Jay Knoll
05-19-2004, 8:04 PM
Hi All,
Well, this is my first effort at posting pics so I hope it goes well. Over the past several months, I've been involved with a major kitchen remodel. But as I'm sure many realize, there was significant "scope creep" on the project. We aren't completely done (you'll notice the absence of a range hood) but I was eager for some feedback.
First of all, I used IKEA kitchen cabinets. For those of you who aren't familar with the company, it is a large international homefurnishing retailer which specializes in "knock down" furniture. They have stores on the East coast, I think in California and Chichago, Alas, none in Florida where we live so we had to pay to have the stuff shipped down. Even with the shipping charges, the cabinets were VERY affordable. But then again, there was some "sweat equity" involved in that I had to assemble the cabinets before installing them.
With my skill set and relatively small "shop" ie. the garage I don't know how I could have completed the project in any reasonable time period, and my wife was, after much planning and project start delays, eager for it to be done as quickly as possible. As it was, it took 3 months but that included tearing up the floor and installing new marble tiles (not me) throughout the entire center part of the house.
So here is the "before"
And here is the "after"
Don't know if you would call this "woodworking" or assembly, but I used alot of my tools and had a ball. Built the soffits, did all the trim, got to use my SCMS, and created the island out of several cabinets, door fronts etc. Located the end grain butcher block on the internet.
I won't bore you further unless you would like details, let me know.
Jay
Well, this is my first effort at posting pics so I hope it goes well. Over the past several months, I've been involved with a major kitchen remodel. But as I'm sure many realize, there was significant "scope creep" on the project. We aren't completely done (you'll notice the absence of a range hood) but I was eager for some feedback.
First of all, I used IKEA kitchen cabinets. For those of you who aren't familar with the company, it is a large international homefurnishing retailer which specializes in "knock down" furniture. They have stores on the East coast, I think in California and Chichago, Alas, none in Florida where we live so we had to pay to have the stuff shipped down. Even with the shipping charges, the cabinets were VERY affordable. But then again, there was some "sweat equity" involved in that I had to assemble the cabinets before installing them.
With my skill set and relatively small "shop" ie. the garage I don't know how I could have completed the project in any reasonable time period, and my wife was, after much planning and project start delays, eager for it to be done as quickly as possible. As it was, it took 3 months but that included tearing up the floor and installing new marble tiles (not me) throughout the entire center part of the house.
So here is the "before"
And here is the "after"
Don't know if you would call this "woodworking" or assembly, but I used alot of my tools and had a ball. Built the soffits, did all the trim, got to use my SCMS, and created the island out of several cabinets, door fronts etc. Located the end grain butcher block on the internet.
I won't bore you further unless you would like details, let me know.
Jay