HC Glossary

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Glossary: - How to define a cabinet

Face Frame versus Euro:

Face frame with flush inset doors. Horizontal face frame pieces are rails, vertical ones are stiles.	Face frame with overlay doors. Doors are on in front of the face frame.	European ("Euro"). No face frame; doors butt to each other.

Cabinet Position:
Upper	Resting Upper	Lower
Tall ("floor to ceiling")	Peninsula	Island

Door & Drawer Face Types:
Flat panel	Raised panel	Raised panel, applied molding	Bead-board panel	Arched	Mitered	Multi-panel

Flat panel	Raised panel	Applied molding	Bead-board	Bead-board, applied molding	Outside molding	Slab
For more doors: http://www.dutchmandoors.com/ http://www.caldoor.com/

Dovetail Drawers:

Unless otherwise requested, all of our drawers are dovetailed solid maple with full extension heavy duty drawer slides. Other options include butt joined, doweled, and lock joint.

End Panels:

Framed End Panel (like doors)	Flat End Panel	Angled End Panel with shelves
(Note the toe kick space at the bottom of each cabinet.)

Exterior Details:
Horizontal transom doors (closed)	Horizontal transom doors (open)	Vertical transom door (appliance garage)	Corbels (support overhanging counter top)
Bead-board cabinet back (vertical lines in cabinet back)	Flutes (vertical grooves in angled panel)	French lites (glass panes; in this case 8 lites)	Medicine cabinet (one of many types)

Interior Details:
Side access drawer	Cookie sheet dividers	Full round Lazy Susan (works best at an angled inside corner)	Pullouts (drawers behind doors)
Flipper doors (retracting)	Flipper door hardware (tracks visible at back)	Recycle bin drawer	Breadboard