Galaxy Pistachio Green dishwasher panel: the arithmetic that leaves six inches, and what to do with them
Reviewed September 2026 · Captivating Cabinets
The Galaxy Pistachio Green dishwasher end panel is one part: GPG DWR6, a 6-inch finished face at $201.50. It exists because of a piece of arithmetic that turns up on almost every kitchen plan with a dishwasher in it. Cabinets come in three-inch steps, the dishwasher opening is fixed at a nominal 24 inches, and the wall is whatever the builder left, so the base run often lands a few inches short. Six is a common answer. This page shows where that gap comes from, three ways to spend it, and which placements of the dishwasher need this panel and which need something else entirely.
Where the six inches come from
Take a straight wall of 111 inches between two side walls, with the sink under a window. A typical layout puts a 36-inch sink base on the window centreline, the dishwasher beside it, and drawers and a door base to fill the rest.
| Position | Part | Width | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPG SB36 sink base | 36″ | $490.75 |
| 2 | Dishwasher opening | 24″ | appliance |
| 3 | GPG DB21 drawer base | 21″ | $672.75 |
| 4 | GPG B24 base | 24″ | $471.25 |
| Total of the run | 105″ | ||
| Left over on a 111″ wall | 6″ |
Every cabinet here is a correct, standard size, and there are still six inches that no box accounts for. Shuffling the drawer base and the door base does not help, because every width in the grid is a multiple of three and the remainder stays. The designer has to decide where six inches of something goes, and in what form.
Note that some of the gap may be spoken for already. If either end of the run meets a wall, a small filler there is often needed anyway for door and drawer clearance, and the rules for that are in the end panels, scribe and filler guide. What is left after that is the real question.
Three priced ways to use the space
Close it with the panel
Put GPG DWR6 beside the dishwasher, between the appliance and the drawer base, for $201.50. The finished face sits in the plane of the drawer fronts, so the run reads as continuous. This is the right answer when the dishwasher needs a little extra space from its neighbour anyway, for example because the drawer base has projecting pulls that the dishwasher door would catch as it drops.
Absorb it in a wider drawer base
Swap GPG DB21 at $672.75 for GPG DB27 at $773.50. The run now adds up to 111 inches exactly and the extra $100.75 buys six inches more of every drawer in that base, which is cheaper than the panel. It is the right answer when nothing needs spacing from the dishwasher and the wall ends need no clearance strips. Of the three, this is the one most often overlooked, because a designer who starts from the appliance tends to reach for a panel beside it.
Turn it into a tray cabinet
Swap GPG B24 at $471.25 for GPG B21 at $432.25, which frees three more inches, and add a 9-inch base, GPG B09FD at $273.00. Net, that is $234.00 more than the original run, $32.50 more than the panel, and it gives you a narrow vertical cabinet for trays and baking sheets. Next to a sink, that is one of the most useful nine inches in a kitchen.
Four dishwasher placements, and the part each one needs
The panel on this page is the answer to a gap inside a run. It is not the answer to every dishwasher, and ordering it for the wrong placement is the most common mistake we see with this part.
- Beside the sink, inside a run. The usual case, and the only one this page really serves. The dishwasher sits between two bases; any leftover goes in one of the three ways above.
- At the end of a run. One whole side of the dishwasher is exposed to the room, two feet deep and counter high. That is a side to be finished, not a gap to be closed. The part is a base end panel, GPG BEP at $149.50, or a skin, GPG SK BASE at $62.40, with a support for the counter above it. The decorative end panel page covers that choice.
- In an island. The dishwasher door faces the working side and the back of the appliance faces the seating side, where it is hidden behind the island’s back panel. The island back and ends get clad as one object; the refacing sheets on the refacing panel page are sized for that job.
- Beside an inside corner. When the dishwasher door drops open, it projects into the aisle at knee height. Within a few inches of a corner it blocks the drawers on the other leg. Here the 6-inch space is a clearance spacer, not a decoration, and it should stay a gap whatever else you decide, filled with the panel or a plain strip.
Reading the gap on a quote
If you already have a quote, you can tell which of the three routes the designer took by reading two lines. Find the dishwasher on the plan and look at what sits either side of it. If there is a DWR6 line, the gap was closed with the panel. If the base beside the dishwasher is an odd-looking width against the rest of the run, 27 inches where the others are 21 and 24, the gap was absorbed. If a 9-inch base appears near the sink, it became a tray cabinet.
None of the three is wrong. What is worth asking is whether the choice was made deliberately. Two questions settle it: does the dishwasher need a spacer here for its door or for a corner, and would I rather have the money or the storage? If the answer to the first is no, and you would rather have the storage, ask for the run redrawn. It costs nothing to ask, and on this grid the cheapest route is often the one with the most drawers in it. The SKU codes guide will help you read the rest of the base run on the same quote.
The steel door in a green run
A stainless dishwasher is a 24-inch break of cool grey steel in the middle of the base run. On a white kitchen it is the brightest and darkest thing at once, depending on the light. On a muted grey-green like this one it is closer in value to its neighbours, and in our view it reads more like a deliberate change of material than a gap. That is part of why many people who choose this finish keep a stainless dishwasher rather than paying for a panel-ready one.
If you do want the dishwasher hidden, a panel-ready machine needs a front built to the appliance maker’s own template, and the live list for this finish does not publish a dishwasher door front. Ask us before buying a panel-ready appliance on the assumption that a matching front is a catalogue part. The appliance-front question is also worth raising early on a design request, because it changes which machine you buy.
Either way, the six-inch face beside the appliance is a narrow green strip next to steel, at knee height, where drips from the racks land. Wipe it when you unload. The cleaning and care guide covers what is safe on painted surfaces.
Ordering
Choose the dishwasher model before the cabinets are finalised, because its width, door swing and connections decide where any spacer goes. Send the model number with your wall measurements, and the designer will work the run all three ways and show you the difference in money and storage.
One labelling note. The same DWR series appears at narrower widths on the drawer panel page, where GPG DWR3 is $130.00 and GPG DWR1-1/2 is $123.50, titled as drawer panels. The live list does not publish a height for any of them, so tell us the opening and we will confirm the finished size of the part before the order is released.
Everything ships with the Galaxy order, pre-assembled, in seven days to three weeks. The panel is here, the drawer bases and sink bases are on the base cabinet page, and the full range is on the collection.
Common questions
- What do I put in the 6-inch gap beside my dishwasher?
- Three options on this collection: the 6-inch dishwasher panel, GPG DWR6, at $201.50; a drawer base six inches wider, which on this grid costs $100.75 more from 21 to 27 inches; or a 9-inch tray cabinet if you can take three more inches from a neighbouring base. Ask for all three to be drawn.
- Do I need a dishwasher end panel if my dishwasher is at the end of the run?
- Not this one. A dishwasher at the end of a run has a whole side exposed, and that needs a base end panel, GPG BEP at $149.50, or a skin, GPG SK BASE at $62.40, plus support for the counter. The 6-inch panel closes a gap inside a run.
- Why is there always a gap next to the dishwasher?
- Cabinets come in 3-inch steps and the dishwasher opening is fixed at 24 inches, but walls are whatever length they are. The run of standard boxes rarely adds up exactly, and the remainder often ends up beside the appliance.
- Can I get a green panel for a panel-ready dishwasher?
- The live list for this finish does not publish a dishwasher door front. A panel-ready front has to follow the appliance maker’s template, so ask us before buying a panel-ready dishwasher.
- Does a stainless dishwasher look right in a green kitchen?
- Usually. Brushed steel is a cool mid grey and this finish is a muted grey-green, so they are close in value, and the dishwasher reads as a change of material rather than a hole in the run.
Keep reading
The guides behind the numbers on this page.
- Types of Base Cabinets
The drawer, door and tray bases that can absorb the gap instead.
- Cabinet End Panels, Scribe Molding and Fillers Explained
The clearance fillers that may already claim some of the six inches.
- Kitchen Layouts Explained
Where the dishwasher goes in each layout, which decides the part it needs.
- How to Clean and Care for Your Kitchen Cabinets
Looking after a painted face that sits beside a dripping rack.
