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In it's original
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After ripping down
the cabinets over the breakfast bar and the soffit above the wall
cabinets. |
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Most of the
remaining cabinets are down. New window installed, studded out and
put up drywall. Felt so good to cover up that nasty, tacky
wallpaper. |
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Popcorn scraped and
ceiling refinished, holes cut for recessed lights, cabinet nailers and
cement board for backsplash installed . |
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Wire pulled for
recessed light fixtures, garbage disposal and additional outlets.
Temporary stand built for the sink. |
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After building a
closet for behind the front door (no pics unfortunately of that project) I
started building cabinets. Here's my first cabinet. A corner
cabinet no less. Figured if I could complete a corner cabinet, the
rest should be a snap. |
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Decided to build
both corner cabinets at the same time. Made more sense since I had
the tools already set up for the angle cuts. |
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Here are the
rough cut shelves before routing and sanding. |
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The first cabinets
are installed after paint is applied. |
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Another shot of the
cabinets. This one includes the closet I originally built. As
you can see the old breakfast bar is still being used full time for
makeshift storage. |
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An inside shot of
the closet. |
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These two were
built for over the stove and next to the refrigerator. Cutouts for
hood vent and exhaust pipe are completed on the over-stove cabinet. |
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The last of the
wall cabinets are completed and installed. |
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Time to install the
hood vent and exhaust piping. |
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Next I began
constructing the small cabinet for between the fridge and oven and the
much larger unit for the sink and trash receptacles. It was easier
to build as one unit, but a little more difficult to move and install.
Thankfully Adam was living with me at installation time. |
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Here is the corner
cabinet that will be installed next to the oven. I went back and
forth between this interior shelf and a lazy susan. I decided that
this design was much more "user friendly" and would be a great place to
store my larger kitchen appliances. |
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I decided to cut
the shelf short a bit to leave some vertical room for my taller stuff:
cookie sheets, cutting boards, pizza stones, etc. Always thinking
Hall, always thinking.... |
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All of the base
cabinets are finished and installed. |
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Another view.
A cover for the hood exhaust pipe is completed and installed at the same
time. Now it's on to the breakfast bar. |
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An outside view of
the breakfast bar. Decided to raise up the right hand side a bit to
house the dishwasher. Denise says it's "what all the kids are doing
these days". |
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Here's a view of
the end cabinet. This corner was basically wasted space before the
remodel - only accessible from the kitchen side. I decided to build
it as an outside cabinet to make it more accessible and useful.
There will be an adjustable shelf installed eventually. |
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Here's the kitchen
side of the breakfast bar. I'm installing an electrical outlet on
the open end to the right with a wine rack beneath. The two cabinets
to the left will both have (2) pull out drawers each. This should
make it easier to store pots and pans and such. The dishwasher is to
the left of these 2 cabinets. |
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Here's the wine rack in it's natural wood state. I used some scrap
oak left over from the countertop edging. |
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is after applying some finish. I really love the look of natural
oak. |
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it is dry-fit after trim out. I used the same Roman Ogee router bit
profile for the trim edging around the wine rack. All that's left is
paint and installation of an electrical outlet above. |
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After painting
the breakfast bar, I went out to bid for countertops. The lowest bid
was for $1,300. And that was for laminate. YIKES! Can't
imagine what they get for natural stone. So, of course I decided
that I could not only build my countertops cheaper, but hopefully nicer.
Click here to
see my adventures in countertops... |
