Kitchen Cabinets - Project of the Week

February 9, 2008 | Filed Under Blog, Project of the Week 

This week’s project comes from Skip. Beautiful birch kitchen cabinets. Norm eat your heart out! Here’s Skip’s description:

“Pictures show my biggest home project. Floor is Cherry. Cabinets are Birch, finished with a 7 step process including conditioning, 3 gel stain combos-Minwax and Old Masters, then wipe-on-poly top coats. Drawers and lower china cabinet all have full extension slides. Granite was contracted. The stained glass was my first attempt, but worth the effort. Good note – when I decided to design and make the stained glass, I visited a local supplier/window maker and he said I could ask questions, watch him work and get some pointers… for a reasonable time – but asked if I decided to make a window, to please purchase supplies and material from him. A great trade off!”

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14 Responses to “Kitchen Cabinets - Project of the Week”

  1. Scott7975 on February 9th, 2008 1:06 pm

    looks beautiful, nicely done.

  2. William on February 9th, 2008 3:35 pm

    Very nice. I like the choice of pulls; good contemporary look. The stained/leaded glass is a nice touch. Good call on the larger double panel doors as well. I might have considered some small crown molding to dress up the ceiling line.

    Congratulations on a fine looking kitchen. Hopefully the food tastes as good as the cabinets look!

  3. Tim aka Mopardude on February 9th, 2008 5:19 pm

    I agree with William a crown would really set that kitchen off, other wise very nice!

  4. Tim aka Mopardude on February 9th, 2008 5:22 pm

    Actually i just took another look at pics! I change my mind about the crown. Your top fronts on the bases are smaller than normal leaving a nice reveal there. I figure you carried that idea to the uppers to bring it all together! In which case a crown isn’t needed!

  5. Kitchen cabinets on February 9th, 2008 5:32 pm

    Nice kitchen. Good work!

  6. Badabing on February 9th, 2008 5:48 pm

    Absolutely stunning! Nice work, you should be very proud :)

  7. William on February 9th, 2008 6:48 pm

    What’s really amazing is that your ceiling is as flat as it is! With my plaster ceilings, I need at least some kind of molding to cover the gaps.

    I also like the simple grooved stiles and rails. The lines are really clean and simple.

  8. John on February 9th, 2008 8:07 pm

    Great looking cabinets! I built my own about a year ago. I used cypress. This can be a very rewarding project not to mention saving a TON of cash. I had mine quoted before I decided to build. I figured I saved myself about 7 grand doing it myself!

  9. Tomcat1066 on February 10th, 2008 6:15 am

    Looks good!

  10. Jim Bussing on February 10th, 2008 12:10 pm

    This is very nice work Great Job

  11. Muiris O Cleirigh on February 10th, 2008 11:57 pm

    They look great. How did you fix the display cabinet to the wall?

    Muiris.

  12. Dustin McComas on February 12th, 2008 6:54 am

    Awesome! I especially like the stained glass display. I got into it a few years ago and it can be very rewarding to turn out a piece like that!

  13. Skip on February 13th, 2008 9:45 pm

    Thank you all for your comments and suggestions.

    Muiris - there are cleats at the top and bottom of the cabinet. Screws (3.5″) were driven into the studs, and countersunk holes plugged. It worked well for me.

  14. Dave Herron on February 18th, 2008 8:30 am

    I’m impressed. Can’t improve on perfection!

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