I’m kinda new here to you folk, so here’s a little bit of what I do. This is the third Cherry kitchen I’ve built this season, and I never thought I’d say it, but I’m tired of Cherry. Luckly, there was also a Fir kitchen and a White oak kitchen during the year to break the monotony.
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Pretty work. I've got a couple of questions.
1. how much of an overhang did you put on your cabinet top on the island? I'm making one with a sink in the island with a dishwasher next to it. I just wonder how much I could overhang the cabinet top without looking strange. I'd like it designed so that it would be good for the impulse meal or snacks and finger food setup. I was going to push it to 5 inches on the non working side. Top surface is a Corian type of product with a bull nose.
2. I want to make the doors inset. That is flush with the face frame of the cabinet. Any experience there? Problems to avoid?
Again, you did a fine job, thanks for showing your work. If you need motivation to go back to cherry then try working in walnut. That black dust is worse than snuff.
I increased the overhang on the isalnd to 1-1/2" because it's easier to get a can or dust pan under it when brushing off debri, but it still looks good. I think the minimum under a counter for leg room is 10", this can be visually offset by adding brackets or corbels.
About 99.9% of my cabinets are inset, and the things to watch out for are that the frames,cases, and doors are and will stay perfectly square, special care when sanding so as to not roll the edges. There are hardware issues also.
I am currently building a Walnut A/V unit 9'Lx7'H. I know Walnut dust is bad for you, but I like it. I've heard it make you drowsey, though.
Good stuff here!
Don't get too drowsy - keep counting your fingers..
Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." --Marcus Aurelius
What kind of floor is that? It looks so perfect that it looks like laminates. Is it really 3/4 site finished?
Tom
Yes, the floor is 3/4"x5"+/- Black Walnut. The floor sander/finisher this contractor uses is the best I've seen in all my days on the job. This guy is obsessive about his work and has a year long waiting list. He does a furniture finish on floors, I think he's amazing.
The 10 inch number is a good one. I'll sit down with the CAD and draw up some options. Thanks for that.
The thing I hate with Walnut dust is the staining my pores get, as well as the nose decorations. ;<) (you can't seem to put nostrils on an emoticon)
The inset doors are my attempt to make the cabinets look 1930'ish. It seems more traditional for a cottage doesn't it?
On the A/V. How deep are the shelves? Can you get by with 18" nominal? Most gear is 15+- a bit. I've constructed an 18 inch bulkhead in a living room area and am a bit concerned I'll run into depth issues when I fill the void with cabinets.
Last, on the flooring is his one of those 4-disc sanders lately shown on TOH? looked far easier to use well than the big belt.<
That walnut dust up yer nose makes good nail putty, don't it? ;^}
Inset doors will be authentic to most cabinetry styles other than 70's and 80's cheapo style. Shakers used them, A&C uses them just about every style we copy used inset doors. Shakers were also into half-inset. Overlay came into being during post war reconstruction of Europe.
the A/V unit is a main section 29" deep to carry a big tv with standard bookcases on either side. I don't believe there's much of a sound system in that area of the house.
The floor sander uses a regular drum sander for the roughing, then switches to a large single disk type for the last passes.
Haw Haw! on the nail putty. Place it, let it dry, dust it with sandpaper and a coat of polyurethane and you could be right. Might do it just for the amusement!
You think that's funny? I had a client a few years ago who I was building a kitchen for, and this lady was just a *real* PITA. She wanted the cabinets stained, but after a couple dozen samples and her saying "No, it's just not right, try to make something unique", I was, to say the least, 'frustrated'. I went back to the shop and had drained the oil from my old jeep a bit earlier in the day. Yep, you guessed it, I wiped some on the oak and showed it to her, mainly as a test to see if she was just being persnickity or what. I almost fell over when she said "Perfect!" Then I had to come up with something that looked like drain oil stain. A little dark walnut, a little ebony were as close as I could come, but the color passed. Iecheewawa.
On your inset doors in shaker style cabinets, what hinges are you using? And are they on a face frame cabinet...id assume they are if shaker style..
Any specifics on the hinges would be appreciatedWine is God's way of capturing the sun.
Sorry, I Think I missed you, but I generaly use a concealed hinge unless the owner wants to see a decorative hinge.
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Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." --Marcus Aurelius
How do you whistle online? A kitchen like that is enough to get any woman excited...
Do I look like a people person?
Jen
Thanks for the compliment, Jen. How do you whistle online? Well, you just put your lips together and blow. Isn't that from some movie?
That was before me time, but I've heard it was a good one.;): I'll post pictures of my kitchen cabinets sometime...you may laugh, but with the right hardware, wood and stain, they look ok to me. Are you related to the sci-fi writer? His books helped inspire me to become a tomboy. (Boys have more fun!)
WHATEVER WORKS GOOD
Jen"Insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results" "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" A. Einstein
I don't know about the R.A.H. thing, though my brother's name is Robert(G), and I don't think it's *too* comon a name.