I have been working on refurbishing and adding to existing kitchen cabinets off and on for a few months now. The existing cabinets were stick-built out of pine and have stood for about 50 years, so it seemed best to leave them in place, repaint (they had already been painted several times) and make new, vaguely Shaker-style doors & drawers. I am posting some in-progress photos to get some advice & feedback and thank those who have advised so far.
Here is the general concept. The cabinet on the right with the butcher block surface is new-built; the ones on the left are the old cabinets with new doors.
The latest addition is a pull-out bin to make better use of the narrow doors into the cavernous corner space:
The sides are made with pieces of closet shelving, which is a lot cheaper than the pre-made pull out units (I couldn't find one so narrow, anyway). The ends are drilled with holes for the horizontal wires on the shelving, and everything is assembled with pocket screws.
The new drawers are probably a bit of overkill, but an enjoyable exercise with the Incra jig.
Here are the rest of the bottom cabinets, with the next stage obvious--removing the vintage plastic tile and putting up white beadboard.
Next are the upper cabinets, and then a new wall of upper and lower cabinets on the other side of the kitchen. Many more hours between the basement workshop and the kitchen. Thanks to those who have answered questions (and those who have already asked questions in the forum so I didn't have to).
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Christopher
Here is the general concept. The cabinet on the right with the butcher block surface is new-built; the ones on the left are the old cabinets with new doors.
The latest addition is a pull-out bin to make better use of the narrow doors into the cavernous corner space:
The sides are made with pieces of closet shelving, which is a lot cheaper than the pre-made pull out units (I couldn't find one so narrow, anyway). The ends are drilled with holes for the horizontal wires on the shelving, and everything is assembled with pocket screws.
The new drawers are probably a bit of overkill, but an enjoyable exercise with the Incra jig.
Here are the rest of the bottom cabinets, with the next stage obvious--removing the vintage plastic tile and putting up white beadboard.
Next are the upper cabinets, and then a new wall of upper and lower cabinets on the other side of the kitchen. Many more hours between the basement workshop and the kitchen. Thanks to those who have answered questions (and those who have already asked questions in the forum so I didn't have to).
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Christopher
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