Kitchen Cabinet

 We finished up all the stained glass pieces to install on the doors and sides of the cabinet. Then we moved it in place in the corner of the kitchen.

 The shelves and drawers were made and painted.

 Then we installed an outlet on the back side of the cabinet.

 The top molding was put in place, as well as the glass sides and doors.

 And we have a completed cabinet! It's nice to have some upper shelves to put dishes on.

Stained Glass for Kitchen Cabinet

 We still have one kitchen cabinet to complete. We decided to do leaded glass on the face and sides of the upper cabinet, so we designed a simple pattern. Then Kristen drew it out on the glass while Tyler cut.

 Working together, the pieces were all cut out quickly.

 Then they were fitted in the door. We have only cut the pieces for the front two doors, we will work on the sides shortly.

 Next came hours of copper foiling for Kristen. It looks so pretty once the copper is added.

 And then another laying out of the pieces. We built a frame around them to hold them in place for soldering. We will get to soldering it eventually but we have been working on other projects and don't want the lead fumes in the air when Sam is around.

Stove Vent

Our stove unit was completed years ago but we never got around to putting on a vent cover. True to form, we couldn't find one we liked, so, we decided to make it. It was a simple project but we were glad to check another thing off the list.

Kitchen Drawers finally complete

 For the built in kitchen cabinets we had two drawers left to finish. These had fronts on them to support our historic home tour last summer but we never got around to building the drawers with all of the upstairs remodel going on. Neither of them are too wide because they are on the end beside the dishwasher. One of them is normal and the other is designed to hold the cookie sheets and muffin pans. Here you can see the sheet drawer built up.

Here is both of the new drawers installed.

We were a little concerned that all of the sheets would not fit into the drawer but we were pleasantly surprised. Here is a picture of all of the sheets finally put where they should be.

Cabinet for the Kitchen

Because we don't have that many cabinets in the kitchen we are building a free standing unit in the corner between the sink unit and the bathroom. This is where the dry sink is in this picture.

The basic design is shown in the drawing below but we will be adding some additional features that are not shown.

Now that I am out of the house with all new construction I am a little slow in getting pictures of the progress so the first picture shows most of the bottom unit complete.

The brackets between the top and bottom unit are made from two 3/4" boards laminated up. Here is a picture of them being cut out and smoothed out using the oscillating spindle sander.

 These are pieces that are cut to be added to the top and bottom of the brackets.

We are planning on doing the countertop in zinc sheet. This is a very traditional material for a countertop. The sheet was cut and bent up using a sheet metal break. The sheet will wrap a plywood base but first the corners have to be soldered together. The zinc sheet will start out shiny but then will turn to a dark pewter color over time. You can see in the picture below a sheet section that is new and one that has been forced to age.

Here you can see how the sheet is bent to fit around the wood core.

Here is a corner before being soldered.

 And after being soldered. It does not look good now but it should blend in quite well once it is sanded and buffed down.

Faux Wood Finish on Fridge

We had been working so hard on things last week we were not too good about getting things up onto the blog so we will be playing catchup for a little bit to let everyone know what we were working on. The base color was a lighter brown and the faux wood finish is done with a dark brown paint mixed 1:1 with a glaze. Here you can see that just one of the front panels is complete.

To complete the look for the rest of the fridge we had to tape off and complete each section individually.

You can see the faux graining of the wood up close. This was done by painting the glaze mixture on with a brush and then almost immediately removing it from the surface with a paper towel.

Not much left to glaze here. As you can see the whole unit has become quite a bit darker.

Once all of the graining was complete on the cabinet a coat of urethane was placed on top to give it some protection and cleaning ability.

Historic Home Tour - Showing our home

Our house was on the Historic Everett Home tour this weekend so we have been working hard the past week (with the help of Kristen's parents) to get everything cleaned up and all of the tools moved up to the shop.

We also had a long list of items that got worked in each room to get the house in working order. 

Here are a couple of the pictures of what it looked like just before we had around 300 people come through and check out what we have been working on the past two years. We are going to rest for a couple of days and then back to work on the backyard project.

 

Granite Topped Table Fixed

This is a fir table that we found for free! down the street. It was not in the best shape but it had nice bones to it. The table had to be taken apart at first. Paul took the table top off and some of the additional newer pieces that were added by someone over the years.

 

 

One of the original fir baseboards for the house was used to make three replacement pieces that were a much better match to the grain of the original piece.

Some of the original pieces had to be glued up and blind screwed.

The new pieces of wood were stained to match the originals and the whole piece was given a coat of stain urethane.

To provide the top with some additional stability a 3/4" piece of plywood was attached within the frame.

The granite top arrived and it was heavy! We used the lift with some blocks to move it around the house and into the kitchen.

The top was slid on and a couple spots of silicone were used to keep it sliding around the top.

Here is the finish table in the middle of the kitchen.