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My Daughter, in a faraway part of Texas (North of Dallas, at least far from me, in New Orleans), LOL, has bought a Buffet for their home, and has asked me to make some drawers for it.
I have designed them, in such a way, that they should have no trouble installing them. They come down here, a little more then we go up there. So there's a chance, they will have to install them. Listen, my Daughter and Son-in-law are very smart young people. They both graduated with honors, have multiple majors and have become very successful in their lives. My Son-in-law makes over 6 figures, as a Senior Software Engineer. And my Daughter works at home for a large insurance company, evaluating the records of mental patients, and figuring out what is next for them. (She use to have an evening job at a prisons mental hospital. Glad she's not there, anymore!!) But except for fingers on keyboards, they are not very good with their hands. When they bought this, their first house, I took my son-in-law to their big box store, and helped him set up a tool box. On our 1-2 trips a year, up there, I help him fix things up. Everyday things, that a homeowner should know how to do. Otherwise, he hires someone to do it. I mean, they have hardly no yard. Big house, pool and spa, but hardly any grass. And he hires a lawn man.
Anyway.... So you see where simplicity has to be a factor here. Not to mention, the spaces these drawers will go in, are not really big enough to work in. It would be tough, for even I, to install these, any other way. And also the way it's set up.
So, this is my plan. I'm going to make a "base", that will have the drawer slides mounted on. When installing these, we'll remove the drawers, put the base on an angle, to fit in their cabinets. The bases are a little wider then the opening, but will fit on an angle, without the drawers. Once you get the base in, either I or they, will put a couple of screws in the back, to keep the drawer and base from moving, and falling down, when the filled drawer is extended. Then slide the drawers in, and it's finish. I could probably have all five installed in about 5-10 minutes. It'll probably take them an hour. I've actually built the bases this Saturday, and I am waiting for them to figure out the stain shade.
And I have the oak for the drawers coming in sometimes this week.
Here's some pics of the Buffet, and what I've done, so far, which isn't much. Waiting on wood and them to figure out the stain shade.
1st pic - Buffet
2nd pic- open buffet. Drawers are going in the two outside cabinets (upper and lower drawer) and in the wide, but short top middle opening.
3rd- Close up of the side cabinet. Drawer going on both shelves.
4th-My Daughter taking some measurements.
5th- A picture I kind of doctored, to show what it will look like. Also to explained to her, that she will be loosing a lot of shelf space with these drawers. The cabinets go in about 2 inches on each side, and count the 1/2" per side of drawer slide, that has to be in the opening. She will loose 5 inches on each shelf. But she said, this buffet is all bonus storing for them, so loosing that doesn't matter.
6th- all 5 drawer bases. Waiting for stain.
I have designed them, in such a way, that they should have no trouble installing them. They come down here, a little more then we go up there. So there's a chance, they will have to install them. Listen, my Daughter and Son-in-law are very smart young people. They both graduated with honors, have multiple majors and have become very successful in their lives. My Son-in-law makes over 6 figures, as a Senior Software Engineer. And my Daughter works at home for a large insurance company, evaluating the records of mental patients, and figuring out what is next for them. (She use to have an evening job at a prisons mental hospital. Glad she's not there, anymore!!) But except for fingers on keyboards, they are not very good with their hands. When they bought this, their first house, I took my son-in-law to their big box store, and helped him set up a tool box. On our 1-2 trips a year, up there, I help him fix things up. Everyday things, that a homeowner should know how to do. Otherwise, he hires someone to do it. I mean, they have hardly no yard. Big house, pool and spa, but hardly any grass. And he hires a lawn man.
Anyway.... So you see where simplicity has to be a factor here. Not to mention, the spaces these drawers will go in, are not really big enough to work in. It would be tough, for even I, to install these, any other way. And also the way it's set up.
So, this is my plan. I'm going to make a "base", that will have the drawer slides mounted on. When installing these, we'll remove the drawers, put the base on an angle, to fit in their cabinets. The bases are a little wider then the opening, but will fit on an angle, without the drawers. Once you get the base in, either I or they, will put a couple of screws in the back, to keep the drawer and base from moving, and falling down, when the filled drawer is extended. Then slide the drawers in, and it's finish. I could probably have all five installed in about 5-10 minutes. It'll probably take them an hour. I've actually built the bases this Saturday, and I am waiting for them to figure out the stain shade.
And I have the oak for the drawers coming in sometimes this week.
Here's some pics of the Buffet, and what I've done, so far, which isn't much. Waiting on wood and them to figure out the stain shade.
1st pic - Buffet
2nd pic- open buffet. Drawers are going in the two outside cabinets (upper and lower drawer) and in the wide, but short top middle opening.
3rd- Close up of the side cabinet. Drawer going on both shelves.
4th-My Daughter taking some measurements.
5th- A picture I kind of doctored, to show what it will look like. Also to explained to her, that she will be loosing a lot of shelf space with these drawers. The cabinets go in about 2 inches on each side, and count the 1/2" per side of drawer slide, that has to be in the opening. She will loose 5 inches on each shelf. But she said, this buffet is all bonus storing for them, so loosing that doesn't matter.
6th- all 5 drawer bases. Waiting for stain.
