Galaxy Dove specialty base cabinets: the microwave bay, the appliance colour inside it, and a 66-inch desk
Reviewed September 2026 · Captivating Cabinets
On this site the Galaxy Dove specialty base cabinets are two microwave bays, GD BMC24 at $614.25 and GD BMC30 at $695.50, and the thing that decides how good they look is not the cabinet. It is the colour of the appliance you slide into an off-white frame, so that is answered first. Then the bay you must confirm before buying the microwave, the desk you can build from the knee drawer and file base the site lists under plain base cabinets, and the $2,021.50 box nobody describes.
Which microwave finish sits in an off-white bay
Slide a microwave into a base bay and the door colour wraps it on three sides, at hip height, in the run you look along from the doorway. No other spot in the kitchen puts an appliance finish that close to the paint.
| Microwave finish | In this off-white frame | Our call |
|---|---|---|
| Stainless | Neutral against the paint; reads as the default it is | Always fine |
| Matte black or black stainless | Sits cleanly — this finish takes black where a beige door would not — and ties to black hardware or a dark island | The graphic choice, and a good one |
| White | The starkest white in the room, three sides of it against the softest; the gap is smaller than beside a beige door and larger than none | Only if the range and fridge are white too, so the whole kitchen reads white-appliance by design |
If a white microwave is already sitting in the garage waiting for this kitchen, the Linen vs Dove comparison is worth a read before the finish is fixed — not because this one fails beside white, but because it is the one of the two that can be made to work.
BMC24 or BMC30, and the opening to confirm before the appliance
Both are standard carcasses — 24″ deep, 34½″ high — with an open bay that Fabuwood sizes for a countertop microwave — or a warming drawer — and storage below. The 30 costs $81.25 more and is the one to buy whenever the run has 6″ to give: the smaller bay rules out most full-size appliances, and cabinets outlast microwaves. The bay opening itself is not printed on the listing. The maximum cutout we work from for the 30 is 28½″ wide by 18¾″ high; confirm it against Fabuwood’s current spec book, and check the appliance against it as its manual instructs — outside dimensions plus the air gap it needs at the sides and back.
- A receptacle inside or next to the bay, on the electrical plan before the drywall goes up.
- The side the microwave door hinges on, checked against the aisle and the neighbour; it cannot be reversed.
- A clear stretch of counter within reach of the bay for the hot dish.
- If the bay ends a run: the finished-side option on the product page at $96.00 a side, or the GD SK MC end skin at $50.05.
Base position suits anyone who would rather lift hot food down and toward themselves instead of down from shoulder height, and it frees the range wall for a proper real hood. It does not suit anyone who should not be bending; for them, a wall cabinet or a drawer microwave. Send us the appliance model with a design request and we will check the fit before the cabinet is ordered.
A 66-inch desk from three parts filed under base cabinets
Two parts the site files under the ordinary base cabinets build a desk in the same paint as the kitchen. GD FD18 is an 18″-wide, 21″-deep, 28½″-high file drawer base at $559.00 — desk height, with a deep lower drawer for letter files. GD KD30 is the knee drawer at $172.25: 30″ wide, 21″ deep and 5″ high, and the front trims down to 24″ on site, so it spans the leg space between two stacks. Put a file base each side of a knee drawer and you have a 66″ command centre — mail, laptop, chargers — for $1,290.25, in an off-white that keeps the desk end of the room reading as part of the kitchen rather than an office that wandered in. Their drawers are the line’s standard dovetailed boxes on Blum soft-close slides; the knee drawer is sized to the gap it spans, so measure the finished opening first.
Corners and benches have their own pages
If a corner brought you here, the blind corner is the cheapest turn, the easy reach shows everything through a 45° door and the lazy Susan brings it to you. The return angle bases end a peninsula at 45°, and the drawer bench seats build a nook. The full finish is on the Galaxy Dove collection page.
Common questions
- Does a white microwave look wrong with off-white cabinets?
- It is the brightest white in the room set inside the softest, so you will see the difference — less than beside a beige door, more than beside stainless. It works when every appliance is white and the kitchen reads that way on purpose; as the one white appliance, it looks like a mismatch.
- What size microwave fits the BMC30?
- The listing does not print the opening. We work from a 28½″ × 18¾″ maximum cutout on the 30; confirm it against Fabuwood’s current spec book, then add the ventilation gaps the appliance manual requires to its outside dimensions and compare.
- How much is a microwave base cabinet in Galaxy Dove?
- $614.25 for the 24″ GD BMC24 and $695.50 for the 30″ GD BMC30 as displayed. A finished side is $96.00 on the product page, or the GD SK MC end skin is $50.05, if the bay ends a run.
- Can I build a desk from Fabuwood base cabinets?
- Yes. Two GD FD18 file drawer bases ($559.00 each, 28½″ high) either side of a GD KD30 knee drawer ($172.25, trims to 24″) make a 66″ desk at desk height for $1,290.25, in the same paint and drawer hardware as the kitchen.
- What is the GD BSS3?
- A 34½″-high base cabinet sold with its storage accessories already installed, at $2,021.50. The listing gives neither the width nor the accessories, so confirm both with us before it goes on a quote.
- Does the microwave cabinet need its own outlet?
- Yes — a receptacle behind or beside the bay, planned at rough-in. Adding one after drywall means fishing a circuit through a finished wall to reach an appliance that is otherwise sitting in an open shelf.
Keep reading
The guides behind the numbers on this page.
- Fabuwood Linen vs Dove
Which of the two warm finishes tolerates a white appliance.
- Black Kitchen Cabinets: Styles, Pairings and Care
Black accents against a white-family perimeter.
- Fabuwood Cabinet Sizes and Specs
Catalog dimensions for the bay cabinets and the desk-height parts.
- Important Kitchen Dimensions Before Buying Cabinets
Where the hot dish lands, and how wide the lane in front of the bay must be.
- Kitchen Cabinet Terminology Glossary
What the letters BMC, KD and FD stand for.
- Space-Saving Cabinet Solutions
More ways to clear the worktop of appliances.
