Adelphi Kitchens has manufactured custom cabinetry since 1946. We’re a partner you can count on for American-made framed kitchen cabinets with consistent product quality and reliable delivery.
Cabinet Face Frames
Browse our all-wood framed cabinet options.
Standard offset
Standard offset cabinets, often called 3/8-inch offset by other manufacturers, feature doors with a lipped edge. The lipped edges have a “rabbet” on the rear of the profile, which leaves a 3/8-inch exposed section with half of the 3/4-inch door thickness recessed into the cabinet frame. Each door covers 3/8 of an inch all around the cabinet frame opening. As a result, the doors and drawers are 1/2 an inch higher and wider than the frame opening. These cabinets use 1 ½-inch framing widths throughout.
Some specifications include:
- Base depth: 24 inches for a base, or 21 inches for a vanity
- Wall door height: The height minus 2 1/2 inches
- Drawer head height: 5 1/2 inches
- Base height: 34 1/2 inches for a base, or 31 1/2 inches for a vanity
- Base door height: The base height minus 13 inches
Marginal overlay
Marginal overlay cabinets have their doors and drawers completely on top of the face frame with a 3/4-inch visible thickness. The doors cover 1/2 an inch all around the cabinet frame openings. Both the doors and drawer fronts are 1 inch higher and wider than the frame openings. By default, this cabinet style uses 1 1/2-inch-wide framing.
The dimensions are as follows:
- Base depth: 24 inches for a base, or 21 inches for a vanity
- Wall door height: The height minus 2 inches
- Drawer head height: 6 inches
- Base height: 34 1/2 inches for a base, or 31 1/2 inches for a vanity
- Base door height: The base height minus 12 1/2 inches
Full Overlay
Similar to marginal overlays, full overlay cabinets have their doors and drawers completely on top of the frame. The door and drawer sizes aren’t based on the cabinet openings — these sizes are carefully measured to provide “reveals” all around the fronts with an entire edge profile and a ¾-inch thickness on display. The tops of the walls and base cabinets feature a 1/4-inch reveal. There are no reveals on the bottom.
All of these cabinets have a 1/8-inch reveal at the left and right edges. When the cabinets are butted together, they maintain the appearance of 1/4-inch reveals. Certain center stiles on multi-cabinet doors are 3 inches wide. Otherwise, this cabinet style uses 1 1/2-inch-wide framing throughout.
See the full overlay details:
- Wall door height: The height minus 1/4-inch
- Drawer head height: 6 1/2 inches
- Base height: 34 1/2 inches for a base, or 31 1/2 inches for a vanity
- Base door height: The base height minus 11 inches
- Base depth: 24 inches for a base, or 21 inches for a vanity
Inset — Flush or Beaded
Inset cabinet doors and drawers are flush with the inside of the face frame. As a result, the doors’ and drawers’ edge thicknesses aren’t visible.
We offer two inset styles — flush or beaded. The flush inset cabinets have flat, edged frames like our other styles.
Any beaded inset cabinets with doors or drawers and 1 1/4-inch framing throughout the construction will have a 1/4-inch bead applied to the inner edge of the openings. Their center, cross pieces measure 1 3/4 inches, and the outer pieces measure 1 1/2 inches wide.
We use these measurements:
- Wall door height: The height minus 3 3/16-inches
- Drawer head height: 4 3/16 inches for slab drawers, or 5 13/16 inches for five-piece drawers
- Base height: 34 1/2 inches for a base, or 31 1/2 inches for a vanity
- Base door height: The base height minus 13 3/16 inches for a one-piece drawer or 14 3/16 inches for a five-piece drawer
- Base depth: 24 inches for a base, or 21 inches for a vanity
Additional Details
See more information about our framed cabinets below.
Framed Cabinet Boxes
Our framed cabinetry boxes feature mortise-and-tenon constructions with natural birch interiors, which you can upgrade for an additional charge. The measurements include:
- 3/4-inch solid wood face frames
- 3/4-inch thick plywood sides, tops and bottoms
- 1/2-inch-thick plywood backs for the wall cabinets
- 1/8-inch plywood curved backs on most corner base cabinets or cabinets containing Lazy Susans
- 3/4-inch PBC core shelves
We assemble the face frames, tops, bottoms, backs, and end panels with tongue-and-groove techniques. The shelves are adjustable with peg-in-hole linebore systems.
Drawer Boxes
Our standard drawer boxes feature:
- 5/8-inch thick solid maple stock
- 1/4-inch bottoms dadoed into the sides
- BLUM full-extension, soft-close undermounts
If a specialized drawer box order exceeds the available tolerances or sizes of our maple stock, we may substitute the material with birch.
Finish Colors
Choose from over 70 colors in our standard stain or paint libraries — or pick any color from Sherwin-Williams or Benjamin Moore. Our team can also match a finish to coordinate with a previous order. Complete the look with specialized, glazed, highlighted, or distressed finish treatments.
Explore Endless Possibilities With Adelphi Kitchens
Adelphi Kitchens is ready to help you accomplish your custom cabinetry goals. Find a dealer near you to learn more about our high-end products and place an order. Want to work with us? Become a dealer today.