In my opinion, any manufacturer would be better than Showplace cabinets from Showplace Wood Products, Inc. We completely remodeled our kitchen this year and purchased $18,000+ of Showplace cabinets from Showplace Wood Products, Inc. through a local dealer at the beginning of March, 2008. Worst decision I have made this year. We put down a 60% deposit and were told the cabinets would arrive in 5-6 weeks. They arrived more than 10 weeks later at the beginning of June. We did not receive our full order and what we received had numerous problems. Of what we did receive, 90% of the doors and drawer faces had flaws that required replacement. The flaws included: chip outs at the panel joins, door insert panels had the wrong side facing forwards, glue rag marks, inconsistent and poorly sanded drawer panel ends, and staining flaws. Three of the cabinets were the wrong size and had to be reordered. We were told the replacement order would be expedited due to the already lengthy delays we had experienced. Not true. After another 8 weeks we received the replacement cabinets but had to wait another few weeks for the door and drawer faces (due to the significant number of flaws they had to have a special meeting which dragged the process out even longer). When they did arrive about 30% of the replacements had flaws that required they also be replaced. The dealer and Showplace's manufacturer's rep assured me they would be replaced. It is now the middle of October and our kitchen is still not finished. The dealer hasn't returned calls for 4 weeks. The manufacturer's rep on the other hand has returned calls and is looking into the situation. Other than the poor delivery time, slow customer service, and poor quality finishing, I would also add that the cabinets do not have the build quality I expected or was led to believe that I would receive. On the plus side, the design is very nice, the frontal appearance is very good, and drawer construction is very solid. On the negative, the cabinet walls are only 3/8" plywood construction and the backs are at best an 1/8". The cabinets are poorly braced and my cabinet installer had to rebuild the oven cabinet so it would support our built-in oven. The thin wall construction means that the cabinets 'rack' easily making it very difficult for my cabinet installer to true them up during installation. But you will not find the cabinet wall thickness mentioned in any of Showplace's marketing materials. I sifted through their website and .pdf materials but cabinet wall thickness is artfully omitted. In my opinion these cabinets look good but are not built to last. I have since learned that I could have had custom cabinets built with much higher quality for equivalent dollars. And if I had, my kitchen would be complete by now. My dealer told us we could expect our cabinet install to take 3-6 weeks from the time the cabinets arrived. It is now 5 months and it is still not done.

I have painted maple Mid Continent in my laundry room and I'm glad I didn't go with them in my kitchen. Granted, they made me sign that I would be able to see the joinery gaps, etc. in the finish (and boy, can I!) but I also have painted maple Shiloh and I don't see any of my joinery in the finish. Mid Continent made me sign a form basically telling me that I would not be happy with the finish whereas Shiloh did not. That should have been a clue. Admittedly, this is a soft white painted finish; maybe other shades are better executed?

@Jim S You asked me earlier where I was seeing negative reviews for Wellborn, and I'd have to go back exactly to track down each one, but I'm like a reviews searchlight looking absolutely everywhere to find any negative reviews I can on a company and then comparing them with others. So, I'll do specific searches here at Houzz, then look on various forums online to see what people's experiences have been, and if there are any consumer reviews websites or mentions on social media, I'll pick up on that as well. When you find a company that hardly has any negative reviews and rather has many glowing reviews about customer service, quality and durability, then those are the companies that interest me. Plato Woodwork in Minnesota is one such company, and they do a frameless line called Inovae. Another is Bentwood based in Texas literally within walking distance of my house, so I could really save on shipping if I went with them. They do a frameless line called Harmoni. Have you looked at Brookhaven, the framless line of Wood-Mode? Brookhaven is a well-built frameless line. UltraCraft is one of the better made frameless lines and may actually be a little less expensive than the previous lines I've mentioned. If you are seeing fewer negative reviews for Dura than Wellborn, by all means go with them if you're comfortable with what you see of the quality, service and pricing.

First painted cabinets are best painted on MDF not wood , ask about warranties on the finish that is where I would start.