Weather your a seasoned builder or this is your first time looking at custom cabinets, PLM has some useful information that can help with maybe finding the right question or even inspire some new ideas
Some Cabinet Terminology
Face Frame - The structural portion of the cabinet to which doors are attached, consisting of both rails and stiles.
End Panel - The side of the cabinet that is grooved into the face frame and extends back to the wall.
Bottom - The floor of the cabinet. On a wall and tall cabinet, the same component is used as the top.
Back - The rear vertical surface used to mount the cabinet to the wall.
Adjustable Shelves - Horizontally placed storage surfaces that are adjusted by moving clips used to hold the shelf in place.
Toekick – The recessed toe space at the bottom of a base cabinet.
Center Panel – The raised or flat panel in the middle of a door enclosed by stiles and rails.
Center Stile – Sometimes called a mullion, this is the raised rail in the middle of a door that is enclosed by stiles and rails.
Edge Profile – Shape put on the outside edge of a door or drawer front.
Rail – A horizontal framing member of a cabinet face frame or door.
Reveal – On a framed cabinet, the distance between the outside edge of the face frame and the outside edge of the door.
Stile – The vertical-framing members of a cabinet face frame or cabinet door.
Dovetail Joint – An interlocking corner joint where pins on one piece fit into sockets on a second piece and dovetail together.
Drawer Glide – The system used to support the drawer in a cabinet and provide opening/closing operation.