Kitchen Update (worktops in)

[neilc]

Quite a while ago some of you may remember me looking for advice on my kitchen build here. Also advice on spraying was looked for here.
Based on the good advice received we ended up with something completely different as first planned. Also the spraying went great, very happy with the outcome. It took a bit of fiddling to get it right, at first on the finish coat I was getting a bit of slight orange peel or flecking but once I got the mix right it went great. Thanks to everyone in both threads for that.

Well I've finally got some thing to show.

Right hand side layout.

Left Hand Side 1

Left Hand Side 2

Drawer Unit

Sink Unit

Hob & Pot Drawers

Double Unit x 2

Open Shelves

Double Unit

Glass Display & Drawer

Fridge & Coffee Maker

Wine Rack

The gap is for the dishwasher. Carcases are birch ply, seen carcases veneer mdf and face frames solid maple. Thats it for now. Going to look at some worktops tomorrow but unfortunately there won't be any updates for a while as plumbing second fix and tiling are calling.

Glad to hear what you think.
Neil.

 

[Paul Chapman]

That's looking very nice, Neil.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[DomValente]

Very professional looking Neil, that maple will look great when it's finished.
One minor point though, is the shelf in the sink unit removable ? If not you might rue it one day when you may have plumbing problems. At the moment you can still lift it through the top but once pipes are in it could be difficult.

Dom

 

[Adam]

Looks a great project. Well done.

Adam

 

[Anonymous]

Looking good Neil.

One question:

Is the bead around the door & drawer openings machined into the face frames or applied afterwards?

I ask because I've always glued & pinned a bead on afterwards but have just finished my first project doing it 'properly' with the help of a 45 degree chamfer bit with a flat bottom in a router and a home made jig.

How about yours?

 

[tim]

Looks great Neil.

As Dom says - pipe access is all important so make sure that you don't ahve to damage your beautiful kitchen in the future to stop or fix a leak.

Cheers

Tim

 

[Dave S]

Neil, I'm liking the look of this a lot.

Looking forward to seeing some door/draw fronts.

Dave

 

[Paul.J]

Nice looking job their Neil.
Should be good when finished :roll:
Paul.J.

 

[nickson71]

Kitchen coming along nicely

Ian

 

[neilc]

Unfortunately Dom I fixed in the sink shelf. The only thing is I left a big opening in the shelf itself and also put no back on the lower section.

As for the beading hiltsy, on the first face frame I started out routing it into the wood but to be honest I scraped it and applied it afterwards. I found the level of accuracy required to be huge which I'm not sure I'd have the patience for (or skill level). For example on the drawer unit there are 12 joints all it takes is one to be slopply and the whole thing would be ruined.

Thanks for the comments.

Neil.

 

[neilc]

Got the worktops in today so just a few pics, no more woodworking since the last update. The granite is called pearl black.
Neil.

 

[Anonymous]

Neil, lovely job. So brave top take on such a large project, I'm sure i'd end up buying units