Contempra Horizontal Manatee is Kitchen Craft's slab door with horizontal grain orientation in a soft warm-gray Manatee finish from the Contempra line. The horizontal grain runs across the door rather than vertically, giving the kitchen a continuous architectural read across long cabinet runs.
What Horizontal Grain Brings to a Soft-Gray Slab Door
Most wood-look cabinet doors run grain vertically. The Contempra horizontal-grain construction pulls the eye across the kitchen rather than down each door, which gives the run a more continuous and intentional read. Combined with the soft Manatee gray-warm tone, the door delivers a quieter contemporary statement than the brand's deeper horizontal-grain finishes, suiting kitchens that want directional grain without dramatic visual weight.
Specifications
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Door: Slab with horizontal grain orientation.
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Color: Soft warm-gray Manatee tone.
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Style: Contemporary modern.
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Hinges: Soft-close, full-overlay, fully concealed.
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Drawers: Soft-close on under-mount slides.
Designed For
Contempra Manatee carries contemporary kitchens that want directional grain detail with quiet color, primary bath vanities, condo and loft remodels with European design language, and accent islands paired with white or cream perimeter cabinetry. It pairs cleanly with white or light quartz tops, brushed brass or matte black hardware, and either edge-pull or thin bar-pull profiles. Knob hardware tends to fight the horizontal-grain geometry; flat pulls coordinate better.
Sample Tip
Horizontal-grain doors read very differently in person than in photos, since the grain orientation pulls the eye across the run rather than holding it on each door. Order a sample door and view it next to a vertical-grain reference if possible, so the difference becomes clear before you commit. The soft Manatee tone also reads more dimensional in person than in photos, where flat lighting can compress the warm-gray character.
