mr. cab builder
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 10:55PM 
I'm being such a good little blogger! As you can see, I'm now in Ikea-cabinet-buildin' overdrive mode. With the exception of the corner ones, they're pretty much all the same to build, just dimensionally different. The upside-down one in the foreground goes in between the one under the window and the huge one on the left (which will house my built-in oven and microwave). I'm sort of on the fence about whether to start attaching all the pretty doors; wondering if I should wait until after the counters get installed. Open to advice on this if anyone has any wisdom to share.
Other excitement (sort of) is that the one in the corner and the one next to it are aligned, leveled and fastened together (with included neato screw/threaded sleeve fasteners). This was a little tricky because the one under the window wouldn't scoot back far enough for the front to line up with the corner one- this is because the wall is kind of a mess down there and sticks out a little more. I remedied this by trimming a little off the back of the cab with Mr. Sawzall (you can see him back there). Mr. Sawzall taketh no prisoners.
The good news is that I have only four cabs left to build for the perimeter walls. The bad news is then I gotta build The Island... this is going to be extra tricky because there's really only one cabinet involved and it's considerably smaller than the size of the entire island. This is partially because the entire right back side will be dishwasher and it's not built into an Ikea cabinet per se; it's just sitting there inside the frame. Mostly it'll be a 2x4 frame built "from scratch" with mahogany panels just like the cab doors screwed to it. In theory, I already have all the panels, but I don't think they cut them to size, so I have to do that too. This is gonna be challenging! Oh yeah, and after all that, I gotta get a sink installed, plumb it and get 120v power there too for the dishwasher, but this part will be left to the experts. After all that, I might consider counter tops and maybe getting some appliances!
Reader Comments (2)
happy diwali
Nice Post Buddy ,
Merry Christmas SMS Quotes Wishing 2016- 2017