Bedroom Renovation Part 2: This time it's the kitchen!

[sooth]

Yup, cast iron grates are pricey (weather new or old) but they'll last a lifetime and will hold a lot of weight on them.

[Kansas. 1911.]

Those grates have personality plus. It is the detailed planning and purchasing that makes you happy in the end.

[PowerMuffin]

The kitchen is looking wonderful! I hope to embark on our kitchen redo this year and so enjoy seeing your progress.
Diane

[shazapple]

I've been working on the shelving in the pantry recently. I made corbels out of some trim we pulled from the old kitchen, but I didn't really think about how to attach them to the wall until they were all cut and shellacked. I didn't want to frig around with countersunk screws and plugs, so I used this angle bracket setup which is completely hidden from once everything goes up.

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I routered a small channel in the corbels, and predrilled my holes off centre so the screws would pull the corbel tight to the wall.

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I'm working on the shelves now, but had to sand and refinish one completely due to cutting it upside down. Luckily, the original finish seems to be shellac, which is pretty easy to match.

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Tomorrow I will add some 1x2 as support from bowing, and hopefully be finished! Looking forward to having our shelf space back.

[jwesevich]

I really liked the trick with mounting the corbels...

jeff

[shazapple]

Go the ledgers cut, sanded, shellacked, and installed. Shellac goes on so nice and looks great to boot!

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After that it was just a couple nails to put the shelves back up.

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The second shelf has a bit of woo in the board (I cleverly hid it in yesterdays picture by using my drills to weight it down). The joys of re-using wood , at least I know where the crock pot will be sitting.

Counter tops are scheduled for Thursday, so our kitchen is nearing full productivity! Still need to do door/floor/window/ceiling trim, as well as boxing in the beam and creating a bookshelf for the chase in the corner.

[Don M]

Beautiful work!

[Kansas. 1911.]

(raising hand). I have a question.

Is that a washing machine under the shelves? In the original drawing, the dishwasher sits in that little room, right? So what is the washer doing? Perhaps your plans have changed. Perhaps I should just sit tight and see how this turns out.

[shazapple]

Yes, that is our washing machine You can see the dishwasher in the bottom right of the pictures. The clothes dryer is in the attached shed (which is unheated, so in the winter our clothes freeze to the drum). The previous owners put them in these spots for reasons unknown, but we are replacing the attached shed with something more reasonable (like a insulated addition with a mudroom, laundry room, and bathroom). That spot in the pantry is destined to have a small freezer (since our fridge is only a fridge, and our big freezer is in the aforementioned attached shed)

[shazapple]

Countertop people were here and left. The install went smooth, except for the sink. Their hole was cut too small, which wasn't a big deal but every time we wanted to test the fit we needed 3 people to lift the 150lb sink into place! I'm not sure how I am going to plumb it...

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We are glad to have countertops again! (believe it or not, plywood is not the easiest thing to keep sanitary)

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PS: I know the range hood doesn't quite fit it, but it's very functional and was on super sale. Plus I really don't like the look of those huge range hoods fancied up with trim and corbels.