The original contract in my opinion says he is responsible for setting up the electrical work and bringing in the electrician. He says not so, and has been charging me extras for this - which I have been paying. His work seems to be okay - in fact, in the first week it was very good - but then he started charging for all these extras that I felt were in the contract. I asked him last week to sign an agreement saying all workers are paid to date; he does not want to do so. He believes the contract reads a different way re electrical. Now I just found out a few minutes ago the electrician he hired is not licensed - so I will have to bring in a licensed electrician to look over his electrician's work. He says since we disagree on this point and even though I have paid every penny he has requested, he has a "feeling" I will hold out on the last payment, and so he will not do the work until we sign a new contract. So my backsplash is left there waiting. I can walk away now, and be left with no backsplash, all outlets are dangling from wall, dimmers not installed, baseboard on island not installed. Cell drawer work not completed. He was supposed to snake the wire up but now that the stone is in, the stone will have to be removed. Island counter does not have support, corbels need to be installed, a shelf was supposed to be installed. Siding gashed out, electrical wires dangling in garage, baseboard covers in dining room exposed. So I just don't know what to do. He is willing to walk away and give up 2000 but I believe my cost to fix these things is more than 2000, plus I lost the money I paid for all those extras that were in fact part of the contract. This is what my contract said: "The following had no check marks but are included. If not, please let us know. New lighting switches for kitchen area 8-9 recessed lights (3 way at entrances) 1 cabinet glass door cabinet lighting - 2 puck lights and switch Pendent lights hanging over island (will supply ) Switch for pendant lights GFI outlets as needed Phone jack and outlet Phone is on wall now. This part had a caveat saying (some of this portion below will require electrician) Countertop, island, stove, dishwasher, oven hood, microwave and refrigerator outlets Some are there now. If needed by code, designated lines Note: will require 120 V electrical wiring by electrician .) Dimmers for all lighting ) Prepare walls and trims for painting, fill in all nail holes on trim and casements trim .

I grew up with a kitchen from the early 50's that had white cabinets. 1st house I bought in my first marriage had antique white kitchen cabinets. After that marriage lol, my 1st apt had off white kitchen cabinets. When my current husband and I of 30 years bought our first house, it had oak but so dark almost black you couldn't see the grain. Although that house was built 1950, think the cabinets must have been done early 1970's. We moved in mid 80's. 1990 I striped the cabinets, bought new unfinished doors and stained them a medium oak color. They looked great.. I had vowed I was never going to have white cabinets after living with them so long while growing up. In 1994 had a house built, we chose the new cabinets in medium oak. In 10 years they looked pretty beat up, even after trying to keep them clean and keep up with them. Couldn't afford a whole new kitchen with 16 new cabinets. Started searching houzz and found many where the uppers were a shade of white, and the lowers were stained. I really started to like the look. This also was a way to have a new kitchen at half the price of all new cabinets. So... last Summer, bought a Graco paint sprayer and painted all my upper cabinets antique white, but replaced the doors to be butt doors and 2 cabinets went with frame only and I installed a nice glass and bought all new ORB knobs and handles. We will also be placing LED lights inside the glass cabinets. The whole kitchen looks so much larger than the 16x24 it already is. Being one who loves stained wood, this was a big change for me, even for my husband.when I told him I wanted to paint the uppers white said.. oh no.. don't do that!!.. After showing him the kitchens with painted and stained cabinets, he now loves them too. This year, in fact just over 1 week ago, we ordered lower cabinets from Conestoga Wood Specialties via one of their dealers. 1st part of the order will arrive on Friday. we added 4 new cabinets to the already 16. 2 island cabinets being added on the ends to enlarge the island will be a soft green that I already painted the 2 that are there. 1 corner upper will be antique white like the rest. The rest of the lowers will be Cherry that I will be staining walnut. I do a lot of wood refinishing, so this isn't new to me. 2 years ago, I would have never thought I would ever paint wood cabinets, but so glad I changed my mind. White cabinets in all shades of white have been around probably since the 1800's. If you like white cabinets and it goes in with the style you are going for, they by all means... go for it :) I just have to decide on which Cambria counter to go with.

I have Conestoga cabinets and added a Rev-A-Shelf under the sink. It was a bit iffy if the options Conestoga had available would fit, so GC and I decided to buy locally once the cabinet, sink, etc was installed. I wouldn't expect you'd have issues with aftermarket Rev-A-Shelf as long as the kitchen is designed around the specs. Also wanted to give a high-five, because that was my main inspiration pic too! Love it!

Thanks for everyone's comments so far. I did let the refacing company know that it's not the same color as the door sample, but he didn't know what they could do to fix it. I hate to ask them to completely redo all their work. My guess as to what happened is that the company who makes the doors for them changed their color mix, and the refacing company hadn't updated their door samples. The door sample is from 2019. So in other words, it's likely the fault of the refacing company, but it's still a big ask for them to completely redo everything (especially since they're a small company). I have thought about the lighting. We have a solar tube in the kitchen, so we might add a filter to make the light coming in more yellow during the day. The gray undertone in the cabinets are less noticeable to me in the evenings when we have the overhead lights on in the kitchen. Can the glazing really cause crackling?