Fabuwood Galaxy Frost cabinets: the complete buying guide
Reviewed September 2026 · Captivating Cabinets
Galaxy Frost cabinets are the white shaker we design more kitchens around than any other finish we carry — not because it is the cheapest white, but because it is the most predictable one. This guide covers what the color actually does in a real room, how the door and box are built, which sizes exist, what a kitchen costs, and where it beats (and loses to) the other whites in the Allure catalog.
What the name actually tells you

The name is a hierarchy, and knowing which part is which makes every spec sheet easier to read. Fabuwood is the manufacturer. Allure is its mid-tier line — the volume program that most of the brand's kitchens come from. Galaxy is one of six door styles inside that line, a five-piece recessed-panel shaker with a smooth, polished face. Frost is the paint: the brightest, most neutral white in the catalog.
So "Allure Galaxy Frost" is one specific door in one specific color, and it is not interchangeable with the other whites Fabuwood sells — Nexus Frost is the same paint on a slab door, and Luna Dove is a slim-frame shaker in a softer white. Our Allure series breakdown compares all six door styles if you are still deciding, and the door style guide shows each profile up close.
Everything on this page — every size, every accessory, every molding — is that one door and that one paint, which is the whole point of buying a program finish rather than a custom color.
What this white actually looks like

Frost is Fabuwood's brightest paint and, more usefully, its most neutral. There is no yellow lean and no grey lean — which sounds like a small thing until you have watched a creamy white go faintly gold next to a cool quartz, or a chalky white go blue in a north-facing room. Neutral means the cabinets take on the room instead of fighting it.
The paint sits on the Galaxy door: a five-piece recessed-panel shaker with a smooth, polished face rather than a matte one. That low sheen is doing real work on a white. It bounces light instead of absorbing it, so a small kitchen reads larger, and it wipes clean where a flat paint holds fingerprints around the pulls.
The honest limitation: a bright, clean white is unforgiving of everything around it. Off-white trim will read dingy next to it, and a builder-beige wall will look yellow. If the rest of the room is staying, put a sample against the trim before you decide. Our guide to choosing the right white walks through undertone by window direction.
Door, box and hardware — spec by spec
Fabuwood sits in the value semi-custom tier, and the spec sheet is where that shows. This is not an import RTA box with a printed-foil door; it is also not a $30,000 custom program. What you are buying is a well-built painted shaker with brand-name hardware, pre-assembled, at a price close to RTA.
| Component | What you actually get |
|---|---|
| Door | Solid wood door frame around a ⅜″ MDF center panel — the MDF panel is why a painted shaker stays flat and crack-free where a solid-wood panel moves with the seasons |
| Box | ½″ select solid wood construction with a natural wood veneer interior |
| Drawer box | ⅝″ solid wood, dovetailed at all four corners |
| Drawer front | 5-piece recessed panel, matching the door |
| Glides | Blum Tandem plus Blumotion full-extension concealed runners |
| Hinges | Blum with Quick-Release and Blumotion soft-close |
| Assembly | Pre-assembled at the factory — dowel-and-glue plus pocket-screw joinery |
| Lead time | 7 days – 3 weeks (Galaxy ships faster than the rest of the Allure line) |
Two rows deserve emphasis. The dovetailed drawer box is the single best proxy for cabinet quality at this price — stapled butt joints are what fail first in a hard-working kitchen. And the Blum soft-close hardware is standard, not an upcharge line item, which is not true of every brand quoting a similar per-cabinet price.
How the size range is organized

Everything in this finish is built on the standard American cabinet grid, which is what makes it easy to plan against. Bases are 34½″ tall and 24″ deep so a finished countertop lands at 36″. Widths step in 3″ increments, which is why kitchens are drawn in 3″ multiples and why fillers exist to absorb the remainder.
- Base cabinets — 9″ to 48″ wide in 3″ steps, at 34½″ × 24″. Singles, doubles, drawer banks, sink bases, blind and lazy-Susan corners.
- Wall cabinets — 12″, 15″, 18″, 21″, 24″, 30″, 36″ and 42″ high. The 30″ height is the default; 42″ takes cabinets to a 9′ ceiling with no soffit.
- Tall cabinets — 84″, 90″ and 96″ high, in 12″ and 24″ depths, as pantries, utility cabinets and dedicated oven towers.
- Vanities, accessories, moldings and matching panels in the same paint, so a bath or an island end never has to be approximated.
The size filters at the top of this page are driven by live inventory, so they are the authority on what is actually orderable today. If a width you need is missing from the list, it is not stocked in this finish — ask and we will check the factory.
Building the whole room, one cabinet type at a time
Most kitchens use three families of cabinet, and each one has a different failure mode. Here is what to watch for in each, with the full size table for that type a click away.
Base cabinets
These carry the counter and take the abuse. The decision that matters most is drawers versus doors: a three-drawer base costs more than a door base of the same width and is worth it everywhere you store pots, lids or utensils, because you never lose the back half of the cabinet. Reserve door bases for the sink, the trash pull-out and anything tall. See the base cabinet size and price table.
Wall cabinets
Height is the whole game up here. A 30″ wall cabinet over an 18″ backsplash gap puts the top shelf at 84″ — reachable. Going to 42″ on a standard 8′ ceiling kills the gap above the cabinets and adds a shelf most people need a stool for. The right answer depends on ceiling height and whether you want crown. The wall cabinet lineup lists every height and width in this paint.
Tall cabinets
A pantry tower is the cheapest storage per dollar in a kitchen and the easiest thing to get wrong: a 24″-deep pantry swallows items at the back, while a 12″-deep one keeps everything visible but holds less. Oven cabinets are ordered to the appliance cutout, so have the model number before you draw the run. Browse the tall cabinets and pantries.
Vanities and finishing pieces
The same paint runs into the bathroom, which is how a whole-house remodel stays coherent for no extra money. Crown, light rail, toe kick, fillers and matching end panels all come in the finish too — those trim pieces are the difference between "cabinets installed" and "cabinetry". Start at the matching vanities.
Countertops, hardware and floors that work with it

A neutral base gives you unusually free rein, so the useful advice is about what each direction commits you to rather than a list of things that "go".
| Direction | What it does | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| White or marble-look quartz | Maximum brightness; the cabinets and counter read as one surface | Can tip sterile — bring in wood or a warm metal |
| Butcher block or wood counter | Warms the room fast; the cheapest way to keep white from feeling clinical | Needs oiling; avoid at the sink unless you commit to sealing |
| Dark or veined quartz / granite | High contrast, most forgiving of crumbs, makes the white look deliberate | Sample it in the room — dark counters read heavier in small kitchens |
| Matte black hardware | Graphic, modern, cheap to change later | Shows dust; skip on a kitchen you wipe once a week |
| Brushed brass hardware | Adds the warmth the paint does not have | Mixing brass with chrome faucets rarely works — pick one |
| Satin nickel hardware | The safe default; disappears rather than decorates | Fine — that is the point |
For a two-tone kitchen, the perimeter stays light and the island takes the color: Galaxy Indigo and Galaxy Nickel are the two we pair with it most. Our 27 kitchen cabinet ideas gallery shows several of those layouts built out, and the countertop and backsplash matching guide covers flooring, which is the pairing people leave until last and regret.
What a kitchen in this finish costs
Cabinet pricing is quoted per box, so the only comparable number across brands is a 10x10 — a standardized 20 linear feet of cabinetry used as an industry yardstick. It is not your kitchen, but it is the right way to compare quotes.
| Scope | Typical range |
|---|---|
| 10x10 kitchen, this finish | $4,000 – $6,000 |
| Small galley or condo kitchen | $3,000 – $4,500 |
| Large kitchen with island and pantry tower | $8,000 – $14,000 |
| Single base or wall cabinet | See the live prices in the table above |
The 10x10 pricing guide explains how that number is built and what it deliberately leaves out (countertops, install, appliances). The Fabuwood cost breakdown prices the series against each other, and if you are contracting the job, Captivating Pro is our trade program.
What is actually in a 10x10 kitchen
Here is the box list behind that number — a representative L-shaped 10x10, priced from this page. Nobody publishes this, which is why quotes are so hard to compare: two dealers can both say "10x10" and mean different cabinets.
| SKU | What it is | Qty |
|---|---|---|
| GF W3030 | Wall cabinet, 30″W × 30″H | 2 |
| GF W3630 | Wall cabinet, 36″W × 30″H | 1 |
| GF W1230 | Wall cabinet, 12″W × 30″H | 1 |
| GF WDC2430 | Diagonal corner wall, 24″ × 30″H | 1 |
| GF SB36 | Sink base, 36″W | 1 |
| GF BLB36/39 | Blind corner base, 36″W in a 39″ opening | 1 |
| GF DB18 | 3-drawer base, 18″W | 1 |
| GF B18 | Single door base, 18″W | 1 |
| GF B12 | Single door base, 12″W | 1 |
| GF TK8 | Toe kick, 8 ft length | 2 |
| GF BF3 | Base filler, 3″W | 2 |
At the prices shown in the table above, that set runs about $4,560 as of September 2026 — the live table is the price of record, and a collection discount is already applied there. Swap the blind corner for a lazy Susan and add roughly $400; swap two door bases for drawer banks and add roughly $250 each. Neither changes the layout, only what you can reach.
Your kitchen is not a 10x10. Treat this as the yardstick it is meant to be — a way to compare two quotes on the same cabinets — and send us your measurements for the list that actually fits your room.
How to read the codes on every product
Every item is named the same way: a two-letter finish prefix, a type code, then the dimensions. Once you can read one you can read the whole catalog, and you can check a quote without opening a price list.
"GF" is the finish. The letters after it are the cabinet family, and the digits are sizes in inches — width first, then depth or height where the cabinet needs both.
| Code | Family | Worked example |
|---|---|---|
| B | Base cabinet | GF B18 — 18″ wide base |
| DB | Drawer base (not double-door) | GF DB18 — 18″ wide, 3 drawers |
| SB | Sink base | GF SB36 — 36″ wide sink base |
| BLB | Blind corner base | GF BLB36/39 — a 36″ box in a 39″ opening |
| LSB / ERB | Lazy Susan / easy reach corner | GF LSB33, GF ERB33 |
| BTR / BTL | Base transition, right / left hand | GF BTR12 — 12″, right |
| W | Wall cabinet — width then height | GF W3030 — 30″ wide × 30″ high |
| WDC | Wall diagonal corner | GF WDC2430 — 24″ corner, 30″ high |
| TP | Tall pantry — width, depth, height | GF TP151284 — 15″W × 12″D × 84″H |
| OC | Oven cabinet; S/D/C = single/double/combo | GF OC3384S — 33″W × 84″H, single |
| TK / BF / TF / SK | Toe kick, fillers, end skins | GF TF696 — 6″W × 96″H filler |
Two suffixes are worth memorising because they change what you get. "FD" is a full-height door — the top drawer is gone, so GF B36FD is one tall door where GF B36 has a drawer above. "-12D" is a 12″-deep box instead of the standard 24″, which is how you fit cabinetry behind a peninsula or down a tight aisle. "SDF" means a single drawer front across a wide box rather than two.
The one code that trips people up is DB. In some catalogs it means double door; here it means drawer base. A double-door base is a plain B code at 24″ and wider.
How it compares with the other Fabuwood whites
Fabuwood sells several whites and they are not interchangeable. The differences are door style and series, not just paint.
| Finish | Door | Choose it when |
|---|---|---|
| Galaxy Frost | Recessed-panel shaker, smooth polished face | You want the classic white shaker, the fastest lead time, and the broadest size range |
| Nexus Frost | Slab — no frame, no panel | The kitchen is modern and you want an uninterrupted flat face |
| Luna Dove | Slim-frame shaker | You want a shaker with a narrower rail and a softer, warmer white |
| Galaxy Dove | Same Galaxy shaker door | The room needs a gentler off-white rather than a true bright white |
If you are still narrowing the field, compare every Fabuwood cabinet color side by side, read the door style breakdown, or check our Fabuwood review for how the brand holds up on construction and warranty.
Assembled, not flat-packed — lead time and what arrives
Galaxy is the quickest-shipping series Fabuwood makes: 7 days to 3 weeks, against 3–5 weeks for the rest of Allure. Cabinets arrive pre-assembled — doors hung, drawers fitted, hardware adjusted — so an installer sets boxes instead of building them. That also means they arrive big: plan for a garage or spare room, not a hallway.
Two habits save most of the problems we see. First, order a door sample and live with it for a few days before committing a whole kitchen — a white reads differently at 8am than under LED at 8pm. Second, measure before you order, not after demo: our kitchen dimensions checklist covers the six numbers that determine whether a layout works.
Common questions
- Is the Frost finish a warm white or a cool white?
- Neither — it is a true neutral with no obvious yellow or grey undertone. That is why it works in north- and south-facing kitchens alike and pairs with both warm and cool countertops. Order a door sample if the room has strong existing trim you plan to keep.
- Are these cabinets solid wood?
- The door frames and drawer boxes are solid wood; the door center panel is ⅜″ MDF and the box is ½″ select solid wood construction with a natural wood veneer interior. MDF center panels are the standard for painted shaker doors because they do not move seasonally, so the paint does not crack at the joint.
- Do they arrive assembled?
- Yes. Every unit ships pre-assembled with doors hung, dovetailed drawer boxes fitted and Blum soft-close hardware installed at the factory. Nothing needs to be built on site.
- How long does delivery take?
- Galaxy ships in 7 days to 3 weeks — the fastest window in the Allure line. The rest of Allure runs 3 to 5 weeks.
- What does a kitchen cost in this finish?
- A 10x10 kitchen typically lands between $4,000 and $6,000 for cabinets. Small galley kitchens run lower; a large kitchen with an island and a pantry tower runs higher. Send a layout and we will quote the actual box list.
- Can I see it in person before ordering a whole kitchen?
- Yes — order a door sample and keep it in the room for a few days, in daylight and under your evening lighting. It is the cheapest insurance in a remodel.
- What cabinets come in a 10x10 kitchen?
- A representative L-shaped 10x10 in this finish is 15 boxes: four wall cabinets plus a diagonal corner wall, a 36″ sink base, a blind corner base, a 3-drawer base, two door bases, two toe kicks and two fillers. The full SKU list is in the table above. A 10x10 is a comparison yardstick, not a real kitchen — ask any dealer for their box list before you compare prices.
- Are these RTA or pre-assembled?
- Pre-assembled. Much of the white shaker sold online is RTA (ready to assemble) and arrives flat, which is a very different job on install day. These arrive built, with doors hung and hardware fitted, so plan storage space for the cartons rather than assembly time.
- What does the DB in a Fabuwood SKU mean?
- Drawer base — not double door, which catches people out. GF DB18 is an 18″ drawer bank; a double-door base is a plain B code at 24″ and wider, like GF B30. See the code table above for the rest of the convention.
- Does the white yellow over time?
- The factory-applied finish is far more stable than a site-painted cabinet, and Fabuwood backs it with a limited lifetime warranty. Keep it out of prolonged direct sun where you can, and clean with a damp cloth rather than a solvent cleaner.
Keep reading
The guides behind the numbers on this page.
- Fabuwood Allure Series Explained: All Six Door Styles
Where Galaxy sits against Luna, Nexus, Fusion, Onyx and Elite.
- Fabuwood Cabinet Sizes and Specs: The Complete Dimension Guide
Every width, height and depth in the catalog, in one table.
- Fabuwood Cabinets Review (2026)
Construction, warranty and where the brand actually falls short.
- Fabuwood Cabinets Price List (2026)
Discounted pricing line by line and finish by finish.
- How Much Do Fabuwood Cabinets Cost?
Real 2026 numbers by series, with what drives a quote up.
- Fabuwood Cabinet Colors: The 2026 Guide to Every Finish
All fourteen Galaxy colors side by side if this white is not the one.
- White Kitchen Cabinets: Finding Your Perfect Shade
Undertone by window direction — read this before you commit.
- Which Fabuwood Door Style Is Right for Your Kitchen?
Shaker, slim-frame and slab profiles compared up close.
- An Honest Cubitac vs Fabuwood Comparison
The cross-shop most people are running, with real prices.
- What Is a 10x10 Kitchen? Cabinet Costs and Packages
How the benchmark number is built, and what it leaves out.
- Kitchen Cabinet Samples: How to Order and Evaluate
What to actually check on a door sample in your own light.
- Pre-Assembled Kitchen Cabinets: A Dealer's Buying Guide
Why these ship built, and what that changes on install day.
- How to Match Cabinets, Countertops, Backsplash and Flooring
The pairing order that keeps a white kitchen from going flat.
- 27 Kitchen Cabinet Ideas
Real layouts, including two-tone kitchens built on this white.

































































































