A wood stain cabinet. with stain factory applied is I think the easiest to maintain. If you like white cabinets, make sure that the white is factory applied, too. Cabinets that are painted and / or stained at home, do not have as durable a finish as factory applied finishes.

Plywood is MUCH lighter than MDF so it’s a good choice for LARGE cabinets. I usually choose a cabinet grade plywood like Birch which has a nice, hard, smooth veneer on both sides. Birch Plywood is esssspensive! so if u wanna stick to ply only then Sanded Ply is the option.

Farid, Longevity and low maintenance is the criteria then BWP blockboards will be your best option for kitchen shutters. Thanks, Nitin Cornerstone Designs, Bangalore.

One of the kitchen designers is providing bakelite for kitchen cabinets material, I feel it would be good to use this material since the area is prone to termites thus using wood is not beneficial. Can anyone provide me any downsides of this material?