Drawers for the stove unit

 We started work on some drawers and the spice rack for the stove unit. The first two pictures show the drawers that are in both of the bottom cabinets on either side of the stove. The idea is that they will hold pots and pans. You can see in one of the pictures some other drawer pieces sitting there.


Here are some pictures of the glue-up and final product for the spice rack that is located in the upper cabinet that is located on the left side of the stove unit. You can see in the last picture that it is designed to hold some high spice containers.

Now all that we need to do is put the front face on it and some spices in it.

Kickplates on bottom of stove unit

 We are now getting to the little things on the stove unit. The first of those is to cut and install the kickplates that go around the bottoms of each unit. These are painted the same color as the unit and really finished things off nicely. Here is a picture of the first side with the profiles cut and the top profile routed.

 

 Next up painting.

Install it and putty up all the holes.

Here is what it looks like all installed and painted.

Stove Finally Put In!

The stove finally went in last Friday. Missed thanksgiving by a day but we ended up cooking it on Sunday. The last couple things that needed to happen to get the stove in was to cut a hole in the ceiling and route the vent line through it. This also means that the fan had to get hooked up upstairs. I still have to complete the final routing upstairs, right now it just vents into the storage room above the kitchen.

 

Once the vent was put in place it was time to put up the hood. This just sits on top and is toe-screwed in place.

A piece of trim was cut to cover the bottom and where the screws went though. You can see in the second picture the trim getting the same hammered copper paint that the rest of the hood has.

Here you can see the stove in place. In this picture it is still sitting on a couple of 2x4's because this is the lowest that we could get it with the lift we have. We had to use a 2x6 as a lever to lift it off the blocks and to set the legs to the correct height.

A trim piece was also made for the top of the hood to close out to the ceiling. Here you can see thanksgiving turkey sitting on the stove. 

 

 We are still waiting on a couple of hinges to finish up the door on the right. We will be working on the little stuff for a while now. This includes trimming the doors, building drawers, putting in door stops, putting on handles/knobs, etc.

Tiling the stove backsplash

 This is the tiling work that has been going on for the last couple of weeks on the back of the stove surround. We decided to just do plain tiles in a herringbone pattern over everything. This picture shows me working on one of the sides. Unfortunately, due to the fact that there is a shelf I have to start tiling almost in the center of the wall. Just a couple of blocks to hold things up and some lines to provide marks.

Here you can see the tape that is used to hold up the pieces that are tiled down.

And working on the other side. This side has some more harder cuts because it has the outlet on it.

Here are the finished pictures after it has been grouted.

You can see the hole for the vent in the top in this picture.

All of the tiles are tavertine marble so it is from old sea creatures. You can see in a couple of spots actual shells.

Building and Tiling the Shelf

We started working on tiling the backspash of the stove unit. Right along the back is a small shelf that is only about 4 inches deep. It was built up out of plywood.

We found some decotive tiles to place along the front of the shelf. We have decided to have this as the only ornamentation on the back wall. It looks quite good with the lights hitting it at a glancing angle.

A bullnose piece was used on the top corner and a full tile was used on the top.

 Here is a picture with the whole shelf done. Now it just time to start tiling the whole back and sides.