Sunday, July 31, 2011

More Kitchen


First piece is the side panel

After a brief break, we moved over to the wall opposite from the vent-a-hood.
Not nearly as difficult as the hood, but still tedious with the drawers and slides.
Still a long way to go, but not as far as when we started.

54 comments:

Hani Mador said...

i share the pain brother >:E

Lotus Dale said...

I bet kay loves that! Will you go ahead and build the refrigerator in like Charles did? I want mine built in (when I ever get to that part of the kitchen).

Lotus Dale said...

This side is smart for getting the microwave and the tv up off the cabinet. I also like that the shelf abt the fridge gets stuff off of the top of the fridge. The glass cab doors and the crown look good and the added detail of the arch on the microwave shelf is a plus.

I'm liking those thick shelves like the one you installed here. I'd like to have some done without visible supports. I've been reading on the net how that is done and it seems doable. Watched two or three youtubes and read several discussions to get more than one perspective.

I have shelves that I purchased at dirt bag way back so it's really a matter of making it happen. I'm tight on funds tho so anything that cost money has to wait. No paydays until Sep 9 and then I'll be on catch up fpr at least the first two or three checks.

Lotus Dale said...

great job on the crown over the door too! i like that bit of braid you have on it! i want that kind of detail except not the braid. i wouldn't mind dental trim or just plain. this looks great!

Lotus Dale said...

ditto. nice job.

what color are you using on yr trim?

Lotus Dale said...

yech! you were like daddy. good teeth. he never had cavities and then they just started getting loose. i was there when he bit into an apple and the first one ever just came out. after losing that one, they just came one after another until he finally had to get his set of false teeth.

i have always had bad teeth. they were taking me to the dentist regularly fm the time i was a small kid getting cavities repaired. i still remember a lot of those trips and the circumstances surrounding them. as an adult, the process has continued for years. often i've had to have the same teeth redrilled and filled again and again. even after i got every last one done and the worst pulled and the partials made, two of the teeth that the upper partial had to hang onto just cavitied out on me again. Right now they are bad and a third one is going bad. it's been very frustrating because no amt of care helps. Brush teeth four and five times a day and the cavities still come. They just have never held up.

Lotus Dale said...

haha. get that string out and tie it to the tooth and to the door. slam the door closed. see if that won't work.

that's how emmy got her last one pulled after watching a bunch of teeth-pulling home jobs on youtube. lol

Lotus Dale said...

haha. that doesn't look like corbels to me. :) nice junk tho. lol

Lotus Dale said...

also nice!

Charles Cirilo said...

As with everything, a start is necessary.

Charles Cirilo said...

Yep, great job on the door crowns!
Go to a store like Hobby Lobby that sells sconce shelves. They make great corbels.

Charles Cirilo said...

GO for it! Make a video, though.

Lydia Carroll said...

like that you were able to make a top cabinet there and not take away door space from your existing cabinet.

Lydia Carroll said...

Oh wow, Up town with a tv and microwave cabinet! How nifty!

Lydia Carroll said...

Great, love the glass doors!

Lydia Carroll said...

Of Course! I love the it. And 2 extra drawers_ nothing better!

Lydia Carroll said...

Love the door molding and trim! I think I have a couple sets of corbels in Jigger. Just don't remember what styles. If you get there before I do, you can ask Jen to help you get in the house and look for them. She just lives on the next corner from my trailer now_ right by the store. Unless you want to wait a spell. I just don't know when I'll be going over there again. I'm sure it won't be forever though.

Byron @ said...

Love to have some like these. We will have to look around Clayton for Hobby Lobby, I must've overlooked it.

Lydia Carroll said...

Wow, and I thought my teeth were good.

Lydia Carroll said...

No, those are useless for a back molar. You cannot get a hold of a molar like that. A preacher we know did that and crushed his tooth under the pressure of the pliers and there he was with a mess. He wound up using a chisel and hammer. Don't do it! Maybe you just need a filling. Save up your soda water money and go to, Sicily Island and take your income statement and get whatever you need done on a sliding scale. But if you get crazy do like Chal said and video it. :)

Lydia Carroll said...

haha

Lydia Carroll said...

there ya go! now you can make that other pretty too.

Byron @ said...

I've opted out on building in. There is no one size fits all, and ours is fairly small @18 cf. I would be stuck with the same size forever.
I also like the open floor space we gained just by shoving the box over. See my nice coal tater bin?

Byron @ said...

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wrote today at 8:23 AM, edited today at 8:23 AM

what color are you using on yr trim?

Lampshade. It's similar to antique white but less yellow.

Byron @ said...

It seemed easy enough, I'm no crybaby like everybody else, but I just chipped it. I'm wiggling it up for a while now. Don't want to save it cause I have too many teeth already, and some more still trying to break the skin. Gives me TMJ.

Lotus Dale said...

lol i'll look around ridgecrest for you. :)

Lotus Dale said...

I wondered if it were going to replace your old tater bin or yr trash can, then i decided that it would be a real shame to put it in the trash can cabinet so you definitely needed a use for it that let it be out in the open!

Lotus Dale said...

I thought there should be a way to build one of those tall skinny shelves - maybe the width for a couple of cans or so - that could take up space to one side of the fridge but also you could eliminate it rather easily when your fridge grew in width.

you'd make the total space wide enough for a 33" or 36" - whatever is a standard size, but subdivide it into floor space for the fridge and this skinny cabinet anchored to one side.

Just unanchor and remove when you buy a wider fridge.

I've been thinking on this for a while. Just throwing it out there. :)

Lotus Dale said...

haha on the diet cola

Lotus Dale said...

must be sherwin williams? i think you buy SW. I always buy benjamin moore. I know chal thinks we should buy behr, but it's not available local. :)

I really like that color. high gloss?

Lotus Dale said...

I actually like this one best. It doesn't compete with anything and is still unique. Of course, I wouldn't turn the other one down either. But this is probably a better choice for decorating around.

Lotus Dale said...

yeah. i like them both.

Byron @ said...

Yep. Keeping the original wall to wall cabinets was always in my thoughts. The cabinet door has a limiter on it to keep it from banging the new one.

Aaron C said...

Good stuff

Byron @ said...

Thanks. I make a lot of sawdust.

Lotus Dale said...

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Charles Cirilo said...

$1.88 each

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Lydia Carroll said...

your too old for more teeth coming in, `unless you have some impacted wisdom teeth.

Byron @ said...

I'm very wise.

Lydia Carroll said...

I looked, but only turned up with one really small one corbel similar to that. Don't know what happened to it's mate. :( too bad.

Byron @ said...

I found some corbels at Stines. I've added a few pictures because we are at another stopping place.
Been busy helping the boys on their project.

Byron @ said...

found some corbels at Stines. I've added a few pictures because we are at another stopping place.
Been busy helping the boys on their project.

Charles Cirilo said...

They look really nice. I hope you got a bargain.

Charles Cirilo said...

Looks good to me!

Charles Cirilo said...

I can't blame you for keeping these. They are the better stylistic match.

Charles Cirilo said...

I can't help but thinking you've earned a lot of points with Kay for all these improvements. Looks really good.

Charles Cirilo said...

Happy Kitchen, Happy Cook

Charles Cirilo said...

Sweet find!

Charles Cirilo said...

Everything is so cohesive. Looks good.

Charles Cirilo said...

A little of the kitchen's brightness crept into your den. Looks good, too.

Byron @ said...

Thanks. Eventually the den will be the dining room, so creeping is okay for now.

Byron @ said...

Nope, but about the same price I was willing to give for vintage ones, $53 each : /

Byron @ said...

The style is French, King Louie XV. Reproduction here of course, but still has modest value at 250.

Charles Cirilo said...

Well, everything looks nice.
Corbels are among the most expensive of building materials, so you paid modestly enough for them.
The chairs were a bargain, and it doesn't hurt that they are nice looking, too.