After the mezanine deck and great room the kitchen was attacked next... something to keep in mind the woman of the house is barely 5' tall...

 

There was nothing special about these cherry cabinets... pretty much routine builds... all the shelves are on easy close glides... same for the drawers..

this corner cab was the only difficult piece... nothing plumb/level/square by a wide margin... inches in just a few feet... if you look hard enough you can see the issues... slight of hand for the aesthetics...

 

 

this island isn't special either... another ripped out page of a home magazine (here, this is what I want only different – got that a lot)and scaled for comfort for the woman of the house (WOTH) and to fit well into the space available... the floor was ripped up and all the joists were sistered and intermediate doubled joists installed to support the granite CT on the island...

built the stools to fit the WOTH.. for regular sized mortals they feel funny... but her husband is 5'8'' and thinks they are just fine.. that is all that matters...

 

 

 

because the WOTH was vertically challenged the bases of the cabs had pull out steps/step stools... now she could reach the uppers and use the sink in comfort... cook easier too...

 

 

closer look/see...

 

 

the flooring is cork and the original floor was not flat in the least... 2x6's @ 16OC and the crowns were alternated at random w/ 5 ply ½'' CDX for the deck... 2 joists were longitudinally cracked... can we say springy here??? all were sistered, additional joists to bring the spacing up to 8''OC and shims had to happen... 7ply AC 5/8 T&G for the new deck..

Cab bases were built and installed separate of the boxes to comp for the floor... layup to the walls was fun... the random lay of the crowns worked out to be a major issue all through this project...

back-splash is Swanstone... best fix for the irregular walls we could come up w/...

 

 

Edited October 17, 20169 yr by Stick486

Cool idea on the pull out step stools.

 

I was wondering if you made the toe kicks deeper- positioning the pull handles (when the risers were fully retracted) so the users didn't hit their feet on them when working at the lower counters.

That is some beautiful cabinet work. Ingenious work arounds, too. 

The T&L to repair/upgrade the floor systems must've been tremendous.

To say you do fantastic work is an understatement.

1 hour ago, lew said:

I was wondering if you made the toe kicks deeper

3½'' deep and the pull handles are well above the toes...

push on the step stool face w/ your toe and it pops open...

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

The T&L to repair/upgrade the floor systems must've been tremendous.

one very long day...IIRC just short of 14 hours after the initial tear out

the ply was shot down w/  6d nails and no construction adhesive... also it was laid inline w/ the joists and there were a boatload of nail misses too...

it was one spongy squeaky floor...

pulled some ply.. fix the joists... pull more ply.. fix more joists.. etc...

was able to reuse all of the ply taken up...

6 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

one very long day...IIRC just short of 14 hours after the initial tear out

the ply was shot down w/  6d nails and no construction adhesive... also it was laid inline w/ the joists and there were a boatload of nail misses too...

it was one spongy squeaky floor...

Geeze.... what shoddy work. Both inside and out. Where were the inspectors? 

Did the homeowners buy the place already built or contract it? Were they the first owners?

Are the builders still in business? 

 

 

Geeze.... what shoddy work. Both inside and out. Where were the inspectors? 

no clue...

Did the homeowners buy the place already built or contract it?

contract...

Were they the first owners?

yes...

Are the builders still in business? 

no...

1 hour ago, Stick486 said:

 

Are the builders still in business? 

no...

Good...

That looks really great - all of it. Nice touch on the steps for the WOTH.

I would say it's amazing there are so many crappy contractors out there...but then again...

 

That looks really great and I hope the owners of that place appreciate all the effort and skill you have put into making it decent for them. 

Beautiful work Stick.  Really clever solution for the WOTH.  I wish I had thought of it when I was building my cabinets.  But I really don't think a 3 1/2" step would have helped much.  My wife's about 5'2". I'm 6'1".  My ceiling is 8 1/2'.  We both rely on a cheap IKEA step stool to reach the top shelves.  (I know, I know, a step stool is on my 'to do' list) :-)

better shot of the one cab...

 

Great work Stick.

Building kitchen cabs for my vertically challenged wife is in my future... so i am really interested in those pull outs you installed.

Do they just slide on the floor?  Is there a spring or something behind them to open them by foot?

Thanks,

Cal

3 hours ago, clhyer said:

Great work Stick.

Building kitchen cabs for my vertically challenged wife is in my future... so i am really interested in those pull outs you installed.

Do they just slide on the floor?  Is there a spring or something behind them to open them by foot?

Thanks,

Cal

spring release to open...

spring loaded wheels that collapse into dadoes when weight is applied to the step..

Thanks Stick.  I have just spent an hour looking for the hardware without any success.  What is your source for it?

Cal

16 minutes ago, clhyer said:

Thanks Stick.  I have just spent an hour looking for the hardware without any success.  What is your source for it?

Cal

it's been a while.. WW Hardware .. I think...

the are called auto open drawer slides...

as for the casters the retractable casters from the BORG...

if your floors can take it, use SGD wheels and put tires on them made from O rings...

Stick, what finish do you use on cabinetry like this?

Cal

4 hours ago, clhyer said:

Stick, what finish do you use on cabinetry like this?

Cal

I don't finish anything.... EVER...

it's subbed out...

never asked what was done...

From your picture of the corner cabinet.  The center of the doors is a raised panel.

Then stile and rail intrigue me.  What router bits were used to create that profile that you see?

 

15 minutes ago, Michael Thuman said:

From your picture of the corner cabinet.  The center of the doors is a raised panel.

Then stile and rail intrigue me.  What router bits were used to create that profile that you see?

 

the panels, rails and stiles were done w/ off the self Freud Quadracuts and the added on ''half round'' was double cut w/ w/ a fingernail bit...... (99-027)..

http://www.freudtools.com/cabinet_doors

http://www.freudtools.com/products/product/99-027

 

this style of bit would have been easier but I didn't have a RT to use...