> I don't even like cabinets. I prefer open shelves where everything can
> be seen for what it is.

my wife also likes shelves instead of cabinets. She can't even stand 
curtains.

> No problems w/ unsightly cracks in that.

Unsightly cracks in the finish at joints was solved centuries ago by 
running a bead along the inside arris of the stile, right through the 
joint. This puts the actual joint down in the shadow, below and beside 
the bead, where any gap in the joint or cracking in the finish is out of 
sight. The eye rest comfortably on the highlight of the highly refined 
curve of the bead, and everything is copacetic for centuries to come.

The unsightly cracking finish problem on the gloss-finish doors is 
because the designer of that "product" was more interested in getting 
your money than giving you a good cabinet door. If you play their game 
by buying their products you can just get used to living in their world 
of ugly stuff. But, don't worry about it. When it gets so ugly you can't 
stand it, in 8 or 10 years, you just buy more stuff to replace it.

John

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