lizzie818
Jan 27, 2009, 08:20 PM
Hi, we just had new cherry cabinets installed in our kitchen and noticed that some of the dorr panels have cracks and holes. It is not a smooth surfacr. I can actually fit my thumb nail in the holes. We also have some dark steaks (almost black) running through. Is this a natural part of cherry wood? We did not order a distressed style, we ordered a traditional raised panel style. The panel door we ordered to look at before we ordered our cabinets did not have any of these inperfections on them (no knots, crakds or holes).
Some of them also have shrinkage where the inner raised panel has shrunk so there is no stain around some of the sides of the panel. Our distrbuter said it was because we had them stored in our garage and it may take a while for the humidity to return to the wood. The cabinets were delived direclty into our kitchen so they were never in our garage.
The cabinets are not the most expensive one out there but they were not cheap (36,000). Are these holes inherent in cherry wood or should we ask for new door panels. We don't want to be unreasonable but this is not what we expected. Please advise. Thanks. Liz
Some of them also have shrinkage where the inner raised panel has shrunk so there is no stain around some of the sides of the panel. Our distrbuter said it was because we had them stored in our garage and it may take a while for the humidity to return to the wood. The cabinets were delived direclty into our kitchen so they were never in our garage.
The cabinets are not the most expensive one out there but they were not cheap (36,000). Are these holes inherent in cherry wood or should we ask for new door panels. We don't want to be unreasonable but this is not what we expected. Please advise. Thanks. Liz