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   wrudiger | Sep 17, 2006 09:22pm | #1

   Cool, another CoCo BT'er! 

   Here is the only one I know of.  His work is mostly on the other side of the tunnel, but he does good work - remodeled my kitchen - and has a posting for a journeyman:

   http://santilli-forster.com/

   Good luck!

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   zak | Sep 17, 2006 09:35pm | #2

   Any of the pictures on the site of your kitchen?

   They do nice work, and look like good guys

   Hilander- I know of a good job in SF (that I just left, because of the commute), but I assume you don't want to go that far.

   Craigslist certainly has a lot of postings, it never hurts to look there.  Good Luck,

    zak

   "so it goes"

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   wrudiger | Sep 17, 2006 10:32pm | #3

   Zak,

   None of those are mine - probably because they didn't do the cabinets - I did.  The work they did do was by the book, and the lead read Fine Homebuilding on his breaks.

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   Wayne

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   zak | Sep 18, 2006 12:04am | #4

   A-one.  looks crisp.zak

   "so it goes"

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   davidmeiland | Sep 18, 2006 12:12am | #5

   Wow. I don't think I saw those before. A+, and I'm sure your wife is stoked!

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   wrudiger | Sep 18, 2006 12:36am | #6

   Thanks for the complements.  We both really enjoy the results.  The flow and energy of the space is just what we were hoping for.

   It was definately a team effort.  Although I've done design and remodel in a past life I just couldn't get the vision for this space.  We had a great collaboration with the architect to get the design.  Based on her general design for the cabinets I tweaked them to get the final layout and balance. And of course the GC gave us the space in which to install them.

   Now all I have to do is pay for it :-)

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   choadsy | Sep 24, 2006 07:57am | #7

   Cabinets look fantastic. Would love the numbers on drawer heights in the kitchen. There is so much space to work with when doing frameless that I thought about doing four drawers but like the look of three better.

   Potter

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   wrudiger | Sep 24, 2006 05:12pm | #8

   Thanks, Potter.  The inside (usuable space) heights of the drawers are:

    4-drawer 

    3-drawer 

    3¾"

    3¾" 

    4½"

   9½" 

   5¾" 

    14"

    7"

    

   The drawer bottoms are mostly 1/4"; the bigger ones that get the heavy loads have 1/2" bottoms. I'm using Blum Tandem glides, which take up some height as well (but give you back some width - a fair trade).

   We started with a conceptual layout built from where the sinks and major appliances would go.  Then we started to asssign all of our stuff to the various areas based on usage (e.g. the baking supplies are below the appliance garage).  Then I determined whether a 3-drawer or a 4-drawer unit was more appropriate, and adjusted the final layout (including widths) a bit for aesthetics.

   I wanted the top drawer to be the same height all the way around.  It may seem shallow, but is a great size for utensils, herbs & spices, towels, etc.  The mix of different heights has really worked out well for us, but I have to warn you - those 14" ones are really deep!  You should be sure you have enough tall stuff before you commit.  I even did some mock-ups to confirm the heights before I started cutting.

   One other point - the units are all extra deep.  I wanted 24" of countertop on the wall section after I put all the inevitable stuff on the counter (coffee maker, plants, etc.) so I went with 30" deep counters.  Although many of the drawers use the 21" glides to save money, where it mattered I went with the 25" glides. More $ but really worth it for the extra drawer capacity.  [Bonus: the standard fridge is the same depth as the counter; didn't need a $$$$ shallow built-in!]

   Wayne