Uptown Core, Oakville

Three of these cabinets are new. You cannot tell which.

• Sprayed in Silhouette
• 57 pulls, antique pewter
• 3 cabinets rebuilt

1. 

   01

   Three cabinets came out and were rebuilt — the sink base, the corner unit, and a beverage station that was not there before. The client asked for them. A company that only refaces has to say no, because the boxes are the one thing refacing does not touch.

2. 

   02

   The drawer boxes are plywood, built in our own shop. Most kitchens at this price ship particleboard boxes with metal sides, and you find out which you have the first time one is loaded.

3. 

   03

   Fifty-seven pulls, held against the doors before anything was ordered. The old handle holes were plugged with solid wood dowels and drilled fresh — which is why you cannot find them.

4. 

   04

   Power went into a wall that had none, because the beverage station did not exist until this job. That is a different trade from refacing and it happened on the same visit.

5. 

   05

   The lighting panel is one piece, mitred and routed in the shop, so the light turns the corner without a joint. Two panels butted together would show a dark gap exactly where the eye goes.

6. 

   06

   The strip sits down inside a routed channel, not stuck to the underside of a shelf. It is the difference between lighting that was designed in and lighting that was added afterwards.