After our house renovation is complete (1930s bungalow) we will have a 24ft by 30ft kitchen/dining/living space. I was so sure that I was going for a contemporary handleless design. Something similar to the Roundhouse 'Brown' project but with oak doors on the island and pale grey/off-white matt doors on the perimeter units. My thinking was that in an open plan space, uber streamlined was the way to go....
But there have been delays in the work and this has given me dangerously extra amounts of time to 'research'. I am now really conflicted as I am now totally unexpectedly hankering after a contemporary-looking Shaker style like this. I would still go for the same colour combination of oak on the island and pale doors on the perimeter units but it is a very different look. I would have to have small, more inconspicuous, round handles and flat draw fronts (my kitchen plan is mainly pan drawers rather than cupboards) to keep it clean looking.
Note, I have neither a Roundhouse nor a Podesta budget!!
I have had both shaker style doors and slab doors (with handles) in the past and there were pros and cons to both.
Shaker - classic and less likely to date (boring?), looks 'more expensive' but would this style be too fussy and busy for an open plan space? Also, those little ledges just mean more cleaning...
Handleless slab doors - are these here to stay or will I get bored of them they date??