I've almost finished but I'm doing Kitchen, Dining Room and right now the
Living Room, Wet Bar and Hallway!

Been doing this since May and Hopefully finished by Thanksgiving.


No ceiling , that makes it east then just shim each beam to level. If you
have a corner wall 90 degrees makes cabinet mounting easy. I have a modern
style kitchen and went with frameless simply because of style using a lot of
Aluminum and Glass doors for the show cabinets and Maple for the storage
ones! The cabinets are 39" tall and I left 2.5 inches of space which I
placed a 2" piece of Maple painted gloss black across the top, I left the .5
inch for back lights I have hidden.

Examine the French Cleaf for mounting. I did discover that dealing with 36",
30" and 24" cabinets. you'll miss some studs! That was one of the reasons I
went with Ikea, I liked their mounting rails but I thought the cabinet
backing board sucked so I simply ripped a 5/8ths faced maple ply for the
back of the cabinets and just covered the bolt with a square of maple. The
glass doors really show off the maple piece in the back and the white
interior keeps things bright!

Also if you are doing them Stain or Paint? You really need a load of clamps
and really have to watch square! You also may consider framing last!

Hey you can also cheat I found out later that there was a mill locally that
will cut anything and everything to spec. I had them do some of the
wainscoting... The price wasn't bad and it saved me about 2 days!

Well todd Good luck and have fun!



"Todd Fatheree" wrote in message
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"HMFIC-1369" Baa wrote in message
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Before you start! Why are you doing this? To save money? make a point of
your skill? or design a kitchen that fits?

Because I want to.

Level the ceiling at all cost. It would be easier to level the area
above
the cabinets then dicking around with trim that may Never look right!
Examine what cabinets will store what and build them for the family. I'm
6'2" and the wife is 5'6" realize the difference in reach having space
out
of is valueless. Unless you love hearing Honey can you get this! The
focus
besides storage area should also be the work area, bumping the cabinets
out
another inch or two may rob more valuable workspace. Why bump them out
for
2
large plates and one bowl? I'd also avoid face framing and only
consider
that when re-modeling the cabinets.

There isn't a ceiling at the moment. This is for a new addition. I
expect
the ceiling to be pretty flat but there is no such thing as perfect.
We've
spent a fair amount of time discussing what cabinets will be used for
what.
One of the main reasons I'm using taller cabinets is that I hate soffits
(almost as much as frameless cabinetry) and my wife hates the idea of
dusting the top of a cabinet. Hence, they go all the way to the ceiling.

The last thing I learned is to budget yourself first then re-evaluate
your
costs. I was going to bust my nut and build all new cabinets. I looked
carefully at costs and time. When you sell the place in most all cases
those
beautiful cabinets will never really be appreciated again. I decided
that
it
was best for me to buy Ikea Cabinets, and make the doors out of fine
Maple.
BUT! It also allowed me to save enough money (time is money too) to buy
the
Silestone Countertop I wanted! This also allowed me to focus more time,
money and effort on the wet bar to show my skill.

I've already explained to my wife that after we do this addition, we're
not
going anywhere for a very long time.

todd