Which material for which part of the cabinet

No material is good everywhere. A well-planned kitchen mixes three or four of them.

Each material and what it does best

Critère	What it does best	Where we use it
Plywood	It stays straight and holds screws	Cabinet boxes, drawers, shelves
MDF	It takes paint perfectly smooth	Painted doors and fronts
Melamine	It costs little and comes pre-finished	Cabinet interiors and shelves
Solid wood	It shows real wood grain	Doors, mouldings and visible details
Hardware	It lasts years without loosening	Hinges and drawer slides
Particleboard	It costs almost nothing	Nothing that carries weight, with us

For the structure: Plywood everywhere there are screws and weight to carry.
For the fronts: MDF if you paint, solid wood for the grain, melamine for the price.
For the budget: Put the money on what you see and touch every day.
What fails first: The edges of the panels and the installation, rarely the material itself.

No, and it is rarely desirable. Three or four panels share the same room, each placed where its weakness does not show.

Look at box thickness, plywood species, slide brand and edge band thickness. The rest is presentation.

Under a decor and away from water, it does the job. We keep it out of cabinet boxes, because it does not hold screws over time.

We go through the room with you at home, then settle every material together.

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