Peter Keen
01-09-2014, 10:39 PM
So I'll be taking a break from the Black Ash End Tables project for a few weeks, while I remodel an apartment after a tenant has left (new floors, new appliances, repaint, redoing the bathroom).
One of the tasks on my list is to either replace or remodel the kitchen. Here's a photo of it as is.
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r690/pckeen/ApartmentKitchenBefore_zpsa7dd8724.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/pckeen/media/ApartmentKitchenBefore_zpsa7dd8724.jpg.html)
The existing kitchen cabinets appear to be face frame plywood cabinets, with plywood doors. The cabinets themselves are still in good condition, though the interior appears to be an ugly spray painted red that is quite dated. The face frames and doors have been previously painted with a brush and roller, leaving a heavily stippled appearance. I would like to reface the cabinets using maple.
So my plan is:
remove the existing doors and drawers.
Spraypaint the interior of the cabinets white.
Reface the face frames using 1/4" maple (or oak, if I can't get maple locally - I live in a remote rural area). I'll pin and glue these to the existing frame.
Use 1/4" x 3/4" or 3/8" x 3/4" screen moulding to cover the exposed edge of the plywood, and all or part of the existing inside edge of the face frame.
Finish the above with polyurethane
Build Shaker style frame and panel doors (like the one below), using maple rails and styles, and 1/4 maple panels.
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r690/pckeen/Shakerstylemapledoor_zps47191ddc.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/pckeen/media/Shakerstylemapledoor_zps47191ddc.jpg.html)
What are your views of this? I'm interested in whether:
The gluing and pinning will work
Any problems you forsee
Any advice you may have.
One of the tasks on my list is to either replace or remodel the kitchen. Here's a photo of it as is.
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r690/pckeen/ApartmentKitchenBefore_zpsa7dd8724.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/pckeen/media/ApartmentKitchenBefore_zpsa7dd8724.jpg.html)
The existing kitchen cabinets appear to be face frame plywood cabinets, with plywood doors. The cabinets themselves are still in good condition, though the interior appears to be an ugly spray painted red that is quite dated. The face frames and doors have been previously painted with a brush and roller, leaving a heavily stippled appearance. I would like to reface the cabinets using maple.
So my plan is:
remove the existing doors and drawers.
Spraypaint the interior of the cabinets white.
Reface the face frames using 1/4" maple (or oak, if I can't get maple locally - I live in a remote rural area). I'll pin and glue these to the existing frame.
Use 1/4" x 3/4" or 3/8" x 3/4" screen moulding to cover the exposed edge of the plywood, and all or part of the existing inside edge of the face frame.
Finish the above with polyurethane
Build Shaker style frame and panel doors (like the one below), using maple rails and styles, and 1/4 maple panels.
http://i1362.photobucket.com/albums/r690/pckeen/Shakerstylemapledoor_zps47191ddc.jpg (http://s1362.photobucket.com/user/pckeen/media/Shakerstylemapledoor_zps47191ddc.jpg.html)
What are your views of this? I'm interested in whether:
The gluing and pinning will work
Any problems you forsee
Any advice you may have.