Carcass & hardware
18 mm moisture-resistant plywood, sealed edges, Blum or Hettich soft-close throughout. This is the part you never see and the part that decides whether the kitchen still closes properly in year eight.
Home/Materials
What we build with, and why
Humidity, hard water and heavy daily use are the three things that kill joinery in this part of the world. Everything below is chosen for all three.
Stone & worktops
Quartz for near-zero maintenance, granite for heat, marble for looks, solid timber for warmth. Templated on site after the cabinets are in — never from a drawing.
Finishes & glass
Matt and gloss lacquer, high-pressure laminate, acrylic and veneer, plus fluted, lacquered, smoked and mirrored 6 mm toughened glass.
Standard specification
Our default spec sheet
This is what you get unless you ask for something different. Upgrades are priced openly and listed as separate lines on your quote.
Cabinet carcass
18 mm moisture-resistant plywood with sealed edges — it survives a leaking dishwasher and Dubai humidity in a way chipboard does not.
Standard
Shutters & fronts
Moisture-resistant MDF in matt or gloss lacquer, high-pressure laminate, acrylic, or veneer. Fingerprint-resistant options on request.
Your choice
Hinges & runners
Blum or Hettich soft-close throughout — hinges, drawer runners, lift-ups. Both carry a manufacturer lifetime mechanism warranty.
Blum · Hettich
Worktops
Quartz for near-zero maintenance, granite where you put hot pans down without thinking, marble for looks, solid timber for warmth.
4 options
Wardrobe internals
Laminate or acrylic carcass, anodised aluminium hanging rails, soft-close drawers, pull-out trouser and tie racks, glass-front shoe walls.
Modular
Glass
6 mm toughened — fluted, back-painted lacquered, smoked bronze or grey, clear or antique mirror. All edges polished, all panels safety-rated.
Toughened
Lighting
Under-cabinet LED strips, motion-sensor wardrobe lighting, and adjustable colour temperature so make-up colours read correctly.
Optional
Sealants & finish
Low-VOC adhesives and mould-resistant silicone at every wet junction. Rooms are ventilated and wiped down before handover.
Low-VOC
Straight answers
Three things worth knowing before you choose
More expensive isn't always better here
Acrylic fronts look superb and scratch more easily than laminate. In a family kitchen with three children, laminate is the smarter buy and we will say so, even though it bills less.
Marble is beautiful and it stains
Lemon juice, turmeric and olive oil all mark it. If you cook daily and want a stone that forgives you, choose quartz and put the marble on the island where it gets admired instead of chopped on.
Hardware is where cheap jobs cut corners
Unbranded hinges look identical on install day and start dropping doors within two years. Blum and Hettich are our floor, not an upgrade line.
Materials
Questions about specification
Something not covered here? WhatsApp us on +971 56 464 0625 and ask — a real person replies.
Five years on our craftsmanship — carcass joints, edge banding, alignment, and the installation itself. Blum and Hettich hardware carries its own manufacturer warranty on the mechanism. Normal wear, impact damage and water damage from a plumbing failure aren't covered.
Usually. Bring us a photo, or better, a spare panel or door. We can match laminate and lacquer colours closely, and we'll tell you honestly if an exact match isn't achievable rather than guessing and hoping.
It doesn't. The quote is fixed at sign-off. The only thing that changes the number is you asking for something different — a finish upgrade, an extra unit. Anything we should have spotted at survey stage is on us.
Free consultation
Come and handle the samples
We bring the full finish and hardware kit to your first visit. Colours read completely differently in your own light.