Custom cabinetry in Pickering
Valmont designs, builds and installs custom cabinetry in Pickering: kitchens, islands, basement bars, media walls and closets. Most of the city's houses went up in the 1990s and 2000s, which is the age when a kitchen starts to fail in a particular way. The boxes are still sound, the layout is not. Corner cabinets swallow pots, the pantry is a coat closet with shelves in it, and the desk nook nobody uses takes the best wall in the room.
Pickering, on the ground.
So the drawing usually begins by deleting something. We move the pantry into a tall run, replace the blind corner with drawers on the opposite wall, and give the island a working side and a sitting side. Main floor ceilings in these houses are commonly 8 or 9 ft, and that difference decides whether the uppers go to the ceiling or stop under a bulkhead that we then panel so it looks intended.
Basements are the second Pickering job. Finished ceilings run low once the ducts are boxed, so a media wall or a bar has to be drawn to the real height rather than the joist height. We measure after framing. Everything is built in our shop, dry-fitted, then installed by our crew. You see elevations and a photorealistic 3D rendering before the quote, and the quote puts each run on its own line.
Finished basements in Pickering lose height to duct bulkheads, so we measure after framing rather than working from the joists.
Pickering is largely 1990s and 2000s subdivision housing, with older stock near the lake and country properties to the north.
Attached garages and wide driveways make delivery straightforward in the subdivisions, while rural addresses need the route confirmed first.
Kitchen replacements, islands, basement bars and media walls are the bulk of what we build in Pickering.
Kitchens, millwork and the rest of the house.
Also in Pickering: Kitchen islands · Pantries · Fireplace surrounds · Walk-in closets · Banquettes · Home offices · Laundry rooms · Wet bars · Wardrobes
Asked before the first call.
Can you get rid of the corner cabinet in our 1990s kitchen?
Usually yes. The fix is often to end the run before the corner, panel the return and put that storage into deep drawers elsewhere. Where the corner has to stay, a pull-out beats a lazy susan for reach and for what you can actually see. We show both options on the elevations.
Our basement ceiling is low after the ducts. Will a bar fit?
Yes, with the heights adjusted. We measure the finished ceiling at the lowest bulkhead and set any upper cabinet or glass rack under it, then keep the counter at a standard working height so it still feels normal to stand at. Everything overhead is drawn on the rendering so you can judge the headroom.
Do you serve the rural part of Pickering north of the highway?
Yes, including Claremont, Greenwood and the country properties on the concession roads. The work is identical, the delivery planning is not. We confirm the driveway, the turning space and the site contact ahead of the install date. [Kam confirms scheduling for rural Pickering addresses.]
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