We bought a new CYV in 2011 and we wanted white cabinets just like our kitchen back in Baltimore. We had remodeled in 2008 and was the primary reason we sold our home in one day to the first viewers. When we were ready to buy here, we wanted a Woodlawn Masonry CYV, now called a Durham, and none of the available units had white cabinets at that time. Since you're not allowed any design possibilities we bought the cheapest Woodlawn with the intentions of refacing the cabinets later.
After doing many searches on Google and on this site, we found Remington Kitchens of Leesburg was the best choice because refacing was their speciality and we read several good reviews. We went to their Leesburg showroom and picked out the door and the matching drawl fronts and hand pulls and they had a salesman stop by our home the same day to measure our kitchen. We gave them a deposit and they set up a installation date four weeks later for March 25, 2013, a two day job.
They have two refacing crews, we had 'Jimmy' do our job and he has been with them several years. The first day he took down all the old doors and pulled out the drawls and then covered all the the exposed cabinet facing with white formica, that was end of day one. The next day with a router he trimed off all the excess formica, added white crown molding and calked and touched up all white surfaces. He then attached the new white doors and drawls and drilled and installed the hand pulls.
It was a full two day job, originally they had estimated three days. Here are some photos of our kitchen that was finished just about a month ago. Our cabinets use to be a natural maple, no stain, I considered them pretty drab looking. We had added a white subway tile backsplash and plantation shutters a year ago and we have recently added a the stainless steel french door refrigerator, we originally had all white appliances and were in the process of switching over to stainless. We also just had the wood floors installed in the kitchen and DR by Great Lakes right after the cabinets were finished.
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After