E-Bodies.org Cuda Challenger Forum

Off-Topic => General Topics => Topic started by: 1 Wild R/T on June 29, 2018, 08:03:38 PM

Title: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: 1 Wild R/T on June 29, 2018, 08:03:38 PM
I've had a small part in this but mostly Momma has been busy for the past 3 months staining kitchen cabinets.... I routered out eight of the flat panels so we could add etched glass..... I think it looks damn good & I'm proud of her for seeing it through....

Before & after pictures...

Oh, she says no but I'm thinking I should buy her a quartz countertop that looks like marble....
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: Cuda Cody on June 29, 2018, 08:11:38 PM
That's impressive!  Very nice work.   :clapping: 
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: 1 Wild R/T on June 29, 2018, 08:29:47 PM
Quote from: Cuda Cody on June 29, 2018, 08:11:38 PM
That's impressive!  Very nice work.   :clapping:

When she started I expected to have to finish it.... She learned that HGTV's weekend remodels aren't reality... I think she'll have more appreciation & understanding of why projects really do take longer than people who only watch TV & never actually do anything believe it should take..... Like I said, I'm proud of her....

Well Maybe Alan could get it done faster but we normal folks are a little slower...
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: BIGSHCLUNK on June 29, 2018, 08:32:49 PM
I'm impressed....., but don't give my wife any ideas..  :bricks:  :haha:  :haha:
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: 1 Wild R/T on June 29, 2018, 09:21:00 PM
Quote from: BIGSHCLUNK on June 29, 2018, 08:32:49 PM
I'm impressed....., but don't give my wife any ideas..  :bricks:  :haha:  :haha:

Hey, if she does the work......  If you look it's all the same appliances, all the same cabinets including the doors.....   I bought stain, sealer, hinges & handles & etched glass.....   Spent less than $800.00.... Now if I decide to replace the brown granite with white quartz I'll blow the budget but thats my choice, she's told me no but I know she would love it & so far it's been super cheap....

I figure she lets me play with cars I can help her play with houses.....
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: Jay Bee on June 30, 2018, 06:05:38 AM
What a huge difference on the cheap, nicely done.   :twothumbsup:   
I'm helping my son and daughter-in-law are doing a medium budget kitchen remodel that includes eliminating the "Oak" too.
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: Chryco Psycho on June 30, 2018, 06:12:32 AM
Nice upgrade !!
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: Brads70 on June 30, 2018, 07:25:05 AM
Looks nice but it also looked nice before.  We have oak cabinets too and the wife has been itching to paint it white. I guess I'm "old school" ?   She loves all those decorating show like most women I suppose?  Great if you have the money ...... If it makes her happy!   :bradsthumb:
I always have the garage!  :D
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: BIGSHCLUNK on June 30, 2018, 08:01:32 AM
I've seen those shows... employment vs budget ... really???  Anyway I know houses are like mopars - you start a project for X dollars... then you get the "well im here" "its half apart now" ect ect. XXX dollars later you done!  :bradsthumb:
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: Brads70 on June 30, 2018, 08:04:23 AM
Quote from: BIGSHCLUNK on June 30, 2018, 08:01:32 AM
I've seen those shows... employment vs budget ... really???  Anyway I know houses are like mopars - you start a project for X dollars... then you get the "well im here" "its half apart now" ect ect. XXX dollars later you done!  :bradsthumb:

:iagree:  That and 5 years from now you get informed it's all out of style and we need to do it all over again! :pullinghair:

I guess it's like our cars.... they are never "done"  :haha:
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: Katfish on June 30, 2018, 08:15:09 AM
Love it! What's the process for attaching the glass?
I might want to give it a try.
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: 1 Wild R/T on June 30, 2018, 09:20:46 AM
Quote from: Katfish on June 30, 2018, 08:15:09 AM
Love it! What's the process for attaching the glass?
I might want to give it a try.

The trick is this router bit...  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CNO7U4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1   It cuts the recess for the glass & the bearing at the tip guides it off the inner frame so the cutout is perfect every time...   My doors are made with a 5/16 plywood back panel so I set the bit at the depth where it just cuts through the panel without cutting away any extra material & ran the router around each door.... Now I have a recess to accept the glass...  Well actually because my doors have the fancy curved shape at the top there was an extra step..... I can't cut curves in glass to well so I routed out the top as straight lines & I used a different bit without a guide bearing to make those cuts... I used a few pieces of wood clamped in place to guide the router for those cuts...

finally after Momma stained & sealed the frames I cut the glass & glued it in place with clear silicone...
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: 1 Wild R/T on June 30, 2018, 10:10:54 AM
Quote from: Brads70 on June 30, 2018, 08:04:23 AM
Quote from: BIGSHCLUNK on June 30, 2018, 08:01:32 AM
I've seen those shows... employment vs budget ... really???  Anyway I know houses are like mopars - you start a project for X dollars... then you get the "well im here" "its half apart now" ect ect. XXX dollars later you done!  :bradsthumb:

:iagree:  That and 5 years from now you get informed it's all out of style and we need to do it all over again! :pullinghair:

I guess it's like our cars.... they are never "done"  :haha:

If I can keep her happy with projects like this I'm 100% cool with it.... I just can't justify paying big $$$ for a contractor to do a job we are able to do ourselves...

We keep doing little projects, some renovation, some needed maintenance... We don't hold a hard line on a budget but we don't waste money either....  My thoughts of splurging for a white quartz counter could be considered wasteful since our granite is in good shape but I'll repurpose those countertops in my shop....
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: RUNCHARGER on July 01, 2018, 12:00:47 AM
She did a great job. That really moderns up the kitchen.
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: Bullitt- on July 01, 2018, 04:59:14 AM
Kudos to you & the little lady......   :twothumbsup:
Amazing what a little imagination & determination can do.
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: Cudakiller70 on July 01, 2018, 10:48:22 AM
Looks great! Looks way better than some of the contract work I've seen. Wish I would have blocked HGTV and QVC, dangerous.  No longer looking to move?
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: 1 Wild R/T on July 01, 2018, 10:58:46 AM
Quote from: Cudakiller70 on July 01, 2018, 10:48:22 AM
Looks great! Wish I would have blocked HGTV and QVC, dangerous.  No longer looking to move?

I'd like to but the way prices on property are going I can't justify it....   And I was able to transfer my prop 13 benefit from the old house to this house which I couldn't do if I bought a bigger place.... Basically it's so cheap to stay here that I can't leave.... No house payment, property tax is locked at less than $600 a year.... I could quit my job & retire if I wanted to...  But instead I bank money so we can have more vacations & toys in the future...   

Yes we have idiots to deal with & I'd like to get away from them but honestly I think every neighborhood has a certain amount of idiots so you gotta either accept it or move to 20 plus acres.... Which I really don't want to have to take care of....
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: Cudakiller70 on July 01, 2018, 11:07:58 AM
Yup I get. We are still thinking of doing the opposite, looked at a house in town prices are high and going up. The one we liked had bidding wars and a couple we knew started +50 k over asking. Sellers were overwhelmed and took house off market. If we buy a house for the same price as ours sells we too can keep the same property tax which is great.
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: RUNCHARGER on July 01, 2018, 11:42:53 AM
Ah: Moving is frustrating. We looked at a few in the country yesterday, Only one was perfect with a 3 car garage, nice finishing and yard but it was sold before we got there with 4 more people lined up to make offers. Junk is easy to buy but good places go right away.
A friend of mine (Mopar guy with a killer 69 Charger) does high end cabinet refinishing as a business. Interesting gig I think and not something I would have thought about doing.
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: cuda hunter on July 04, 2018, 07:55:07 AM
Looks great! 

Add the new counter tops.  Match the rear tile to the new marble.    That will make all the difference.  A lighter color tone will go well with the darker paint you put over the oak and the frosted windows. 

Good savings.  I just priced cabinets for a 2500 sq.ft. home I'm building.  18K.
Last house I built was 75K.  6K sq.ft.   You can put a ton of money into cabinets. 

So I'd say you made out well and deserve that new marble counter top. 

Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: 1 Wild R/T on July 04, 2018, 08:28:05 AM
Quote from: cuda hunter on July 04, 2018, 07:55:07 AM
Looks great! 

Add the new counter tops.  Match the rear tile to the new marble.    That will make all the difference.  A lighter color tone will go well with the darker paint you put over the oak and the frosted windows. 

Good savings.  I just priced cabinets for a 2500 sq.ft. home I'm building.  18K.
Last house I built was 75K.  6K sq.ft.   You can put a ton of money into cabinets. 

So I'd say you made out well and deserve that new marble counter top.

Thanks!, one point, it's not paint, paint would have been a whole lot faster & easier... It's a stain....  To get it as dark as she wanted took four coats of stain & three coats of sealer, plus a ton of prep....   I was expecting at the best that she would do a few cabinets & then I'd have to finish it & at worst I'd wind up having to replace all the cabinets once it became apparent the project was a disaster....  Instead she worked on it  steadily from February till now as she's actually still working on a few small details.....     

Oh, she actually started in the smallest bathroom, she's done all the built in cabinets all through the house..... Early on we discussed it & if it went badly I didn't want to have the kitchen cabinets screwed up...
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: RUNCHARGER on July 04, 2018, 08:42:50 AM
He, he: And it keeps them quiet.....
Title: Re: Way Off Topic... Low Budget Kitchen Remodel
Post by: ZEN357 on July 06, 2018, 07:53:37 AM
Very nice!  I like the counter top you have in the kitchen.