Why you should consider large, freestanding storage pieces as a convincing doppelgänger for pricey built-in cabinetry ...

to make the shelving units feel more built-in and original to the space. Other great custom touches include a mix of drawers and cabinets, decorative trim on doors, glass doors, and luxe hardware.

Credit: deVOL Kitchens While traditional cabinets may look slightly flat, glass-fronted doors allow for a greater amount of depth and contrast in your kitchen design. However, this is just one ...

“The glass doors are so easy to maintain as églomisé ... or door sits flush with the face frame, is the way that cabinets were built at the time my home was built—in 1915,” Ashley Goldman ...

On the exterior, the townhouse’s parlor-level double-door entrance ... has an elaborate original built-in cabinet — typical of grand Renaissance Revival townhouses — brightly patterned floral ...

vintage and auction sites teem with large-scale pieces that can stand in for built-ins. They go by such names as glazed bookcases (meaning some doors are glass), hutches, cabinets and vitrines.