According to website Houzz’s recent kitchen trends report, 57 percent of homeowners surveyed chose Shaker-style cabinets when remodeling. Characterized by simplicity, functionality and efficiency, it’s clear this 300-year old design style still resonates today.

According to website Houzz’s recent kitchen trends report, 57 percent of homeowners surveyed chose Shaker-style cabinets when remodeling. Characterized by simplicity, functionality and efficiency, it’s clear this 300-year old design style still resonates today. Shaker cabinets feature frame and panel construction – often referred to as rail and stile. Shaker cabinets are sleek, easy to paint, go with a wide array of hardware and are cost effective. White Shaker cabinets are a classic in kitchen design, but more and more homeowners are opting for a soft green or grey colour instead. A Shaker aesthetic can also be applied to furniture such as flat-fronted dressers, tables with straight legs and feet, spindle and slat chairs and wooden knobs. Perhaps the most enduring quality possessed by Shaker style is that its clean, minimalistic lines never seem to go out of fashion. Who knows, perhaps it will still be around 300 years from now!