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Building Your Own Kitchen Cabinets by Jere Cary Highly recommended. A little background: This was one of the first woodworking books that I ever bought (1983). While it was 1997 before I ever built some kitchen cabinets, and have done none since, I found this book valuable for general building of any sort of case goods. Given the age, it's largely based on face-frame cabinets (cf., European frameless) and laminate (e.g., Formica) countertops, but that's OK. I have been reading some old FWW magazines of that same era and ran across one of his early articles there. Jere Cary was both a professional cabinetmaker and later a teacher. Of particular general help is how to build carcases, doors and drawers. For most items, alternative designs are presented, e.g., inset, half- and full-overlay doors and drawers. At the end of the construction chapters is a section on how to recover from goofs (not that I've ever needed that). Chapters are Cabinets and Kitchens Story Sticks (how to layout an entire kitchen on a few sticks, helps avoid errors) Selecting and estimating materials Preparing the Materials Case Joinery Sanding Case Assembly Face Frames Door and Drawer Faces Drawer Construction Installing Cabinet Hardware Toeboards Countertop Underlayment Cabinet Installation Countertop Surfaces Finishing Materials Jigs and Fixture Appendices Appliance Sizes Tools Plan of Procedure Forms for the Estimate of Materials, CUtting List and Panel Layout
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A long time friend asked if I could build some cabinets for his daughter. Her house was one of the many that flooded during Hurricane Harvey. We went to look at the house this past Sunday. Every house in the neighborhood had debris piled up on the sidewalk. As I think back, I realize now they were actually pretty lucky. Water did get in the house but would recede after the heavy rainfall would let up. Then it would rain again...and again... As it turns out, his daughter wants to remodel the kitchen with an entirely different lay out. I think this caught Chuck by surprise. He had already told me he would be paying for the cabinets. So, to keep this story short, I took notes and measurements of the existing layout, but dang it, I forgot to take pictures. Oh well. She wants to demo the pantry and relocate the fridge in that spot. Build a new pantry where the fridge sits now. It juts out into the walk through, and she is not a petite person. All bottom cabinets would have drawers instead of doors, and that I agree with wholeheartedly. With cabinets demoed, the new ones would go to the ceiling after the fir down is removed. And she wants a white kitchen. UGH! Oh, I forgot. Then end cabinet on the stove side would be a trash can pullout. Before going into any great detail and creating a job quote, I decided to draw up what she is asking for. I sent the drawings to her last night. I also asked if they knew anyone that could do the demo and frame up the new pantry and close in the old one after a wall is taken down....relocate the electrical and water supply for the fridge and tape float the drywall. I would rather just stick to building cabinets. For a small kitchen, this would greatly increase her usable space. A new cabinet above the fridge would provide good storage for the big gumbo pot! That is where our pot resides. And on the sink side, the upper cabinet on the left can be widened (as indicated) because there is blank wall space that was never used. And no breakfast bar. The pony wall is there just no bar top. Chuck said he was going to put new granite counter tops on the cabinets, so that would be a nice touch. The current rang and vent hood are circa 1979 harvest gold! I guess it is wait and see for now. Mike Note: The Sketchup drawings show the new layout. I didn't bother with drawing a cabinet over the window or the vent hood, but they would be there.
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An article on painting cabinets https://www.familyhandyman.com/kitchen/diy-kitchen-cabinets/surprising-tips-for-painting-kitchen-cabinets?pmcode=IVBJJU103&_cmp=DiyTipsHints&_ebid=DiyTipsHints7/2/2017&_mid=155448&ehid=EBC4D8BEC6F08D97A318788DB78D9A1244AF138A HINT: if your cabinets have Euro-hinges, most models will separate the door part from the frame part and then you can unscrew each separately. (In fact, if you order these from a commercial supplier, you have to order the hinge (cup part) and frame mount separately) And a video (interesting enough, this guy called me with a half-stripped nightstand and I ended up refinishing the nightstand and bed for his daughter. And, Kevin, there's likely no probability that a factory finish is "polyurethane." Not all clear finishes are poly!
