And Now…Cabinets

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9f0">After our new floor was finally in, the contractor estimated they could finish in one more day.They were wrong. You see, the “wood” cabinets in our kitchen are not real wood. They are particle board, with a sheet of wood-grain paper on top of them. (The “wooden” baseboards were Styrofoam. Our builder had many tricks to make the house look more expensive than it actually was.)Since the house was

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built almost twenty years ago, cabinet styles have changed. No one makes fake maple paper anymore. The contractor ordered two other papers, hoping one would be close enough.It wasn’t. He had to use the $100/sheet wood grain paper you stain an exact match. It takes multiple applications of stain to get exactly right.For the side of a cabinet that will be hidden by a refrigerator.</article></body>

After the floor

After our new floor was finally in, the contractor estimated they could finish in one more day.

They were wrong. You see, the “wood” cabinets in our kitchen are not real wood. They are particle board, with a sheet of wood-grain paper on top of them. (The “wooden” baseboards were Styrofoam. Our builder had many tricks to make the house look more expensive than it actually was.)

Since the house was built almost twenty years ago, cabinet styles have changed. No one makes fake maple paper anymore. The contractor ordered two other papers, hoping one would be close enough.

It wasn’t. He had to use the $100/sheet wood grain paper you stain an exact match. It takes multiple applications of stain to get exactly right.

For the side of a cabinet that will be hidden by a refrigerator.