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Cabinet painting

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We had tired of the bland cherry cabinets in our kitchen but liked the layout. We hired Refinish First to paint the cabinets and install new pulls and soft close hinges. We had already installed new counters and backsplash and ordered all new appliances. The project went exactly as promised and scheduled. The protective walls of plastic, full covering of hardwood floors and other surfaces along with the zippered doorways meant the rest of our open plan house was fully secured from dust and overspray. David is exceptionally skilled at providing a perfectly smooth finish and also quickly responded with any concerns I raised about detail touch-up. I am admittedly hard to please but couldn't be happier with the result.

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Claire and David were easy to work with and very flexible with our time frames that changed on our project.

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