I probably wouldn't glaze it only because there's not much in a shaker style for the glaze to adhere to. Glazing really brings out the details in the cabinet fronts when you have lots of molding or ogees and such.

I have beading so the glaze really made the beading pop but as Annie said a plain shaker cabinet would probably not benefit from glazing.

I think glazing can look nice on stained wood or darker painted wood, if done VERY well, not calling attention to itself. I don't like it on white or light painted wood, as it can look dirty/dingy.

I had priced glaze on maple shaker cabinets and it was 20% more than no glaze on cherry cabinets. You don't get much effect for the money it will cost you.

would say it is not worth the money for a basement, and not usually done on shaker, but see what the sample doors look like before you decide.

I would say no glaze on shaker style cabinets. I agree with others that it can look a little dingy and dated on off-white. I think I'd want crisp, clean and simple in a finished basement.

Thanks everyone. I kind of figured a glaze would make no real impact. We have a full daylight basement, and we are treating it the same as the rest of the house because we intend to make full use of it.

I think shaker style lends itself to simplicity. I would not use the glaze.

The cream-colored cabinets in the bathroom I just moved into had a "glaze" that was so poorly done, it just looks like pin stripes around the borders. Has nothing to do with a distressed antique look that was probably the intent. I am going to try to match the paint to remove the pin-stripes or paint the whole cabinet over.

When I was shopping around for new cabinets at my old house, samples of glazing were very varied. Most did not really look distressed or antiqued --they just looked multi-colored.

No glaze.