MiamiCuse wrote:

> oh while I am at it, why are kitchen cabinets in the US are such that the
> doors and drawers are on top of the cabinet box instead of inset into it?
> Is it just a matter of being easier to make?
>
> In Europe and Asia it's always inset and anything else would be considered
> inferior. Here even the more expensive cabinets are not inset.
>
>
I guess it depends on exactly _where_ in Europe you mean. My cabinet
doors, and those of my cousins, are not inset. The cabinet carcase is
not visible when the doors are closed, as they would be if the doors
were inset.