This is Jared’s wife Mandi. I’m hijacking his blog in order to embarass him. Since I know all his usual passwords the hacking wasn’t all that hard… So a few weeks ago I saw a contest for the “Art of Manliness/Old Spice Man of the Year”. Of course Jared is amazing, incredible and very manly [...]
In order for the granite company to guarantee the counter tops by Thanksgiving, the base cabinets had to be installed by Monday, November 10th. So, here are my brother and I are on Monday afternoon installing the four base cabinets. The base cabinets went in on leveling feet in the front and a 4″ cleat [...]
The much anticipated day to demo the existing kitchens cabinetry, counters, and back splash finally arrived. I was being paid to do what we dream of doing as kids…tear stuff apart! Granted, I couldn’t just go in swinging with a sledge hammer, but it was close enough to be lots of fun. Here is what [...]
Our first combined “At the Shop” entry is due to the fact that we are so busy I feel like pulling my hair out at times! We have two dining tables, a kitchen, 115′ of bookshelves, a wine rack, and old wooden English phone booth refinishing job in the works! All for a shop that [...]
A shot looking down on the cabinet that holds the lazy susan and the cabinet to the left that holds four drawers and a spice pull-out. The cabinet that holds the lazy susan has the corners angled with melamine to prevent spillage of items from the lazy susan into the deep, dark recesses of the [...]
The finishing process for these cabinets is a little different than a usual stained finish. Instead of using a stain on the face frames and door panels, we are using a stain glaze to achieve the look the clients desire. Also, rather than staining the bare wood before spraying on two or three coats of [...]
While I was waiting for the clients to choose a sink, which was necessary before the final four cabinet boxes could be built, I began milling up some Alder for all the face frames. Each of the boxes required four pieces to build the face frame, all 7/8″ thick, with a shallow dado cut into [...]