Back to the Kitchen

So after a concert, some serious house cleaning, and a fun drive-in adventure it was back to house work... and even more important, the kitchen project! Well after mocking up the kitchen again for a few days I couldn't deny it any more... there just wasn't enought room around the island. So now what?? I then brainstormed for a bit and decided that I could do an easy modification to the island and attach it to the wall as a base cabinet. This is where the metal hoosier was going to be. I pushed it against the wall for a few days before getting the tools out and after a few opinions I committed to the idea... and out came the tools!

To modify the island, all I had to do was remove the doors on the wall side, remove the corner trim, and knock off end block of the butcher top. Next I removed the baseboard, fastened the cabinet to the wall, then trimmed and installed the baseboard again. That's it... it was a quick fix.

Next was coming up with a wall cabinet to go above. I played around with a few ideas, then settled on using the doors I removed from the island in the new cabinet. Also I would have an open shelf on the bottom section. First thing was laying out the doors and make up a face frame.

Once this was biscuit joined, glued up, and dry I made up the sides, top, and bottom... again biscuit joined, glued and nailed.

Then add the rest of the shelves...

I mounted a ledger board on the wall that the shelf hangs from. Trial fit on the wall...

Finally I mortissed the hinges and installed the doors. Just needs a little bit of sanding and add some corner trim... then it'll be ready for paint!

Besides this modification, I also finally added the wine rack to the built in shelf. This job has been on the books for 2 months now! But I can finally check it off the list too. I have a feeling more unavoidable drywall sanding is jsut around the corner...