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I've recently installed a kitchen for a former employee - nothing too difficult, and some nice hardware from Hafele (I made the chopping board in the first picture out of some left-over solid beech IKEA worktop from another job).
The cupboard around the wall-hung boiler was a bit of a pain, otherwise, no problems.
When I'd finished, I collected just under half of a 15 foot church pew. Her mother had bought it "to split between her son and daughter" and her husband had taken a saw to it! The son collected his half in a trailer and the left-hand side is propped up on books. It'll probably stay that quite a while! Anyway, my friend wanted a "proper job" doing to make a "two-bum seat" out of it for use in the mud room of their French cottage.
I carefully took it apart (dowelled mortice and tenons mostly) and had a think. There was no stock as thick as the existing end, but I had just enough seat to make a panel, rebated into the rest of the timber. Here's the result:
I even cut down the prayer book shelf to match. You can see the original end in this shot, the next picture shows my version, with extra stock added to gain a bit of depth - not quite as much as the original, but you'd be pretty clever to see both sides at once, so I reckon it'll do.
The whole thing was sanded then re-stained to ensure that the raw edges weren't too obvious. Not perfect, but I think it's better than a stack of books!
Thanks for looking.
Ray.
The cupboard around the wall-hung boiler was a bit of a pain, otherwise, no problems.
When I'd finished, I collected just under half of a 15 foot church pew. Her mother had bought it "to split between her son and daughter" and her husband had taken a saw to it! The son collected his half in a trailer and the left-hand side is propped up on books. It'll probably stay that quite a while! Anyway, my friend wanted a "proper job" doing to make a "two-bum seat" out of it for use in the mud room of their French cottage.
I carefully took it apart (dowelled mortice and tenons mostly) and had a think. There was no stock as thick as the existing end, but I had just enough seat to make a panel, rebated into the rest of the timber. Here's the result:
I even cut down the prayer book shelf to match. You can see the original end in this shot, the next picture shows my version, with extra stock added to gain a bit of depth - not quite as much as the original, but you'd be pretty clever to see both sides at once, so I reckon it'll do.
The whole thing was sanded then re-stained to ensure that the raw edges weren't too obvious. Not perfect, but I think it's better than a stack of books!
Thanks for looking.
Ray.
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