A two-tone lacquer kitchen rarely fails because of the doors. It fails because the delivery truck arrives before the floor is finished, the wall is still wet, or the site has no clear path to the kitchen. Custom cabinetry is a sequence, not a product on a shelf. This guide walks through the coordination decisions that carry two tone lacquer cabinets from the drawing stage to a completed handover.

Why the delivery date has to be set before production starts

Lacquer fronts are finished panels: they scratch, they show dust, and they need a clean, level, dry space to sit in. That makes them less tolerant of a rushed site than, say, an unfinished carcass you can cover. The practical answer is not to rush the finish, but to decide the install window early and design the production and shipping schedule backwards from it.

In a single-source package, the cabinet maker handles the measurement drawings, the production run, packing and container loading, the freight booking and the on-site sequence as one chain. In a split package, those responsibilities are shared with a freight forwarder and a separate fit-out crew, and every handover between them is a place where a date can slip. This is where a supplier that provides furniture logistics and door-to-door delivery alongside manufacturing removes work: one party owns the paperwork, the loading plan and the arrival notice.

Step 1: Lock the site measurements before the lacquer panels are made

Two-tone layouts put a hard edge exactly where two colours meet, so an out-of-plumb wall or a floor that is high at one end shows up as a visible gap in the middle of the run. Made-to-measure cabinets are sized to the completed room, not the shell, so the final site survey should happen once the substrate is done: after the screed or floor covering is laid, after the plaster is dry, and after the services are fixed in their final positions.

• Record finished floor level, wall straightness and the exact position of the kitchen island.
• Confirm appliance and plumbing positions, including where the tall housing and oven stack sit.
• Sign off the shop drawing with the two-tone split marked, so the colour break matches the approved elevation.

Only after that sign-off should the door panels enter finishing. If the survey is done on an unfinished shell, the correction lands as site trimming on a finished panel — the worst possible place for it.

Step 2: Decide the shipping mode against the site, not against the factory

Sea freight suits a package that can wait for a container; air and rail suit a project where one trade cannot stand still. The decision depends on the site, not on how quickly the panels can be sprayed. Group the cabinets with the other items in the same fit-out — wardrobes, wall panelling, flooring — so the goods arrive in one coordinated movement rather than three separate consignments that each need a receiving crew.

Ask the supplier for the packing list and the container loading plan in advance and check three details against the building: the largest single package and whether it clears the entrance, lift and any turn in the corridor; the total weight and whether the ground floor can take the trolleys; and the number of packages, because that sets how many people and how much storage space you need on arrival day.

Step 3: Sequence the site trades around the delivery date

The install date is a trade-coordination date as much as a logistics one. Confirm, in writing, that these are complete before the cabinets land:

• Wet work fully dry, and the room dust-free enough for finished panels to be unpacked.
• Painting and any wall panelling complete behind the cabinet run, so nothing is touched after the cabinets are up.
• Electrical and plumbing first fix inspected and in their final positions.
• A clear route from the kerb to the kitchen, and a dry, lockable holding area if the panels cannot be fitted the same day.

Where the supplier provides furniture installation and after-sales support, agree before shipping who carries out the fitting, who signs off the snags, and how replacement panels are ordered if one is damaged on site. Those answers are cheap to fix on paper and expensive to fix in front of a client.

Step 4: Receiving and installing without damaging a lacquered finish

Open every carton against the packing list and check the panel sizes and colour split while the packaging is still on the bench, not after the crew has started fixing. Carcasses go up first and are levelled and scribed to the walls; door panels are hung last and kept wrapped until the frames are set. Fitted doors should be protected until the rest of the trade crew has left the room, because most lacquer damage is caused by another trade, not by the installer.

Step 5: Handover, snags, and the records that make it auditable

Walk the finished kitchen with the same drawing the factory worked to. Check that the two-tone break sits where the elevation says it should, that the reveal between doors is consistent along the run, and that every hinge, drawer and lift opens freely. Record any deviation with a photograph and a written list, and agree who closes each item and by when.

Keep the signed shop drawing, the packing list, the inspection notes and the warranty terms in one project file. When the same supplier handles production, delivery and installation, that file is built as the work proceeds; when the scope is split across several vendors, you assemble it yourself after the fact.

A coordination checklist to send to the supplier

• Final site survey date, and what trades must be complete before it happens.
• Approved elevation showing the colour split, the handle detail and the panel sizes.
• Packing list, package dimensions and container loading plan, checked against the site access route.
• Named delivery date, arrival notice period and receiving contact on site.
• Who installs, who inspects, and the process for replacement panels.

If you would like the cabinetry, delivery and installation sequenced as one package for a residential or project fit-out, contact SANTERSON — phone and WhatsApp +86 13928214007, email santerson@qq.com — and send the drawings and target install date so the production schedule can be built around the site rather than the other way round.