Changes to Bishop’s Door Offerings

Bishop is always listening to our dealers and developing new offerings. In this post we look at changes in Bishop’s door offerings.

We will cover four areas of recent changes:

1. Aligning Door Styles Across Cabinet Constructions
2. New Doors Styles
3. MDF Doors & Their Benefits
4. Discontinued Door Styles

But first, a few facts about Bishop’s broad door offerings:

• 33 Door Styles in the Design Elements Line
• 19 Door Styles  in the Essentials Line (5 slabs counted as one door style, 2 skinny shaker counted as one door style)
• 6 Wood Species (Including MDF)
• Rustic available in Maple, Cherry, Hickory and Red Oak
• 14 Standard Paints (Unlimited Custom Paints)
• 14 Stains (Limited Non-standard Stains)
• 4 Washes
• 21 Modern Materials Finishes (Limited Custom TFLs)
• 12 100% MDF Door Styles
• 20 Maple Frame/MDF Center Panel Door Styles
• Other Enhancements: Physical Distress, Edgeware, Glazes

As you can see, Bishop has a robust door offering for any taste from traditional to contemporary and a wide array of finishes.

Now, here is what is new with Bishop’s door offerings.

Aligning Door Styles Across Cabinet Constructions

Bishop manufacturers primarily three types on cabinetry:

1. Framed (Full Overlay and Half Overlay. Our focus in this post is Full Overlay.)
2. Framed Inset (We refer to as “Inset” in this post.)
3. Frameless

You can learn more about framed and frameless cabinetry in our past posts.

Historically, we have not always launched new door styles simultaneously across all cabinet construction types. This at times means the customer cannot get the door style in the cabinetry type that they want. That changed with our new door styles we launched in July.

New Door Styles

Our dealers were instrumental in the three new on-trend door styles we launched in July. All are available in full overlay, inset and frameless.

White Plains
Shaker with 1/2″ Step

Spring Hill
Shaker with Slant

Ocean City
Shaker with 1/4″ Cove

Many door styles are the same for frameless and full overlay cabinets. We are just starting to align the inset doors with full overlay and frameless. Our current inset doors are: White Plains, Ocean City, Long Beach, New Ashford, Old Town, Sun Valley, St. Cloud, Garden Home, Grand Isle, Spring Hill.

We are working on a plan to align New Ashford with North Andover. They are the same door style, and North Andover is available in full overlay and frameless. In the future, New Ashford will likely be renamed North Andover.

New Ashford
Inset

North Andover
Full Overlay, Frameless

In all cases except Sun Valley, the stiles and rails and slightly thinner in inset, as demonstrated in the chart below. Most folks would not notice the difference.

Sun Valley was added to inset in July. This is the fourth door available across all three cabinet styles. It is available in inset in all species except for white oak.

Our hope is that aligning door names and profiles across cabinet construction makes it easier for our dealers when designing with Bishop cabinets.

5-Piece MDF Doors

Bishop has been offering hybrid Maple/MDF doors for sometime now. Due to popular demand, we now have 100% 5-piece MDF doors in certain door styles.

MDF doors offer several advantages:

1. A more consistent paint finish
2. Less noticeable joints
3. MDF doors rarely warp

Styles available in all 5-piece MDF: Baton Rouge, Downey Lane, Juneau, Kirkwood, Lake Juneau, New Ashford, New London, North Andover, Ocean City, Park City, Sun Valley (Punta Cana is available in MDF slab)

Styles available as a Hybrid Maple Frame/MDF Panel: Avon Park, Bar Harbor, Cape Cod, Castle Glen (1/2 OL), Coral Gables, East Windsor, Fifth Avenue, Fort Myers, Garden Home, Grand Island, Klamath Falls, Lafayette Square, Long Beach, Old Town, Pleasant Brook, Spring Hill, St. Cloud, Walden Pond, Warm Springs, White Plains

Discontinued Door Styles

Naturally over time some door styles fall out of favor. In the last 18 months, Bishop has discontinued several doors due to declining sales:

• Cottage Grove
• Napa Valley
• Ventura Way
• Mount Shasta
• Hilton Head
• Lake Wales
• Mount Vernon
• Fair Haven
• Van Buren (Inset)
• South Hampton (Inset)
• Finger-Pull Modern Materials Cashmere (Supermatte and High Gloss)
• Fingerpull-Pull Modern Materials Muratti 01
• 5-piece Shaker Modern Materials Blanco High Gloss
• Slab Modern Materials Cotto and Picasso 2 High Gloss

We Are Always Listening

We encourage our dealers to inform us of trends they see in door styles, stains and paints and any other areas that will help them be more successful. We have regular product development meetings where we discuss market needs to better serve our dealers.

About Bishop Cabinets

Bishop Cabinets has been manufacturing for over 60 years.  Click here to learn more about our capabilities and latest offerings that align with the latest trends in cabinet finishes.

Our Vision Statement

“To create beautiful and functional cabinets through innovation, growth, and a commitment to keep family values at the core of everything we do.”