Style is important, but a timeless style is even more important. A timeless kitchen design means you won't be spending days and months of your life researching kitchen remodeling tips again anytime soon—because your remodel will last for decades. Does that concept sound appealing? Then consider installing Shaker style cabinets in your upcoming kitchen remodel.

Shaker style cabinets were originally built by the Shaker religious community predominantly during the 19th century. Guiding principles of the Shaker religion included simplicity, utility and honesty. The simplicity and utility aspects of these principles were readily apparent in their hand-made, wooden furniture—which ranged from cabinetry and dressers to beds, tables and famous ladder-back chairs.

Shaker cabinet doors have a frame and panel profile, which is also referred to as rail and stile construction in the woodworking world. Design enthusiasts have enjoyed a "return to simplicity" and that's one of the reasons why Shaker style cabinet doors are so popular in every design circle—from the traditional to the modern.

The modern kitchen designer appreciates shaker style cabinetry because it is clean and uncluttered. The doors can be left plain or cabinet hardware may be added, depending on a home-owners preference. While finished wood adds warmth to modern kitchens, Shaker cabinets look just as attractive painted black, white, gray, navy, and more. Divine carries Hudson in grey, Midtown and Sonama in white.

Shaker style Midtown are units that are uniquely simple yet attractive. They feature recessed panel doors, light finishes and basic hardware. Shaker style cabinets mirror the furniture designed by the Shakers, who were extremely skilled craftsmen and carpenters. Shaker style cabinets have doors with recessed panels and minimal adornments.

Transitional kitchen designers often select grey Hudson because they help to create the "transition" between traditional and modern kitchen elements. While a Shaker enthusiast may balk at any changes made to this traditionally pure cabinetry style, contemporary shaker cabinets can also be made with a slightly beveled edge. It's a very small design difference, but that little extra adornment will also help to keep your kitchen from sliding into the modern design category.

Even traditional kitchens can use this shaker style Sonama in their design. That aforementioned beveled edge will help to keep the look more traditional, as will a lighter wood finish or a paint color from a farmhouse our country kitchen palette, especially with a distressed cabinet glaze. Choosing antique or eclectic drawer and door hardware will also help to add that traditional feel to your cabinets.

You can choose from more than a dozen options of laminate door finishes that look just like wood. You'll save big, get the look you want, and your maintenance requirements shrink considerably.