This was my first cabinet building experience. Just before getting married, we bought this little house that was mid renovation. Everything from the drywall out had been updated. I purchased the right to lay floors, build a kitchen, texture walls, finish electrical and all finish plumbing (except the toilet.) in the process, I learned to tear down walls, build proper headers, refinish hard-wood floors, repair sub-floors, tile, grout, etc. I don’t think I’ll buy another 1940 house with no other place to live again. what should have taken a few months of my evenings and weekends turned into almost 3 years. As for the kitchen featured here, I did have some help but most of the work is mine. The cabinet boxes are Ash veneer MDF, the face frame drawer fronts and doors are Solid ash. I had the doors done in a local door shop (my wife really wanted her kitchen done.) The drawer boxes are Baltic Birch ply. Counter top is 12” granite floor tile with Ash bull-nose border, and back splash is slate. Finish was wiped stain, and 3 coats of aquaplastic semigloss