Haha! Thank you for your honest answer.

We put in DeWils early this summer. Overall we are pleased with them. Would give construction materials and quality an A- and finish a B. Good quality plywood boxes and well put together. Had wrong sized shelves shipped with one cabinet and one broken drawer support which were quickly replaced. We had a custom stain finish and DeWils was only company we could find that had a resonably priced custom stain. That said about 10% (4 total) drawer/door fronts had to be replaced for poor stain jobs, but again they were replaced quickly and with no hassle. I was very picky. Their stain appears to be a single coat finish- sort of like Minwax Polyshades is. We would have preferred stain plus a couple of coats of clear topcoat, but I guess that would have been cost prohibitive. I suspect a painted finish would be done the same way.

Thank you for taking time to respond :) I have seen some reviews about the paint finish looking like a one coat job as well. I'm a little worried about that. The company has been around a while and I'm curious how well they hold up if that's the case. I don't want to spend a bunch of money for something that I'd need to replace not long down the road...

There’s a whole lot better choices out there than either.

Could you maybe name a few?

First there is no advantage to plywood boxes and as for companies I use Ikea for approx. 75% of my designs and the rest are done custom with a cabinet maker.

There are advantages to plywood boxes. For example; in high humidity places MDF or HDF will expand in the moisture. They also tend to hold up better when dealing with places that are prone to Earthquakes.

As for the Company Dewils I enjoy working with them- I have never had any issues with their products. and their customer service is much better then most, and the company is a family owned and operated company. They also comply with all the Japanese standards for cabinetry ( requirements are much stricter then even California regulations)