My feature wall cabinets have arrived and been installed. They are Shiloh inset in "vintage" cherry with their Sundance finish. Flush toe kick since this isn't a prep or clean up space. The countertop is 2" thick walnut with an eased edge and oil finish. The rear of the glass front cabinet will have a mirror installed. Eventually, these cabinets will have unlacquered brass knobs and long bar pulls from Colonial Bronze.

The fridge is an Electrolux Icon and I will tell you, it's a big step down in quality from a SubZero (which is what it is replacing) but I really needed to resize the fridge to improve kitchen function. On the bright side, we do have chilled water again. And ice.

So far, my contractor has been a dream and the project actually looks and flows like it is being handled by a professional. I am so pleased. It is such a relief after all the awful contractor experiences I have had. I can't wait til the beams and ceiling are painted in. Also, we have to blend in the floor finish since these cabinets aren't as deep as the "custom" cabinets they are replacing. Once that gets done, we can install the shoe molding and the bottom fridge grill.

Could you, would you PLEASE post some pictures of the edges of your doors? I absolutely love the rustic look of these and it's something I can actually create.

I really, really love these and have had an AH HA! moment.

How gorgeous.
Thanks!

Another person who needs to share their good contractor's info for those of us who are still floundering. : )

So, is the rest of your kitchen Barker? Or, I guess the better question is why didn't you go with Shiloh for everything? Are you painting something yourself, or....

More info about cabinet particulars, please! :)

Those are lovely and your fridge looks great, too.

As to why we didn't do all Shiloh? It was cost prohibitive. Plus, I wanted a hand brushed effect on the painted cabinets. Shiloh does have a color match program, but it's an up charge. iI couldn't afford any of the "hand brushed" cabinets my KD offers. Frankly, Shiloh's quality is excellent to me - this is my second Shiloh kitchen - and Barker has the same components (plywood construction, Blum hardware) it just comes flat packed. I really wrestled with doing the split. But, in the end, there was an $8k difference. I needed to keep that in my pocket.

I think your choices were well placed.
I actually have just received a delivery of Barker drawer boxes and am going in right now to open them and install them into my MBR cabinetry! (Some I built, some I bought, some I raided from the reuse centers!)

So there you have it!
I await the pics. I have this thread on my screen and it'll be here until we can harass you into photos. Consider the harassment started!

I wanna see yours in person, if not more photos. "Where is it you said you lived?" (she wheedled!)

I can't believe this is the first we've seen of this finish. the style and doors are pretty easily found. These look SO BETTER/DIFFERENT! I am absolutely in love and have this thread on my screen saver.

Hurry up!
Please.

CEFreeman, here's the close up of the drawer front edge. It really just looks like the patina the oils from your skin would develop on the edges of the cabinet front. It's very subtle in real life; the camera is not as forgiving as the human eye in interpreting it.

I can't wait for you all to see the kitchen this is replacing. We had 19" between the edge of our island and the cabinets in one area! I was constantly on the wrong side of the island and then got the hip check every single time I'd have to walk the circle. Despite the negative reinforcement, I never learned.

I had a strict budget number in mind, and despite using Barker and DIYing *a lot* I'm still over budget. But, when all is said and done, this house (built in 1920 and remuddled in 1995) really deserved to get some of her old glamour back. Imagine a 92 year old woman dressed like Courtney Love. :-)

I plan to paint the cabinets myself. Thanks to my father, I am a pretty competent DIYer. And honestly, I want the painted cabinets to have an imperfect charm. *That* I can do. Although I can tile, I have decided to hire that out. I am actually handling the small bits of floor that need to be blended in. Speaking of DIY, I have a blue ceiling and beams to paint.

Thanks again for all the positive feedback!

I googled your cabinet description to try to find more pictures of this particular combination and found your mood board in an image search. Are you still planning on the same backsplash tile?

What are you using on the floor?

I can't wait to see the finished product. I can also imagine those cabinets in quarter sawn oak.

Blue ceiling beams? Pastel or day-glo?

I had never seen the vintage finish before either. My former Shiloh dealer only had the distressed paint finishes and they were just too much for my taste. It bears mentioning that the vintage is a hand applied finish, so it's sort of a hold your breath sort of thing assuming you want a restrained hand applying your distressing. For example, there can be fly-speckling, glaze, actual dents, etc. in the wood, but mine is nothing like that. It may be because I have the simplest door style (Homestead doors and slab drawers) so there aren't many places to get crazy, if you know what I mean.

Maybe you know this: on the website they say the vintage finish is available only on the wood listed... but then the wood isn't listed. There are only pictures.. it's not really clear what finish they offer on which wood.

Do you remember if there was a vintage finish available for knotty alder at all? I can identify cherry, oak and maple in a vintage finish on the website but that's all.

Do you remember if your cabinets are available in quarter sawn oak?

Deedles--could you tell when you were looking at their website.

I appreciate that pic. I can see how they did it without too much effort! What I really have to get right is the stain. The worm holes are just an awl or ice pick gently applied. The chunks are edge chunks: normal wear and tear, and the corners just as you described.

Between this and the Medallion "Gable" door in their similar, non-red stain, I'm hooked.

I am absolutely in love!
Thank you.

Would love to see pics!