| Project by Peter O | posted 308 days ago | 982 views | 3 times favorited | 14 comments |  |
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This is a small dry bar that I built recently for a repeat client. This space is directly between their eat-in kitchen and their large patio, so it allows easy access whether they are entertaining inside our out.
The construction is American birch and American birch veneer, stained with a rich tobacco-brown and then finished with a colored varnish. The client had not selected hardware yet, so we used post-it notes as temporary drawer pulls.
The client didn’t expect to put anything large in the cabinets, so the full depth of the base seemed to waste a lot of space. Almost all casework jobs have dead space that could have a hidden compartment, but making that hidden space useful can be difficult. We decided to divide the base cabinet so the front section could be used for additional shelving and the back section could conceal a trash pull-out.
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John Gray
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posted 308 days ago
Verrrry verrrry nice!!!!!!!!!
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dennis mitchell
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posted 308 days ago
Beautiful project. I like the stain color.
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LesB
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posted 308 days ago
Interesting design idea.
That hidden space would be a great place to conceal and store valuables and/or to put in a fire resistant box for securing important documents. I have often included hidden spaces under cabinets in the toe board space. I use magnets to hold the toe board in place. Your space is much more accessible and almost as inconspicuous.
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WOODLAND
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WOW now this is what talent is all about. Beautiful job well done.
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Bigbuck
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posted 308 days ago
Very nice
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lightweightladyleftie
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posted 308 days ago
Peter,
What a great use of what would have been wasted space. I love how you hid it.
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Thos. Angle
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posted 308 days ago
it really came out nice, Peter. Good one.
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ShannonRogers
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posted 308 days ago
Brilliant use of wasted space. You did a great job on the wine fridge too. :)
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jim1953
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posted 308 days ago
Great Job
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Tony
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posted 307 days ago
Nice project, I especially like the compartment for the trash.
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gbvinc
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posted 307 days ago
Nice Peter. Good use of the space for the trash pull out!
Peter O
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posted 306 days ago
Thanks for the comments everyone!
@ LesB – It’s funny … when I was posting this, it occured to me that we want to hide our most valuable things and our trash. I guess a compartment like this would work for either one.
@ShannonRogers – The wine fridge was the hardest part. I have some experience with metal fab, but the cooling system really took some figuring! :)
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woodbutcher
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posted 305 days ago
Peter O,
You really did a fine job with that birch very nice finishing. Is that a stone bar top or a composite type top? I know that concealed trash can will get a lot of use, very nice design.Congratulations again on such a fine project.
Sincerely,
Ken McGinnis
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Peter O
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Thanks, Ken. The top is stone. It had a crown that was really frustrating to work with – it was probably 1/4” higher in the middle than on the edges. I’ve never come across that kind of variation in stone before.
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