There was a lot more fitting and fussing with the cabinets to get them into place then I had originally thought. For the most part, these issues were all things I knew about, but had ignored until the last minute. I attached them down to the base and to each other with screws. They are…
I made the cabinet drawers from half inch birch plywood. I made the side pieces from some of the scraps leftover from the cabinets and two new sheets of plywood. I have three different heights of drawers wrapping around the kitchen. A deep drawer on the bottom, and medium drawer in the middle and a…
I made the cabinet carcass from maple veneer plywood. I made the bottom pieces first to make sure they fit in the kitchen. The bottoms that are under the sections with drawers are frames to give me access to the base under the cabinets. I attached the pieces of the cabinets with glue, finish nails,…
Here's a quick remodel and refinish project of some old kitchen cabinets in the shop. Learn how to clean, trim, and paint the cabinets and hardware to make them look like new. Check out the video and some pictures of these cabinets that were also refurbished and used in my Vermont house: http://jonpeters.com/how-to-remodel-old-1970s-kitchen-cabinets/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-Home-by-Jon-Peters/312021729836…
I felt the need to build a movable cart or dolly for our new stove, as we would not be ready to install the stove upon delivery. The cart is similar to other carts I have built, made from 4 pieces of 2x4 attached to form a rectangle. In building the cart I hold the…
Check out my 4 month project in 4 minutes with 728 Time Lapse photos in 4 minutes 15 seconds. I used the new FastCam by FastCap Time Lapse camera. My wife and I discussed our kitchen design for over a year before we started the project. The overall design changed 3 times & we made…
Time lapse of the kitchen demo. First half of the video is 15 frames per second and the later half I bumped it up to 25 frames per second. Pictures were taken with my GoPro3 every 5 seconds. 8,200 pictures taken equals 11.3 hours of work recorded.
More progress lately with the floor fitted and the last of the units now here. The vinyl flooring is from Lifestyle flooring and has a very hard wearing and nicely textured finish, it was fixed at the edges with tape and spray. The few additional units came from the B and Q Cooke and Lewis…
In this edition of our My5 Series, Kitchen & Bath Designer Blythe Tract, shares her 5 tips for cooking in your toaster oven when you have no oven during your kitchen remodel. Learn how to make a full meal in a toaster oven so that you can still eat a home cooked meal while your…
This is a collection of video clips taken over the 3 week period that it took us to completely remodel a kitchen. We added new cabinets, flooring, countertops, tile backsplash, lighting and paint.