On a recent project, we fabricated and installed paint-grade kitchen cabinets pre-finished in French Vanilla. The homeowner also wanted to update the bathroom vanities but was reluctant to embark on a whole-room bathroom renovation. So, we removed the doors and drawers, painted the cabinet boxes and installed new doors, hinges, drawers and drawer fronts, providing a lower-cost alternative. Below is a photo of the results:
It is becoming more common for our customers to request a glazed finish to give their cabinets an aged and well worn look. In the example below, we have a French Vanilla tinted lacquer on the left and the same finish with a Van Dyke Brown glaze on the right. This has a subtle effect on the simple shaker door style and would be much more pronounced on a door style with more detail.
More commonly, we apply glazed finishes to emphasize the detail in stained wood doors . In the example below, we have identical knotty alder raised panel doors, both with a clear satin finish. The door on the left has a Van Dyke Brown glaze to emphasize the doors detail and give it an aged look.
On this project, we built plywood cabinets and faced them with redwood. The doors and vents are all stainless steel and the toekicks are pressure-treated lumber faced with Ipe to match the existing deck.
When we first saw this kitchen, it was 25 years old, it had oak doors and a see-through peninsula upper. The upper cabinets were just 30″ tall but it had new granite countertops and the homeowners liked the layout. To complement the high vaulted ceilings, we replaced the uppers with 42″ tall cabinets, added a small cabinet over the existing pantry and refaced everything else. The wood is knotty alder and the color is Fruitwood with a Plantation glaze.
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(Before our work began)
September 29th,2009
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