Cabinets

[jeeman]

UCGal,

I’d still like to see what your cabs look like after sanding, if you have one that is “half way through”. My cabs are all painted white, and I suspect it’s all hardwood underneath. But if I go granite, then I have to replace the cabs anyways.

[Anonymous]

I would go ahead and get quotes for full custom cabinets direct from a custom cabinet shop, might not be as expensive as you think in the end.
Also, even with full custom I was convinced by the cabinet maker to go with MDF (a kind of particle board) for the boxes, and I’m perfectly happy with it 4 years on. Definitely though you want solid wood on the surfaces you see when the cabinets are closed.

[Anonymous]

I would go ahead and get quotes for full custom cabinets direct from a custom cabinet shop, might not be as expensive as you think in the end.
Also, even with full custom I was convinced by the cabinet maker to go with MDF (a kind of particle board) for the boxes, and I’m perfectly happy with it 4 years on. Definitely though you want solid wood on the surfaces you see when the cabinets are closed.

[Anonymous]

I would go ahead and get quotes for full custom cabinets direct from a custom cabinet shop, might not be as expensive as you think in the end.
Also, even with full custom I was convinced by the cabinet maker to go with MDF (a kind of particle board) for the boxes, and I’m perfectly happy with it 4 years on. Definitely though you want solid wood on the surfaces you see when the cabinets are closed.

[Anonymous]

I would go ahead and get quotes for full custom cabinets direct from a custom cabinet shop, might not be as expensive as you think in the end.
Also, even with full custom I was convinced by the cabinet maker to go with MDF (a kind of particle board) for the boxes, and I’m perfectly happy with it 4 years on. Definitely though you want solid wood on the surfaces you see when the cabinets are closed.

[Anonymous]

I would go ahead and get quotes for full custom cabinets direct from a custom cabinet shop, might not be as expensive as you think in the end.
Also, even with full custom I was convinced by the cabinet maker to go with MDF (a kind of particle board) for the boxes, and I’m perfectly happy with it 4 years on. Definitely though you want solid wood on the surfaces you see when the cabinets are closed.

[CDMA ENG]

Dont know if this helps any but when I restained my mother cabinets I took all the cabinet doors to a company that chemically strips them. It wasn’t cheap and I still had to do a cursory resand before refinishing but it did cut out a lot of time. Very worth what it cost though…

CE

[CDMA ENG]

Dont know if this helps any but when I restained my mother cabinets I took all the cabinet doors to a company that chemically strips them. It wasn’t cheap and I still had to do a cursory resand before refinishing but it did cut out a lot of time. Very worth what it cost though…

CE

[CDMA ENG]

Dont know if this helps any but when I restained my mother cabinets I took all the cabinet doors to a company that chemically strips them. It wasn’t cheap and I still had to do a cursory resand before refinishing but it did cut out a lot of time. Very worth what it cost though…

CE

[CDMA ENG]

Dont know if this helps any but when I restained my mother cabinets I took all the cabinet doors to a company that chemically strips them. It wasn’t cheap and I still had to do a cursory resand before refinishing but it did cut out a lot of time. Very worth what it cost though…

CE

[CDMA ENG]

Dont know if this helps any but when I restained my mother cabinets I took all the cabinet doors to a company that chemically strips them. It wasn’t cheap and I still had to do a cursory resand before refinishing but it did cut out a lot of time. Very worth what it cost though…

CE

[UCGal]

Jeeman – I’ve been thinking about this all last night. I’m changing my advice. I looked around my kitchen (and the rest of my house) and realized it will be YEARS before we’re done. Some people have exposed brick that they call rustic… We’re going with exposed studs. Seriously, if I were like most most of my friends, I’d have freaked out a long time ago. (I have a higher tolerance for “construction zone” than most of my friends.) When I was going through my pictures, I realized it had been almost a year since my husband took a section of cabinets off the wall to rerun some pipes in the wall – and that I’ve been living with a kitchen that is put back together… sort of… so it functions – but is worse than when we started, aesthetically.

Unfortunately, we don’t have the budget or desire to hire folks to do our work… After we built our companion unit (and got ripped off by the first contractor, big time) we’re broke, and burnt out.

I can post pictures of the cabinets my husband built in place for the companion unit. At least the cabinet boxes… A quick search of my work ‘puter and photobucket account show that I don’t have any “done” pictures readily available here. Same concept except he started from scratch.

Here are the pics… They don’t show what you’re asking for, specifically – but they may give you an idea of how to do a project that will drive your wife nuts…

companion unit cabinet boxes…

Main house kitchen destruction

Not quite what you asked for but… if we ever finish, I’ll post “done” pictures.

[UCGal]

Jeeman – I’ve been thinking about this all last night. I’m changing my advice. I looked around my kitchen (and the rest of my house) and realized it will be YEARS before we’re done. Some people have exposed brick that they call rustic… We’re going with exposed studs. Seriously, if I were like most most of my friends, I’d have freaked out a long time ago. (I have a higher tolerance for “construction zone” than most of my friends.) When I was going through my pictures, I realized it had been almost a year since my husband took a section of cabinets off the wall to rerun some pipes in the wall – and that I’ve been living with a kitchen that is put back together… sort of… so it functions – but is worse than when we started, aesthetically.

Unfortunately, we don’t have the budget or desire to hire folks to do our work… After we built our companion unit (and got ripped off by the first contractor, big time) we’re broke, and burnt out.

I can post pictures of the cabinets my husband built in place for the companion unit. At least the cabinet boxes… A quick search of my work ‘puter and photobucket account show that I don’t have any “done” pictures readily available here. Same concept except he started from scratch.

Here are the pics… They don’t show what you’re asking for, specifically – but they may give you an idea of how to do a project that will drive your wife nuts…

companion unit cabinet boxes…

Main house kitchen destruction

Not quite what you asked for but… if we ever finish, I’ll post “done” pictures.

[UCGal]

Jeeman – I’ve been thinking about this all last night. I’m changing my advice. I looked around my kitchen (and the rest of my house) and realized it will be YEARS before we’re done. Some people have exposed brick that they call rustic… We’re going with exposed studs. Seriously, if I were like most most of my friends, I’d have freaked out a long time ago. (I have a higher tolerance for “construction zone” than most of my friends.) When I was going through my pictures, I realized it had been almost a year since my husband took a section of cabinets off the wall to rerun some pipes in the wall – and that I’ve been living with a kitchen that is put back together… sort of… so it functions – but is worse than when we started, aesthetically.

Unfortunately, we don’t have the budget or desire to hire folks to do our work… After we built our companion unit (and got ripped off by the first contractor, big time) we’re broke, and burnt out.

I can post pictures of the cabinets my husband built in place for the companion unit. At least the cabinet boxes… A quick search of my work ‘puter and photobucket account show that I don’t have any “done” pictures readily available here. Same concept except he started from scratch.

Here are the pics… They don’t show what you’re asking for, specifically – but they may give you an idea of how to do a project that will drive your wife nuts…

companion unit cabinet boxes…

Main house kitchen destruction

Not quite what you asked for but… if we ever finish, I’ll post “done” pictures.

[UCGal]

Jeeman – I’ve been thinking about this all last night. I’m changing my advice. I looked around my kitchen (and the rest of my house) and realized it will be YEARS before we’re done. Some people have exposed brick that they call rustic… We’re going with exposed studs. Seriously, if I were like most most of my friends, I’d have freaked out a long time ago. (I have a higher tolerance for “construction zone” than most of my friends.) When I was going through my pictures, I realized it had been almost a year since my husband took a section of cabinets off the wall to rerun some pipes in the wall – and that I’ve been living with a kitchen that is put back together… sort of… so it functions – but is worse than when we started, aesthetically.

Unfortunately, we don’t have the budget or desire to hire folks to do our work… After we built our companion unit (and got ripped off by the first contractor, big time) we’re broke, and burnt out.

I can post pictures of the cabinets my husband built in place for the companion unit. At least the cabinet boxes… A quick search of my work ‘puter and photobucket account show that I don’t have any “done” pictures readily available here. Same concept except he started from scratch.

Here are the pics… They don’t show what you’re asking for, specifically – but they may give you an idea of how to do a project that will drive your wife nuts…

companion unit cabinet boxes…

Main house kitchen destruction

Not quite what you asked for but… if we ever finish, I’ll post “done” pictures.

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