On Nov 2, 8:06 pm, "Old guy" wrote:
Well, you got tons of advice, and there's only one thing I'd add, is that
you'd better get the lady of the house involved. My wife is just plain
unhappy with any project that makes a major mess for more than a week.

I'm going to go kiss my wife now...

We tore our main bath down to the studs on July 5th. Since then I've
rewired, installed a fan, new tub, new stool, tiled, painted, and
nearly have new oak wainscoting ready to install. What's missing? No
sink since July 6th. (The old vanity, in fact, is out by the garage.)
We found a nice vessel sink that will require a new vanity, which I
just haven't had time to start yet. My wife hasn't complained once,
though my 6 year old did ask why we decided not to have a sink any
more.

Re the kitchen, we did most of a remodel five years ago but did not do
doors/drawer fronts at that time. Reading this thread prompted me to
get some quotes on doors, but the ballpark figures I got in the
process lead me to believe I can do the 16 doors and four drawers for
a tiny fraction of the cost I'd pay someone else. I have about 400bf
of oak on hand, and since we'd do flat-panel shaker doors I could use
plywood panels. The only tooling I'd likely buy is one of the new
Amana mission sets, and that's really only for convenience. So the
total project would cost me about four sheets of 1/2" oak, a sheet of
baltic birch for drawers, and all the required hardware. Probably
something in the range of $750 total, unless I decide to add some new
cabinets.

Happily, my wife will be just fine with me doing one wall at a time
over the course of the winter.

-kiwanda