1.5 is the move for standard overlay, Ray knew what he was talking about. I ran 2 inch frames for years until a cabinet guy told me the same thing and it was like a light went on. You get a cleaner reveal against the door edge and the wider frame just eats up stock for no reason. Twelve boxes is a real chunk of oak you saved there.

My grandma used to do the same thing but with the water from boiling potatoes, weirdly enough. She'd mash a couple taters right into the sauce to thicken it up and sneak in some extra bulk without anyone noticing. My mom tried it once with instant mash flakes and it turned into this gluey paste situation, so real ones only I guess. That starchy water move sounds way easier though, gonna steal it next time I make rigatoni.