John Lewis / Mereway?

grimem

Hi everyone!

I am about to buy a house and it has the John Lewis "Colorado" kitchen in it - part of their "Core Collection". I would post a link but I'm not allowed to as a new user, but google John Lewis Colorado kitchen and you'll get the picture!

We are thinking of changing the doors for white gloss and I have a couple of questions:

1) Does anybody know who supplies this model of kitchen to John Lewis? I read that Mereway may supply John Lewis?
2) Does anybody have a list of standard JL door/drawer sizes?
3) Does anybody have any suggestions as to how I can go about sourcing replacement white gloss doors for these John Lewis cabinets as cost effectively as possible?

Thanks to everybody who took the time to read this, much appreciated!!

Mike

Doozergirl

We had Howdens doors on some of our JL units. But I wouldn't purposely replace good doors with remotely inferior doors. An independent might sell you new doors - independents sell Mereway under Wentworth brand.

grimem

Doozergirl wrote: »

We had Howdens doors on some of our JL units. But I wouldn't purposely replace good doors with remotely inferior doors. An independent might sell you new doors - independents sell Mereway under Wentworth brand.

I agree entirely, just wondering where I can get replacement doors of a similar quality - preferably from the same manufacturer as the original John Lewis Colorado units?

Out of interest, why did you replace JL doors with Howdens doors - were you looking to change the style like us?

Thanks for your reply!

Doozergirl

Like I said, independent kitchen retailers sell the same kitchens under their Wentworth brands. You won't find a"Mereway" kitchen being sold - they are purely the manufacturer and deal wholesale.

We had a couple of units with no doors. They were going in the utility but a local independent had said they would organise doors if we wanted but I opted to buy cheaper Howdens units for the rest of the utility and put their doors on the spare JL units (ours was the JL Colour Collection or the Wentworth Cucina Colore in "American Applewood" and I loved it)

I've looked at the Colorado and it seems a shame to replace with white gloss. It is a classic style and I'd probably opt for putting in some new fancy worktops or accessories than replace the doors.