On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, 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.

Hi,

Some are inset, but not very many. All the built-in cabinetry in my 1891
house has inset doors. When I redo my kitchen I'd like inset doors. For one
they keep out the dust better. Here's a page of doors that has some that
are inset, but they are very much in the minority:

http://www.pennvillecabinetry.com/Doors/Doors1.htm

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).