The Ultimate Guide to
Kitchen CABINETRY

Featuring thermolaminated doors, the Form Range available at Farquhar is one of our most popular. Its high quality finish comes from the seamless contouring from the door face over to the edges, with no joins.

The Form Range is an outstanding blend of aesthetics and performance. The high quality finish is resistant to everyday wear and tear, ensuring your project remains stylish for many years to come. 

The Form range features a wide range of colours, from traditional whites, industrial greys and blacks, to trending blues and greens, across the multiple different finishes

A key feature of the Form products is the suite of door profiles available; from minimalist, contemporary,  to shaker and more, there is a profile available for every kitchen style.

This is the most common and cost effective finish. Laminate is extremely versatile, it can be used in all flat door applications, as well as selected matching benchtops. 

Available in a range of matte and gloss colours, there’s something to suit every design style.

Laminate cabinetry has an outer layer made from paper and resin, and is finished off with a high quality edge strip. Due to this make up, laminate is extremely durable and low maintenance. It’s a great cost effective option, especially for busy homes with a lot of kitchen traffic. 

The laminate cabinetry colour range is by far the largest, with many naturals, pastels, or bright pops of colour available to choose from. 

One key benefit of laminate is that many colours can also be made in a laminate benchtop product, meaning cabinetry and benchtops are perfectly matching. While this isn’t so common in current kitchen trends, it is used extensively in laundries, studies, and vanities. 

The choice between gloss or matte cabinetry is made easy by matching your design style. Gloss is great at brightening and reflecting light in a room. It does, however, tend to show fingerprints more than its matte opposition. This is something to consider, especially if you’re after a handleless look. Matte on the other hand, loses the shiny wow-factor, however is incredibly durable and easy to clean.

Timber grain laminate is extremely versatile, and brings warmth, texture, and movement to a design.

Available in a range of wood grains in smooth and textured finishes, it can be used in all flat door applications, as well as selected matching benchtops. 

Timber Grain Laminate has the same practical make up as a flat colour laminate, however the printed grain feature is what sets it apart. While still a very cost effective option, it does mean that the investment is slightly higher for a timber grain kitchen in comparison to a single colour. 

Timber grain shares the same durability and low maintenance benefits of coloured laminate, and is actually better at hiding fingerprints and spills due to the varying colour of the doors.

The design of timber grain has come a long way over the years, and the printed representation of timber is incredibly realistic. The laminate products are in line with the look and feel of timber veneer, at a much more affordable price point.

A range featuring Perfect Sense Matte products – an innovative decorative product featuring the latest anti-fingerprint technology. A super matte surface providing a premium velvety cabinetry finish. The technology reduces the effect of fingerprints, providing less effort to clean and maintain.

The Touch range features Perfect Sense Matte products – an innovative decorative product featuring the latest anti-fingerprint technology, reducing the effect of fingerprints, providing less effort to clean and maintain.

The cabinetry finish of Touch is a premium velvety feel that can’t be achieved with a standard matte laminate. The extra matte surface draws in light, and its velvet sheen is almost visible.

2 pac cabinets feature a hardened paint finish on the doors and panels. The name comes from the paint being a combination of paint and hardener.

As a paint product, 2 pac cabinetry can be done in any colour. There are no limitations on the colour range available. 

Similar to our Form range, 2 pac is suitable for use on a profile door or panel, and is often used to create a traditional Hamptons style kitchen. 

One of the limitations however, is that 2 pac is susceptible to chipping, given it is a paint finish, rather than a laminate finish. This is something to consider if you have a busy kitchen.

Timber veneer cabinetry is created by applying a thin layer of timber to a door or panel, made of MDF.

It offers the visual appeal and warmth of real wood, at less of an investment. As a natural product, the colours and styles available match many of our common timber varieties, and include the natural graining and knots as part of their design. This is unlike laminate timber grains, where the grain can be controlled to remove large discrepancies in colour and pattern.