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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 20, 2018 - 03:25pm PT
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Excellent stuff Steve! The moving blankets under the tools on the new countertops and the absence of of Redbulls makes me happy. You're clearly not one of the Savages.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
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Dec 20, 2018 - 05:23pm PT
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I'm going to do my kitchen counters with live edge pine slabs. I'm going to inlay cutting boards that slide out and use 1 foot rough stone(not granite) lengths next to the stove to set a hot pot on. I got the slabs from a large Ponderosa I cut down from my property. Cabinets will be homemade and pine also. I don't have the coin for fancy materials but I do have time. I just finished my router sled for flattening my slabs today and gave it a test run on a small 2'x2' tabletop. It works great. I'll try and post some pics later.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 20, 2018 - 08:28pm PT
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What's your finish going to be?
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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Dec 21, 2018 - 06:29am PT
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Wayno, got pictures of the router sled? Would like to see it? Post em up .
Contractor, Thanks. I know you and others on this thread realize the level of detail that goes into a project like this. Cheers
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Loyd
Big Wall climber
Roseburg, OR
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Dec 21, 2018 - 07:55am PT
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Setting up a glycol chiller system for my fermenter and beer storage.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
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Dec 21, 2018 - 08:33am PT
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I'm still trying different finishes. For the little table top I am going with a satin spar. I think the counters will be satin Polyurethane.
I learned about the router sled just recently and used materials that I had laying around. Straight flat boards are key. My cheap table saw quit working about halfway through. It needs new brushes. I went to the local hardware and got a rip fence. I wish I would of had one of these a long time ago. I think it is easier to get the saw to the big pieces rather than trying to get the big pieces onto the saw. There are lots of videos on youtube on router sleds.
pics? My wife takes them on her phone and sends them to my email. I don't have a smart phone and she is not here right now.
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skywalker1
Trad climber
co
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Dec 21, 2018 - 08:40am PT
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Hey Loyd that looks pretty darn sweet!
Cheers!
S...
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Dec 21, 2018 - 01:07pm PT
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Dec 21, 2018 - 01:07pm PT
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The kitchen I posted above is a modern look. The acrylic cabinets are a bit too shiny for my tastes.
Different tastes for different people! This picture above is part of my current kitchen, and it's my second blue kitchen. It makes me happy every time I see it.
I wonder what you mean by acrylic cabinets? Do you mean the finish is an acrylic paint? Our cabinets are made by a company called Downsview. The finish process is a high gloss lacquer paint. IIFC, seven coats and it's bulletproof. Very difficult to scratch or chip.
I love the modern cabinets where everything on the lower level is a drawer, rather than a shelf. Much easier to use. The large cabinet in the photo is a pantry with drawers that pull out to use. No dead space, nothing hard to reach.
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steve s
Trad climber
eldo
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Dec 21, 2018 - 03:19pm PT
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Phyllp, your kitchen looks great ! The blue is quite the bold statement.
The acrylic on the other cabinets is not just a paint. Its a very hard surface . Not sure how to describe the process or what it is but you can take a key to it and not scratch it.
Also all the cabinets are either drawers or have roll outs behind cabinet doors. No shelves.
On that particular kitchen there are no uppers. Pantry with welded metal barn doors with some kind of obscured glass. Installing the glass is my next project.
Glad you like your cabinets. I like the blue better than the gray.
Cheers
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 21, 2018 - 05:55pm PT
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Architectural veneer cement Phillip- something like R-dex or polished slab?
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Dec 21, 2018 - 09:14pm PT
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Hi Contractor, yes it's Ardex. 1/8th inch veneer hand troweled over the old concrete slab.
The tile floor when we bought the house was a complete mess which was made worse when we took down some walls and had a bunch of new footings poured for earthquake retrofit.
It was a very interesting process to watch. They had to fill any existing damage or cracks and then sanded everything down.
The company's name is Quality Concrete Floor Leveling. They are based here in my town of Upland but Doug and his crew do lots of jobs in the LA area, a bunch of commercial stuff.
I was concerned about the durability but it's been four years and it still looks great. Some irregular microcracks which I actually like. He warned us that it's not a good process for areas that get water on them so we did not carry it through to the bathrooms. We reseal it about once a year.
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Dec 21, 2018 - 09:26pm PT
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Here is a good picture of the finished work. (The photo makes the space look much bigger than it is!)
Phyl
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Dec 22, 2018 - 07:54am PT
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I like it. Add some complimentary colors, texture, textiles? A couple things on the walls. Scandinavian, or Amish simplicity can be homey. Never anything wrong with a clean kitchen either.
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tinker b
climber
the commonwealth
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Dec 23, 2018 - 05:09am PT
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Walls are up, and we have moved our house to the deck we built earlier.
This phase was mostly completed by my husband, I fractured two vertebrae two months ago and was subject to light duty. I have been cleared now by my doctor, and excited to get on with the interior. Unfortunately we are back east for a month and the house is all by itself.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Dec 23, 2018 - 08:37am PT
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That is pretty cool,^^^^^^^,if nothing but a counter point to the excess going on everywhere.
Cheers
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 23, 2018 - 09:26am PT
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Love the siding! 🤡
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
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Dec 24, 2018 - 09:22am PT
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That's Alaska siding, Reilly. You know. Taxes are less on an unfinished abode.
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tinker b
climber
the commonwealth
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Dec 25, 2018 - 03:54am PT
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No taxes or building codes for a house on wheels. Our only restrictions are on hight and width. We could have built a 40 footer with no code. It is a bit mad.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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We're on the home stretch with this contemporary remodel. We left a couple of walls on what was an old, beat up one story- so basically new construction.
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