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What the left side of the cabinet looked like before the panel and baseboards were installed..


What it looks like after the panel and baseboards were installed.


What the cabinets looked like before.

The cabinets in our guest bedroom were circa 1980's.

I have been upgrading the cabinets in the kitchen, laundry room and all the bathrooms.
I sanded down the face frams with an orbital sander.
Next, granite counter top, medicine cabinet, mirror surround, toilet paper holder, towel rack, and new lighting.

I was able to use all of the old draw faces for the insets buy cutting off the excess, and using double stick tape to attach them to a larger melimine board before passing them through a planer.

The only new wood I used was for the 3/4" baseboard, the 3 doors and the side panels.

I mix my own stains from Windsor Newton artist oil colors. Any good oil paints will do. In this stain I wanted a lighter value. I used a lot of raw sienna a little of burnt umber a touch of burnt sienna and a touch of yellow ocher. I mix them with 50% turpentine and 50% boiled linseed oil. It takes about a week to dry depending on the weather.
This stain also adds the first sealer coat.

I test the stain on a scrap of the same wood untill I get the desired hue.

I based this color on the yellows and Browns in the Dutch painter Pieter Bruegel paintings. So I call the color Bruegel stain.

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Planing down the rear top of the drawers at an appropriate 45 degree rounded angle. They have to be tilted downward to insert them since the slides are now behind the face frame. These drawers were made taller for the old overlay design. I decided to use the old drawers.

Years of accumulated stuff in the drawers had to be cleared out before I can start sanding down the face frames.


By attaching some oak blocks behind the face frames I was now able to position the slides behind the frame.




The glides had to be cut down to fit behind the face frame.

I lined the drawers with felt I bought from Onlinefabricstore.net They sell it by the yard.

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A clean look. Improved over the older ones too.

Thanks for posting.
 

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James, superlative work, as always. Now, you need to make a matching chair.
 

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A timeless update. Excellent use of what you had.
 

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Thanks guys. It does need a chair Art. Since your a master chair builder I'll need chair building lessons from you..
 

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Blue dog. Not sure what you meant but I'll try to answer. The old face frams are solid red oak. Sanded w/orbital sander, stained and sealed w/3 coats of Min wax oil poly wipe. Everything is solid oak except the oak plywood panels in the doors. I hope this answers your question.
 

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James,

What a wonderful transformation! I can appreciate all the work that has gone into this conversion. I'm still working on ours after six months. We hope to plumb it this week.

L/W
 

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Light weight lift handed lady I am left handed also. Thanks for notifying me. Hope you finish your cabinets. If you need advice contact me. Love your work. Good work doesn't happen over night.
 

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Those look amazing…thanks for sharing
 

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Awesome James!

I appreciate the amount of work you are putting into all this, the coping to fit the tiled baseboard is enough to make my knees sore 8^)
 

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Awesome James!

I appreciate the amount of work you are putting into all this, the coping to fit the tiled baseboard is enough to make my knees sore 8^)

You right about the knees. Working on floor cabinets are hard on them. I bought some cheep mats at Harbor Freight. The black interlocking ones. Also made a scribe from a compass with a graphite tip.
Thanks for the encouraging words.
- splintergroup
 

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Your hard work paid off! Those doors and draws look outstanding, great upgrade for your Bathroom. I especially like the finish and how you lined up the grain pattern. No one could have done better, congratulations on a job well done.
 

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WOW! What a project! That is amazing to say the least James. Very fine craftsmanship. Beautiful!
 
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