Fronts

Direct coating

Characteristics: The melamine front has a scratch-proof and highly durable surface, recommended, say, for heavy duty family kitchens. And as durable as it can get, there are no hard feelings. Fingerprints are hard to find. Highly resistant to abrasion, a melamine front is liquid-repellent too. Even after years of exposure to sunlight, the frontage colour finishes keep their radiance. Extremely versatile, you'll find a wide choice of melamine fronts even at entry-level prices.

Aesthetic appeal: The melamine front is available in a huge range of colours and decor finishes. Coming with a finely textured surface, it leaves no margin of doubt as a timber reproduction with extremely authentic character. Shining melamine surfaces captivate with a particularly high level of gloss and depth of brilliance. Even metallic effects can be produced with melamine.

Featured in the following Bauformat ranges: Baku, Bali, Brest, Siena, Chicago, London.

Characteristics: At first sight, the laminate front looks like the melamine front. An untrained eye will hardly tell the difference. Compared to the directly faced melamine front, however, the surface of the laminate front is multi-layered in structure. This comes with a raft of advantages: laminate, for instance, is harder and extremely durable. This also makes it a popular choice for heavily used worktops. Laminate fronts are very hygienic, easy to clean, not affected by moisture and can withstand even heavy everyday wear and tear for years on end.

Aesthetic appeal: Laminate fronts come in a wide range of colours and decor finishes. This material is highly recommended for anyone wanting a seamless look or preferring rounded edges. Because the options that are available open up unmatched creative scope, particularly in combination with laminate.

Featured in the following Bauformat ranges: Stockholm, Singapur

Characteristics: Our matt glass laminate fronts are almost identical to frosted real glass. The smart, innovative material has many advantages in terms of stability and functionality. It is ten times more resistant to breaking than real glass and 50 percent lighter. The surfaces appeal for their high resistance to scratching in everyday life. They are easy to clean, so they comply with the highest hygiene standards – not least thanks to the special antibacterial coating.

Aesthetic appeal: Glass effects have long been established in contemporary interior design because of their elegant looks and excellent properties. Yet they have lost none of the charm of something special. They create exciting effects in a clever interplay with light, for instance linear LED bands in handless designs. The velvety-soft feel of this front is typical. An anti-fingerprint effect ensures that less care is required. With all its benefits, the glass laminate front is an elegant alternative to real glass.

Featured in the following Bauformat ranges: Glasgow

Characteristics: When the classy, natural look and finely textured wood feel is combined with your personal choice of colour and extreme ease of care, that's when a lacquered, genuine wood front enters the scene. The frame around every door is made of solid wood, making the whole construction particularly sturdy. The infill is veneered in real wood. This has the advantage of making the doors lighter in weight and more durable. Kitchens designed in this way are also less expensive than kitchens made entirely of solid wood. In a final step, the real wood fronts are coated with a protective lacquer that makes the surfaces hard-wearing. As lacquered fronts don't have any bonded edges, there's no need to clean glued joints as is necessary with laminated kitchen fronts. Completely sealed coats of lacquer are relatively easy to look after and keep clean. The high-quality lacquered finish make the hard-wearing material resistant to scratches and abrasion.

Aesthetic appeal: Furnishing concepts planned with this material look wonderfully homely and high-end. Kitchens and adjoining areas for dining, living and relaxing in can be planned with lacquered real wood fronts to create a look that couldn't be more consistent. This design option is particularly popular for the newly interpreted, modern country style. A wide choice of lacquer colours opens up tremendous scope for creative ideas. Combining various accent colours is also very easy.

Featured in the following Bauformat ranges: Cambridge

Characteristics:  Stone is a material that has always fascinated people. It is only in recent years that this piece of good, honest nature has been used in making exclusive kitchens. The use of this relatively heavy material is made possible by clever process of adeptly combining a panel made of certified engineered wood with a layer of real stone. No two fronts are exactly the same – each of them unique from the depths of our planet. The surface is finished with an unobtrusive coat of protective lacquer. In everyday kitchen use, genuine stone is extremely hard-wearing and very easy to maintain. Anyone looking for something truly special can use genuine stone fronts to create a prestigious-looking furnishing solution that's full of character.

Aesthetic appeal: This look & feel is unique: the layer of real stone on this furniture front enriches every ambience with its exceptional look. The material's fine, relief-like texture and natural power of expression conjure delightful aesthetic appeal. The prestigious-looking front is particularly effective in high-profile interior design concepts with open floor plans – such as in handleless island solutions or built-in tall units and sideboards. People with an eye for exceptional style love fronts that are designed in this way. Because they know they're adding something really special to their home that stunningly underscores their property's aesthetic appeal.

Featured in the following Bauformat ranges: Bilbao.

Characteristics: Scoring with an absolutely unique, irresistible look, the Enigma metallic-shimmering front-panel material is an exclusive creation developed here in-house at Bauformat. Every singe front is one of a kind. The particularly high-gloss front makes fascinating statements and also impresses with its practical qualities: it is scratch and abrasion-resistant and extremely easy to keep clean.

Aesthetic appeal: The Enigma front is a unique eye-catcher and exudes an almost magic radiance, particularly in combination with light. It is a very popular choice for use in combination with other front materials. Five finishes are currently available: Oilslick, Iceblue, Mélange, Oro and Platinum. For people with an eye for the exceptional, Enigma is an exclusive alternative to existing front materials.

Featured in the following Bauformat ranges: Enigma