crowns (molding that is), doors and knobs

Before CROWN Molding...

During CROWN Molding...

WITH Crown Molding...

Doors are DONE!! YAY for Ric Bruce...he did SUCH a great job.  A huge shout out
to him--the finish on them is smoother than a babies bottom and just as lovely! ;)

Putting doors on....

 The knobs....

One set down...

The pulls...

More sets done...

We are getting closer and closer (just ignore the glaring omission of countertops...
STILL on the slow boat from Italy--now they say March 10th...)

I am in love...and think for "recycled" the old man did a pretty fine job!
Three cheers for Kyle, the handiest man I know!!

Grace told me no one cares and asked why am I updating all of this.

I told her I ONLY do it for Grandma, and if anyone else sees than lucky
them.

So Grandma?  What do you think??? :)

take three

Island put together--first coat of primer...

after deglossing, sanding, filling, etc.

 Primer coat again

 one more view

 Last look...

 One coat of paint now.  We were going to go black on the

island but decided with the rich wood floors we really wanted

it to POP, and went with our creamy white. 

 Paint coat

And again.

Progress is going faster now.  At least is it much more

visible...for a while it was just deglossing, sanding, priming

and painting cabinet faces--so not much to update with

pictures.  The end of this is much more interesting to see.

Freshly painted cabinet doors arrive Tuesday--will photograph
before and after pic's as well as door and drawers with their

new knobs and pulls.  

Still to do?  Paint crown molding (it came with cabinets too!)

New back door and garage door--they are REALLY

starting to look bad against all the new clean paint.

Trim, counter tops, subway back splash, the counters
tiles are still on the slow boat from Italy.

...and about 1 million OTHER

little finishing touches.

island: take two

It is now officially ONE piece of furniture.


It needs a good sanding, deglossing, priming
and several coats of paint.  Among other things.


It is in its roughest form here.


After all of this it will be screwed to 
the floor, have a "top" put on it and then some
counters added.


Once counters are installed on this there will
be a spot for 4 bar stools (2 on each side)
for island sitting/eating/chatting with the 
cook. (me!)


In my wildest dreams I will still find a granite 
remnant on KSL for an insane price to put on
this.


NOTE:  We have found several for $20 and $50 
(no joke)--they were just the wrong colors
and a tad small.


Fingers crossed something will turn up--if not
it will be "Plan B" for the island top
--just not sure what "Plan B" is yet.

How to make an island out of some old cabinets...

Last 2 cabinets...lets see how we can make this work.

Which configuration is best?

And where will everything go?

Add some old legs to the mix....

Build a couple of false fronts to make it all fit right.

Making progress

Coming together

A little at a time

Some "texture and trim" pieces to pull it all together.

Cut and measure and caulk and measure and cut, repeat.

Lots of tools needed for this process.

ALMOST ready for paint

Sneak peek at counter tile and back splash tile

I will have to say that for a "recycled" kitchen, I 
am VERY pleased at how it is coming all together.


We really lucked out on cabinets, all the right
pieces, and the fact that I have a VERY handy 
husband.  We both have a "vision" and never
have a hard time "seeing" the finished product
which I also think is a bonus.


It's all coming together nicely.


There were two "left over" base cabinets from our
kitchen purchase.  That paired with some old
"recycled" legs off of my parents 20 year old
butcher block are all being used to create a 
new island for the center of our kitchen.


It is a lot more labor intensive and Kyle has
been plodding along on this and putting all 
the pieces together.


I wanted to show the progress so you could
appreciate the finished piece.


When it's all put together, it will be painted
and then attached permanently to our kitchen floor.
(Makes me a little sick to think of screwing it
to the new floor--but it must be done.)


After all the finishing, painting, attaching, etc.
It will then be ready for a counter top and some
bar stools.


The last picture is a sneak peek at our 18"
counter tile (a fake, cheap version of honed
black granite AKA $3.99 porcelain tiles)


The white subway tiles are smaller than "regular"
subway tiles and will be the back splash.


It's coming along...


Slow and steady, slow and steady!!!

my shout out to an online company

I don't normally do this (nor do I have a huge
"blog following" to influence) but I *have to* 
give a HUGE SHOUT OUT to this company.


ebuilderdirect.com


We have ordered door knobs and hinges from them in
the past and recently ordered our cabinet door knobs
and pulls.


Shipping is FAST and CHEAP and best 
yet?  So are their prices for EVERYTHING.

These knobs were $1.20 each.

1/3 LESS than *any* store we checked

in the entire valley.  Satin nickel finish--

they had many finishes to choose from 

if you're not a fan of nickel.

These drawer pulls were $1.50 each.  Starting price at 

Home Depot, Overstock, Amazon, Sutherlands or 

Lowes was in the $4.50 to $6.00 range. (and UP!)

Now, as you all know by now, I AM CHEAP!  I will

shout it from the rooftops...if I have to buy

something, it HAS TO be a deal.  That's just how

I run the show.

These knobs took the "deal cake" and I am beyond

thrilled they will be decorating my new/old cupboard

doors and drawers for WAY LESS than I could

have ever hoped for.

So, if you need knobs, pulls, handles, etc.

Check out that above mentioned website.

They get 5 stars from me!!!