I'm getting some great ideas and resources and want to thank ALL of you for your input.
I intend to leave the face frame in place. We planned on painting it with milk paint (my partner loves the earthly look). That actually raises another question, milk paint spots with water. Well in a kitchen it'll get wet before the end of Day 1 - so I need to put a clear coat over the paint and in order to keep the look it needs to be a flat or matte finish, suggestions?
I'm going to make the doors and drawer fronts from Cherry (I picked up a load at a garage sale). For the panels I'm planning on 1/4" cherry ply. No raised panels, real plain and simple (like me).
Re makeing the drawers to accomodate the better drawer slides sounds doable. I've got an old craftman dovetail jig I've used for a couple of projects that might work fine for this.
I know the cook would luv a double oven. Derek, if you have time in the next few weeks to post some pics that would be great.
I'll order that sommerfeld tools dvd this weekend.
I'll be checking this thread for ideas and suggestions. As my son would say, "you guys rock". |