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This started out as a wall oven when we bought the house over a year ago. My task master (AKA wife) wanted a pantry and “hated” the wall oven. Primarily because it didn’t work very well.
So off to the saw mill (thanks GuyK) to buy wood. I cut the doors from red oak and used a router bit set I found at HomeD from Bosch. Then found transparent grey “Smoked” Plexiglass to match the stove front. With the door hung I then I made 4 red oak drawers using dove tails and added 100 lb full extension slides. It was a fun project and a little challenging. I never made a jointed door and only tried dovetail drawers one time before for my shop drawers. The dove tails were cut with the Leigh Dove Tail jig. I had some chip out but was able to hide that in the back of the drawers.
With the job complete and the task master pleased with the outcome (if she is happy, at least I stand a chance at finding happiness <grin>) I can now move on to the next in a long list of “things that need to get done”.
In the full picture of the kitchen you see the oven, range hood and shelves (also the cabinets). I installed the stove, hood and shelves, ran all the electric (dang 220 line is expensive) and moved the wall of cabinets to fit her idea of what was “good”. When we bought the house there was a gas stove in an “L” shaped island where the stove is now, so rip-remove and replace. We also had a stone company install the counter tops. That was a long story that I won’t bore you with but it took them 4 tries and over 4 months to get it close to right.
-- "so much to learn and so little time"..
13 comments so far
MsDebbieP
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posted 747 days ago
that is a gorgeous kitchen.
LOVE the pantry. Oh the joys of pull-out shelves… sigh.
gorgeous
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
snowdog
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posted 747 days ago
Here is a pic of what it used to look like:
-- "so much to learn and so little time"..
CharlieM1958
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posted 747 days ago
Great job of kitchen improvement there!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
TomFran
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posted 747 days ago
Beautiful work! Glad your “taskmaster” was pleased.
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
MsDebbieP
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posted 747 days ago
oh wow!!!
totally new room.
question, when you had the counter top stove, how did you like it?
And the wall oven, was it only that it didn’t work right or were there other drawbacks to having that as opposed to the “regular” stove unit.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
snowdog
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posted 747 days ago
The wall oven would have been nice but we needed more cabinets (pantry) and the “L” shaped counter top left no room to get around the refrigerator when we were cooking and very little counter space. The cook top was also nice but the built in venting didn’t work very well. I liked the old kitchen but the new one is much better and a lot more usable space.
-- "so much to learn and so little time"..
MsDebbieP
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posted 747 days ago
venting.. ah. ok! :)
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
GuyK
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posted 747 days ago
Nice work my friend. Glad Bill was able to help out with the wood.
-- Guy Kroll
Greg Mitchell
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posted 747 days ago
Great job, and a vey nice kitchen.
-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net
cajunpen
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posted 746 days ago
Really nice renovation project. Makes a big difference in the look and functionality of the kitchen. Well done!
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
mot
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posted 746 days ago
Very nice!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
RobS
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posted 746 days ago
Creative and unique, great job.
-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX
Dadoo
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posted 746 days ago
Task master? Never heard that one. I asked my “house mouse” the other day, how come I have a “Honey do” list and she don’t. Don’t ask that question. Bad idea. The roof immediately came off the house.
Hay! Nice addition! Blends right in!
Now if you guys will excuse me, I have to go put the roof back on the house.
-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!