Cabinets can be a pretty time-consuming part of designing an outdoor kitchen. Especially colours, colours can end up being the thing that causes the most delays to your entire kitchen. And for good reason. The overall aesthetic is heavily influenced by what your most prominent colour is. Besides your bench top, your cabinets are the most significant source of shade.
In this blog, we’re going to talk about the different options available for your cabinet doors, some inspiration and information.
A quick tip when reading this post: in the industry, when you hear someone talking about an insert in regards to a cabinet, they’re referring to the material you see on the door. The material that makes up the door (minus the frame) is called an insert.
One of the more popular choices we experience, Aluminum composite panels are an extremely versatile rigid substrate that can be utilised in several ways.
Some of their key features include:
“Offers designer appeal, the confidence of a 10-year guarantee, applicable on all genuine Perspex grade inserts and numerous practical advantages.”
Taken from the Perspex’s brochure, here are some of the key features you should expect:
Quality: Caring for the environment is essential. In all parts of its operations, they take seriously responsible for the environment. The two main components of one of their doors, aluminium and Perspex, are both fully recyclable.
"The two-step photo imaging process used to create DecoWood distinguishes it from the rest. First, the aluminium is covered in a luxuriously textured super durable powder coating. Then images of timber grain are sublimated into the powder coating, ensuring absolute photographic precision." - DecoWood's website.
Taken from DecoWood's website, here are some key features you should expect:
A key feature of Corten steel is its weather resistance. As their website explains, "Under the influence of weather conditions, a dense protective patina layer composed of corrosion products is formed on the surface of the Corten Steel. The protective layer develops in approximately 18 months."
The protective layer, or patina, is reddish-brown at first but gains a darker hue with time. A slight downside of Corten Steel is that as the patina develops, you will experience some runoff.
Their website assures that this will "slow down and eventually stop entirely; however, (their) calling specialists will suggest the inclusion of a small gutter in the cladding detailing to take the runoff or the installation of non-porous materials. Below." Looking for some more outdoor kitchen cabinets in Melbourne? If you'd like to see some more examples of how your cabinets impact your overall space, we have two previous blog posts that detail some of our favourite projects.
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