Painted cabinet doors are generally at the top of the price point, with polyurethane in either gloss, satin or Matt finishes being rather expensive, and hand painted doors even more so. Laminate on the other end of the scale are cheaper, but also only have the option of a flat door. If a profile is what you what, as most if not all painted doors are profiled, ( have a door shape), but the durability of laminate is wanted, then a vinyl door can provide both. Depending on your door provider, try to stick with Australian manufactured vinyl doors to ensure they meet our regulations, such as albedor or tesrol doors, and they will give you best of both worlds. Also, being that they are cheaper than painted timber doors, modern kitchen construction means replacing doors are as easy as clipping off hinges, and ordering new ones!

Thank you all for your advice/feedback. We have opted to have a display cupboard built in the same colour as the other kitchen cupboard but with glass doors and half the depth. We loved the recessed/niche walls so having them built in to the hallway walls to make the kitchen/living room area appear slightly bigger plus they will look gorgeous haha! I will post pics in a couple of weeks once they have been installed.

Emulsion is a water based paint that you use on your walls but you can use it on furniture if you sand and prep properly. I use it on pieces that need a reasonably tough finish but you need to sand it to get an interesting finish.

You could also pick your cupboards and then have the white paint colour matched if you want another choice. You need to consider the colour as part of your whole house colour scheme. There is a poster on here who is building a lovely house but is struggling towards the end because their selections aren’t quite as cohesive as they would have liked.