A full restoration of a late 1800’s home in Tiverton, RI. The house had been abandoned for 3 years and should have been torn down, but due to my budget restraints and thick, rose-colored glasses, I restored it. I made my kitchen cabinets with birch plywood carcasses and salvage pine face frames. The drawer boxes are solid maple with dove-tailed corners and faced with old pine. For the finish carpentry, I primarly used salvaged materials and milled old lumber for cabinetry and trim. I fabricated and installed a soapstone counter, which allowed me to add my own artistic details including a curve design by the refrigerator.
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Salvaged from a dumpster at a local window replacement store, I added this window over the sink. I also reused an old dresser and converted it into a microwave cart topped with an older piece of soapstone (left, under the painting)
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This is the completed kitchen which gets a lot of use. I finished the cabinets with a marine varnish.
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I reuesd this post and beam (seen on left) from the barn that had been on the property to prop up the under-framed ceiling joists. Originally, the house was probably built quickly with materials on hand. With the walls opened up, I plumbed, wired and insulated with foam before closing them back in and plastered.
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Although the hardware is new, from Restoration Hardware, it has a period look and feel. All the drawer faces are reclaimed pine that I milled. I asked my plasterer to finish the outside corners with a larger radius rather than the typical metal corner bead, replicating original wooden radiuses. I fabricated the stone counters and backsplash to accent this detail.
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I framed a new wall, taking a foot of bathroom space, yet maintaining the original door location, allowing for full counter depth left of the kitchen window.
