Plant on doors v in frame?

[Madamecastafiore]

Maybe stupid question but what is the difference?

Am reading all the kitchen threads as planning new kitchen but I seem to be going round and round in circles with all the different stuff.

for kitchen cabinets, "in frame" means there is a rectangle of battens matching the door that is fixed to the front of the cabinet, and the door closes into it.

Apart from looking different from the more common flush door, this reduces the size of the opening a little, which may make it more difficult for full-width fittings such as vegetable racks to be used, and gives a ledge that stops you sweeping out dust, dirt, dead spiders etc.

Disagree (sorry Pigletjohn)

With in frame kitchens the doors are hung on butt hinges which means you can open them a full 180 degrees which makes for much easier access into the cupboards than plant on doors.
Plant on means you can only open the doors 90 degrees.

And because you can open in frame doors so much more the insides are a doddle to keep clean and tidy in comparison.

However it's mostly about what look you actually like.

Buy a copy of Beautiful Kitchens or similar and look or go on to House to Home website and look. Or Houzz.com

If you post more about what you're after and budget I will post more info and options.

Essentially start with what you like the look of and what you think will fit in with the style of home you have.

in-frame is usually what you find on old hand-made furniture with butt hinges which open the doors as Florrick has said above. If you want a traditional look then that is what to aim for - but they are more expensive as more work needs to go into the building of them. You can get semi-framed kitchens which give a similar look but have less framing involved so a little cheaper. If you look at painted kitchens they are usually fully framed ones. Have fun choosing!