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Kitchen Cabinet Styling and Installation

BobVila meets with Dave Boniello from Simplex Industries to discuss the custom kitchen being installed at the factory in the modular home. Boniello points out the cabinets chosen are from Merillat. The cabinets used in the modular home�s kitchen are from Merilat�s Classic series and feature cherry veneers and solid wood with a cider finish. To add contrast to the kitchen the designer added maple cabinets with an oatmeal finish around and over the stove. Bob and Mike Savage from Simplex Industries demonstrate the use of a �dead man� in the hanging of kitchen cabinets. This allows a single installer the ability to hang wall cabinets without a helper.

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Kitchen Cabinet Styling and Installation

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" Let's talk first about the the Merillat cabinets themselves what what line is this this is from their classic series it's the portrait style OK actually portrait cherry. With the cider finish in this is for -- services double sided door oh it is open the oven to the other side that's a great features yes access whatever's in here from either side right exactly OK. And then the wouldn't. This chair when his chariots of -- society are finished and its combination of solids and other material in the construction right that's correct and you guys can offer anybody who's buying and designing a house here simplex any kind of pretty much in the parallel line we're using all three series of cabinets that specifically we're using all the classic. All the time there yet now. I'm sure this wasn't a mistake but it looks to me like we've got two totally different finishes up here as a law. That's correct it wasn't a mistake to designer wanted something with little bit of contrast to go against the cherry cabinets will be picked. What is called portrait it's a maple cabinet. With an oatmeal finish. I what you up to over here why is this spurt out like this punch him in the cab and our experiences color. Contrast. So again that did so that it projects out a little bit further than these over here yes OK. And is that the of the hood something that's standard. You know it's not I'm actually again the designer looked at the offerings that Merillat had in the classic series. He wanted something that had more of that artsy crafty look to it so he asked us to. Actually make something we went into the catalog pulled out some balances and pillars and and a couple doors and and Mike our crafty guy here put something together for -- very clever. These are your dead men for holding its holding these up let's watch you do Arafat you know where is this what. Just leave it right there might -- he's leading advocate. Yeah a dead man is an invaluable tool when you're working by yourself. And it's nice that you've got a little bit of carpeting on the on the side -- Exactly you have to worry about scratching it. And then was there. Any extra backer put in here. Yes during the construction phases we do put walking in and any of our kitchen designs we add blocking in between the stud base. So we won't have any problem finding a nailer and anything that would -- 696. OK and out come the dead and it now what about the base unit that goes there might -- Is that this one yes. It's it was wrong with solid boxes and and you've already kind of put in grounded but yes back of it. Mission -- to keep it level with the hardwood floors sprinklers. Right. -- he -- to figure you might have to do little shimming -- a little scribing right sure when working with any kind of wood framing members they're not perfect. All new work makes it's so simple so this is. A centrally located stove opposite an island. The kitchen sink goes on the right hand side of the window right. Where does -- here -- kitchens until there and refrigerator and the refrigerator goes in here. Very handsome kitchen. "

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