starting my kitchen cabinets

You have my support ! I will very much look forward to viewing your progress – - -

-- rob

Thank you Rob!! I appreciate it.

-- Robin Renee'

Hi Robin,
That would be great kitchen room i believe,
and i am sure you can do it as well,
you already did,

Rosewood,

-- http://picasaweb.google.com/deniirawan66

Looks good so far Robin.. The flooring looks great and I love the walls.. Are you going to cover that beautiful log wall with cabinets??

I amcurrently making a dresser for my son out of hickory.. Its a hard, beautiful wood..

Looking forward to seeing your pictures and the progress..I know you can tackle this one just fine..

-- Randall Child

You can do it!!! Just look at it like a big blank canvas. You can do one cabinet at a time so as not to get too intimidated by the size of the project. The corner cabinet is a great start. Make sure the first cabinet is hung plumb and the rest will follow easily.
I am sure you can get any questions answered on this forum.
Please keep posting updates.

Good Luck, John

-- Oldworld, Fair Oaks, Ca

Hi Rosewood! I made my vanaties….....but kitchen cabinets there seems to be alot more to it…....I just recently found out what a scribe was, and that was only because I was making my cuts for my cut list and I asked a gentleman on here what it was. Thank you for your kind words and faith in my abliity.

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

My daughter just done her kitchen floor last year and it looks a lot like yours some nice,by the way she did all hers.

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Hi Randal, Thanks so much…......Yes I am going to cover the walls with cabinets…...but only in the kitchen the dining room will remain open and it has an open ceiling from the floor to the top it is 24ft, so there will be plenty of log walls to see. Hickory is a beautiful wood…...but boy is it hard on the planer blades!! I can’t wait to see your finished piece you are working on for your son!!

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

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Robin,

Looking great so far. Hope Hubby is as happy with your work as you are with his job on the floor. Keep up the great work.

By the way, smart move by starting in the corner with an upper cabinet. Just like a PRO!

FlWoodRat AKA “Bruce”

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

Robin,

Anyone who can build that beautiful two sink vanity will no problem with some kitchen cabinets. You’ll do a great job!

Lew

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I showed a few photos to show how nice a floor like yours looks like with cabinets.

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Hey GMann….....your daughters floor looks great, did she do her cabinets as well??

-- Robin Renee'

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Looking at your past projects, I have full confidence you can do this and do it well! If it seems overwhelming doing a whole kitchen, remember just one cabinet, or step, at a time. We’re all rooting for you!

-- a little bit of stupid goes a long way

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Hey Bruce….............he does brag on me a little from time to time. Thanks Bruce…....be sure to check in on me from time to time.

-- Robin Renee'

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Hey KayBee…........Thanks so much. It is over whelming, but as you say one step at a time, one cabinet at a time and hope I have some hair left after this is done!!

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Robin have you seen the pics?

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Hey GMann…........ Yes, I saw the pictures, she has a beautiful kitchen .if my cabinets turn out half as good as your daughters’ I will be happy….....of course deep down I am striving for perfection, but when you never done a full room of cabinets ….....lets put it this way….......I think I am stressed about it…......but live and learn, right??

-- Robin Renee'

You will do ok I have seen some of your work.

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You already do nice work Robin…this is just another project. You’ll be showing pictures with beautiful cabinets on of these days and have reason to be proud. You have the talent, just let it do it’s job.
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-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

Gary….....Thank you!

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Robin, What I’ve seen so far that you have done, there is no doubt in my mind you will show us one beautiful kitchen in the near future. As the others have said….. one cabinet at a time and you’ll be surprised how fast it will go. Your home is beautiful and you and your husband should be proud. Keep us posted and thanks for sharing.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

Hi John. Thank You!

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Good luck on the build, Robin. I am a firm believer that too much wood cannot be put into a home. With the wood flooring, walls and exposed beams I am sure you will do just fine with your cabinets.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Spectacular room size and we can all see the logs there on outside walls. I think we will all follow this as you do the work. Remember according to the National Electrical Code that the boxes for the receptacles and switches are supposed to be mounted within 1/8 of an inch to the finished surface. There is also a minimum of two 20 amp circuits required for the kitchen alone. I would also keep them separate from the lighting circuits, that way you won’t be in the dark if a circuit is tripped off handling something hot. Any receptacles within 18 inches of a sink must have GFCI protection. I don’t know what your local codes are but what ever they are I would exceed them with a well designed layout. You will do just fine I am sure.

-- Rich, Nevada,

Hi Robin,
Looks awesome!. I assume you’ve moved in now. It’s going to be an amazing home.
I have not seen you on MySpace lately?? too busy building everything, I assume. Anyhow when ya get time message me. Darin has started his US tour..:)
GREAT job!!!
David

Hi Scott….........thanks!

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Hi Richard! Thanks so much for the good AND important information. I think we got everything right, I just wish we would have put a few more outlets in…...when we went up with the logs we had to put the electrical in as we went. I did the floor plan myself, and I have never worked with electricity before, you learn with a log home as you go it seems. But, all and all, it was not a bad job, the only thing I regret is….... I wish I would have put a couple more outlets in my kitchen. Be sure to drop back by and check on me.

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Hi David!! Thanks so much, coming from you it means alot to me. No….. I am ashamed to admit I have let my page go for a month or so, I need to get back on it and bring it back to life. I have been busy with the house, and I kinda let that slide a little. So Darin is coming to the US…....all I can say is it is about time!! He is a fantastic artist, and you are a great songwriter!! I can’t wait to hear how well he and you have done with everything.

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Robin, that floor is a knockout.
You have your work cut out with that kitchen cabinet build.
Best of luck with it.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Hi Bob! Thanks, my husband did the floor all by his self. I will try and do my best with the cabinets. I can’t wait to start seeing it take shape.

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Great looking job so far Robin. Looks like your getting the hang of it. Have any questions just fire away…...........

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Nice looking room..I love timber frame. Looking forward to watching this blog…Hickory is a great choice..beautiful and pretty original..don’t see it allot around here. It will look perfect with the room.

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

robin ,
you go girl !
after a while they are just a bunch of boxes ,
then a bunch of doors ,
then some drawers ,
and shelves .
then suddenly you are done ,
and you wonder what the big deal was ?
enjoy your new home ,
you deserve it !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Hi Jerry…......Thanks, I am sure I will have plenty of them.

-- Robin Renee'

Thanks David! I am glad you like it. I must say I do like the look of hickory also.

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Hi David (Patron)..........shewwwwww, I will be soooo glad when I get that last box done! I found myself dreading it, but the more I work on it ….......the more I want to work on it, so hopefully it will go by pretty quickly.

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Robin …..

That’s going to be a great looking kitchen and home …. I’m envious! When did you start (broke ground) and when do you hope to finish? I like the concept of both log walls and drywall …. a much nicer look overall than just logs (usually too dark in the interior).

Keep the pic’s coming …

Ray

-- Handcrafted by RJ Paquin - Ohio

alright robin…ive been waiting for more progress..this is great… cant wiat to see it all come togeather…i did my kitchen also..very gratifing to know i did them…almost didnt…almost did the big box store purchase..but i said nope..aint gonna…..im still not totaly done either…still have a few doors to make…but you will enjoy this..have fun..grizzman

-- The Grizzone

Robin, I hope you the best. I am planning on building my house some day.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Good Luck!! You can handle it :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Hi Ray! thank you. We started May of 2004. We are still not moved in. It has been a long time in coming. By the time I get my cabinets in, we should be ready to move in. Everything won’t be done but, I don’t think I can take another 3 months before we move in. I am more than ready to make the move. Yes, I chose to do the dry wall because in my opinion also, it does break all the wood up. I wasn’t sure when I painted the wallls in the kitchen what color I wanted so I chose a very pale yellow, if it doesn’t look right I will repaint it later. The rest of the house, for the bedrooms I did each one in a different color of red, they turned out beautifully. My daughter of course chose a purple, I wasn’t too happy about her color choice, but now that we have it decorated it doesn’t look bad at all.

-- Robin Renee'

Thanks Grizzman!!!

-- Robin Renee'

Thanks CJ! Never give up on your dreams, you can make them happen!!

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Good luck Robin. But going by the work already done I am not sure you need it.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Thanks Topamax Survivor!

-- Robin Renee'

Thanks Grumpy!!

-- Robin Renee'

Will be great to watch your progress, you have done a great job so far and wish you luck with this final stage.
Keep at it buddy, a great feeling to have done it yourself. Best of luck.

-- Bob C, Australia. There are two theories to arguing with a woman and neither of them work.

Looks good keep up the good work

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Way to gooooooooooooooo woodchic, your log home is absoultely gorgeous and you have done a wonderful job on “everything” so far. Just beautiful !!!!
I love the hickory that you are putting in for your cabinets, what a touch !!!!

I will be watching this with baited breath to see the completion or your kitchen / home. You are doing a wonderful job and are giving me ideas as well!!!!!

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

Love the room, you will do well, I would like to make a suggestion, I do not know a great deal about the expansion and contraction of logs, but as I remember they do swell and shrink and as I remember you had to make allowances for the windows and door framing. You might consider using hanging cletes for the cabinets, the ones where you fasten a strip to the wall and a mating strip to the cabinet, so the cabinet hangs on the clete and can be moved right or left. so if the wall moves or swells the cabinet allows for the movement. This also makes leveling easy. you still fasten the cabinets to one another but not to the wall, they just hang as a unit. Just an Idea, I’ve had great luck with it. I take a 1×6 and rip it down the center at a 45 degree angle up edge on the wall down edge on the cabinet, kinda makes a hook I then ad another strip accross the bottom, it does bring them out from the wall 3/4” this sometimes gives me a place to run some low voltage wires for lights underneath.

-- “Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.” General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A.

Go gal go.
I’ll be watching the progress with the support from 1,000s of miles away.
Good luck!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Great Lookin Job

-- Jim, Kentucky

I’m really looking forward to this. I need to do my kitchen. Thanks for going first!

-- Rich, Seattle, WA

Hi Robin,

Ops! I made a mistake in this post. Please, read next comment.

Dilo, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

-- Dilo

Hi Robin,

I fully agree with all the previous encouraging Jocks’ technical comments…
However, I want to add my subjective comment too. You should know that this whole project – a log house made by yourselves – is an unreal dream for us Brazilians. We can only see log houses in foreign pictures or in movies since the Brazilian houses are always built in masonry, due to our Portuguese national tradition.
Also, the Brazilian culture has an awful discrimination against the ones who perform handjobs.

Therefore, I envy you and your husband and I also wish your lives will become much more cheerful as soon as you start baking some delicious applepies in your kitchen.

Sincere congratulations!

Dilo, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

-- Dilo

Ooooohhh!!! This is a project that is on my radar. I’ll be watching ;)

Looks like you started in the right place, according to the books…. right in the corner. I put up some cheap cabinets in my laundry room and the handiest thing I find to have around is someone who can see square. I simply can’t anymore (I was great at it 20 years ago…). My boyfriend is amazing at it. Hopefully your husband is good at that too.

Hi Bob…........Thanks! Yes, be sure to keep checking back….......I am pretty slow.

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Hi Jim…....Thanks!!

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Hi Gene….....Thank You so much for your kind words.

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Hi mrdull! You have a great idea there. I would say that would work very well. I would do it, but I only have one log wall the other two are sheetrock. I am going to go ahead and hang them on the wall. I think they will be fine, or at least I hope they will be. Thanks….....that is a great way of hanging the cabinets!

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Thanks Woodworm!!

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Hi Jim…......Thanks!

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Hi Rich…......Thanks and be sure to let us know when you start yours!!

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Hi Dilo Thanks so much very good to see you. Yes…....I can’t wait to get into our house just for the fact of of being able to smell the aroma of the apples pies baking. Cooking does smell much better in a log home. I have my new stove up at the house and I put a roast on, and the smell was incredible in there!!

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Hi MtKate! My husband is very good at getting everything square…....but his job was the floor, and my job is the kitchen cabinets…....he isn’t helping me on them, so I am doing my best with squaring, it is a challenge at times, but I hope that I can master it.

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Hi Robin;

I have faith your cabinets will be the same level of quality as the rest of your house.

I am very sure you wouldn’t settle for less.

That apple pie sounds good.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Robin: The project is coming along great. I’m busing working on my kitchen also. My wife is taking it in stride. I just installed 3 drawers this weekend. Need to get the drawer fronts on.

Good luck on your construction.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Hi Lee! Thanks so much for the wealth of information that you have given me on makiing my cabinets. It’s very nice of you to make yourself available to me when I have a question on them, I appreciate your time that you have taken to give me the answer to my questions. If your every in Kentucky maybe you can stop by and visit with us, I will fix one of those pies!

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Hi Karson….......Thank You! Good luck on your kitchen as well, I am sure your wife will love what you have done for her.

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Robin,
In every project you make, you put so much love and care…...I’m sure you’ll be very proud of the results of your kitchen, my best wishes in the process….....:)................
Francisco Luna, San Francisco, California.

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

WoodChic

Nice picture….......77 comments later one might wonder if theres another picture?

any propgress since the “first” pose?

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

Maoai…......

Thank You, your comment is very kind. It is always great to hear from you.

Robin

-- Robin Renee'

Roman,

Thanks….......... I am glad you liked, I hope to post more photo’s before the week is out.

Robin

-- Robin Renee'