doors and drawers is 36mm wide and the rail around the centre panel of the door is 75mm wide. |
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HelmsleyA shaker style 5 piece inframe door with a flat centre panel and 20mm thick doors. There is also cockbeading on the inside edge of the frame. Available in a choice of 13 standard colours or bespoke painted to any colour you choose. The frame around the doors and drawers is 36mm wide and the rail around the centre panel of the door is 75mm wide. Please note that painted Helmsley doors are made from Ash. |
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Downloadable Guide
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How are the frames attached to the units? I am looking to spruce up my existing kitchen and LOVE the inflame look, but do I need to get special units in order to accommodate this style or can they be fitted to normal kitchen units?
October 4, 2025 at 4:08 pmHi, the frames are stuck onto our units when manufactured. The frames and smaller doors that fit inside them are not available to buy separately i’m afraid.
October 6, 2025 at 4:29 pmHi, are you able to say roughly, on average how much more expensive an in frame kitchen is, compared to a standard shaker style kitchen? I can’t see any easy way to do a rough price comparison without designing a whole layout.
February 26, 2025 at 8:54 pmHi Kay, an inframe kitchen is about 30% more expensive than a comparable shaker kitchen. All our example kitchen prices can be seen on our kitchens page here.
February 28, 2025 at 7:56 amHi can you have visible hinges on in frame doors
November 2, 2022 at 7:35 amHi, visible hinges are not available on our units i’m afraid.
November 2, 2022 at 10:43 amDo you know where to get the draw box and runners for a inframe draw cabinet can’t find them anywhere. I have the unit but need the mechanism
February 17, 2022 at 5:42 pmHi, you would need to add one of the standard drawer boxes to a basket and make a note to provide it suitable for inframe. Then give the sales team a quick call, before checking the basket out and they will be able to amend it to the inframe version, as single inframe drawers, are not available on the website.
February 18, 2022 at 2:12 pmHi
Would it ever be possible to mix inframe cupboard doors, with frameless drawers?
I love the look of the Helmsley but don’t like the idea of losing so much drawer space, so was considering the Norton drawers.
Thanks
January 12, 2021 at 8:21 amHi, it’s not possible to mix styles in the same unit. You could use different units together, but inframe and shaker doors do look a lot different, because of the frame and they may not look that great, side by side.
January 12, 2021 at 10:26 amHello, what is the width of the ‘frame’ of the Harewood units please?
June 1, 2020 at 9:16 amHi Meera, the frame is 36mm wide.
June 3, 2020 at 7:43 pmHi, I cannot for the life of me see the difference between your Ayton and Tockwith doors. The descriptions are identical and any visual differences are very difficult to see from the pictures provided. Can you help?
December 29, 2018 at 4:45 pmHi Richard, here is an Ayton Kitchen. The differences are in the centre panel. The centre panel on the Ayton door
is a little more ornate.Here is a Tockwith kitchen
January 4, 2019 at 11:01 am