Slab door kitchens
Simply beautiful
Why choose a slab door?
A slab door is a single flat panel with no frame or moulding, which makes it the simplest door we make and the hardest one to fake. With nothing to draw the eye, the proportions of the runs, the grain of the finish and the tightness of the gaps carry the whole design.
Most of our contemporary ranges are built on it. Esprit and Strada wear it in matt and gloss, Valencia brings woodgrain into the mix, and because the doors are flat they suit true handleless rails as well as slim bar handles.
Esprit
A flat matt door made for busy households, tough enough for daily life and calm to look at.
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Esprit Profile
Esprit with an integrated grip profile, shown in a metallic blue gloss that catches the light.
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Slab kitchens live or die on texture, so mix your surfaces: a woodgrain like Valencia's Lissa oak against painted matt, or a stone worktop over super-flat doors. Keep hardware minimal and let the lighting do the decorating, with warm strips under the wall units doing more than any ornament could.
Jacobsen
A softer take on the modern slab, in muted pairings like cadet and alabaster.
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Lawrenson
A door that carries bold colour well, from vermillion red and chalk to quieter shades.
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Pembridge
A flat-fronted door in modern colours like reed green, at home on handleless runs.
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Strada
Clean architectural lines with an integrated J-handle, in matt and gloss finishes.
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Valencia
A woodgrain slab in Lissa oak that brings warmth to a modern room.
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Winslow
A contemporary door with considered detail, in colours like Padstow blue with porcelain.
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Zola
True handleless design at its most refined, shown in graphite and light grey.
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Slab doors in real homes
Zola is the range to look at first, a true handleless slab where the graphite and light grey two-tone shows how much colour blocking a flat door can take. Jacobsen goes the other way, softer and warmer, with pairings like cadet and alabaster that stop a minimal kitchen feeling stark.
See them side by side in a showroom before you decide, because a flat door shows its finish more faithfully than any photograph, and the difference between two greys can be the whole room.
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Your questions answered
Do slab doors only suit modern kitchens?
They lean that way, but a woodgrain slab in a warm oak reads far softer than the glossy white most people picture, and Jacobsen's muted colours sit happily in a period home. If your heart's split, your designer can mix a slab run with framed furniture elsewhere in the room.
What should I look for in a well-made slab door?
Edges and gaps. A flat door has nowhere to hide, so look at how the edging is bonded and whether the grain lines up across a run of drawers. It's a five-minute check on a fitted display that tells you most of what you need to know.
See the slab door ranges in person
Stand in front of a fitted run and look down the door line. Every showroom has slab displays to inspect up close, or book a free design visit and we'll come to you.