GEORGIE & CHBA AWARDS
Mid Island Cabinets’ project awards nominations recognize
builders’ partnerships and concept to completion service
Canadian Design and Construction Report special feature
Vancouver Island’s Mid Island Cabinets recently had
three of its projects nominated in the Canadian Home
Builders’ Association of BC’s annual Georgie Awards. The
company’s work was recognized when builder Windley
Contractors won for its Songbird Place project in
Nanaimo. Mid Island Cabinets is a family owned business with
locations in Parksville (manufacturing and showroom) and
Nanaimo (showroom). Owner Kathy Hatcher says her par-
ents began the business in 1992. While her father is still
involved, she and her brother have taken on more active
roles in running the company.
She says to see her builders recognized through these
awards gives the company a great sense of pride. “It is
due to the efforts of every person on our staff that we
have been able to grow, be part of projects like this, and
to help our builders succeed.”
Mid Island fabricates a wide variety of custom cabi-
netry ranging from built-ins to wall beds and bars. “Unlike
some other custom cabinet builders, we do all of our own
work in-house from crafting the pieces right through to
finishing.” Hatcher says this not only allows the company to con-
trol its own timelines and to ensure quality for the end-
user; it also ensures local people are employed.
All of the company’s wood comes from Canadian
sources as well, and much of it from B.C., which ensures
Canadians on a larger scale are engaged.
For the Georgie Award projects, Mid Island worked
with builders, looking at plans and suggesting ideas.
“Though some builders we have worked with before will
just contact us and ask us to proceed with the selection
of materials and styles, others, and homeowners, will
come into one of our showrooms to look around, feel and
touch samples and hear about the options we can pro-
vide.” Homeowners in particular she says, often require de-
tailed information and sometimes education in what will
work and what won’t and what design or material would
be best for the project they are considering.
Hatcher says her skilled team of designers and in-
stallers handle the work from the first measure, to the in-
stallation. This way, she says measurements are
guaranteed, other workers are not pulled away from their
work to do the install, and her team can ensure the units
are put into place properly and efficiently.
Later this year Mid Island Cabinets will be relocating its
Parksville showroom and factory to a new 30,000 sq. ft.
facility just minutes from its current location. Hatcher says
the move will allow the company to streamline its efforts
and to serve a larger area.
For more information about Mid Island Cabinets, visit
http://www.midislandcabinets.com. 48 – September 2016 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report