07-17-2018, 07:41 PM
I finished installing these two cabinets today.
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They sit in a hallway that goes to the laundry room and garage. There is a pass through in the wall to the kitchen. Looking from the door to the garage:
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The bench on the left has a large cubby below the seat. Under the seat is more storage, a shallow shelf above the lower cubby and a deep compartment behind it. The right cubby cabinet has adjustable shelves, supposedly for shoes.
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There was an outlet on the left wall where the bench was going to go. I told the owner I could probably move it up higher on the wall, but when I pulled the receptacle out I saw wires going both up and down out of the box, so I told the owner I didn't feel qualified to deal with what it would take to move it. I was hoping he would say "Fine, just leave it where it is.". Instead, he said "How about moving it into the side of the cabinet.". Yeah, good idea, I can do that.
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I used an old work (I think that's what they are called) blue plastic junction box. I had to cut out a piece of the drywall for the box to protrude into, but it was an easy job. I had to avoid a stud, too, which is why the box is not centered in the cubby.
The cabinets are mostly Baltic birch ply with shop sawn walnut veneer, solid walnut for the face frames and frames around the bench and cubby top. You might notice that the right side panel of the bench and left side panel of the cubby are veneered only on one side, typically a no-no. I did this because I wanted all birch on the inside of the cabinets and all walnut outside. To hopefully eliminate any warping problems I sanded off one layer of the birch ply and used epoxy to glue on the walnut veneer. All seems fine so far, now at least 6 weeks after I made those panels
The finish was dark walnut Transtint dye, BAC custom chestnut wiping stain, Sealcoat shellac, and GF Enduro Clear Poly satin. Just Sealcoat and Enduro Clear Poly on the Baltic birch.
As you can see I scuffed up the walls a little during installation. In full disclosure the bench cabinet is an inch wider than it is supposed to be. Somehow I added an inch to the width of the nook when I created the SketchUp model. I couldn't rework the bench cabinet and I sure didn't want to build another, but the cubby cabinet was much simpler so I brought it back to the shop and cut an inch of the right end. The hardest part was dealing with the face frame. With some careful router work I manage to cut the face frame rails, and then cut the bottom shorter on the table saw. I used a single dowel to join the stiles and rails back together. It took 2 or 3 hours all in all, but when it was done you wouldn't know it had been cut down. Back to the jobsite today I still had to scribe the face frame stiles to the walls and I ended up with them being a wee bit tight. The right cabinet had to be lowered down from the top in order to get past the doorway molding. We scuffed the paint in a couple of places making that happen. I spackled and sanded the boo boo's smooth again and left it at that. I finished the job by cutting the stone baseboard moldings to fit using a diamond blade on my angle grinder, and glued them back in place. The owner just has to replace the grout - and touch up the wall paint.
Thanks for looking,
John
They sit in a hallway that goes to the laundry room and garage. There is a pass through in the wall to the kitchen. Looking from the door to the garage:
The bench on the left has a large cubby below the seat. Under the seat is more storage, a shallow shelf above the lower cubby and a deep compartment behind it. The right cubby cabinet has adjustable shelves, supposedly for shoes.
There was an outlet on the left wall where the bench was going to go. I told the owner I could probably move it up higher on the wall, but when I pulled the receptacle out I saw wires going both up and down out of the box, so I told the owner I didn't feel qualified to deal with what it would take to move it. I was hoping he would say "Fine, just leave it where it is.". Instead, he said "How about moving it into the side of the cabinet.". Yeah, good idea, I can do that.
I used an old work (I think that's what they are called) blue plastic junction box. I had to cut out a piece of the drywall for the box to protrude into, but it was an easy job. I had to avoid a stud, too, which is why the box is not centered in the cubby.
The cabinets are mostly Baltic birch ply with shop sawn walnut veneer, solid walnut for the face frames and frames around the bench and cubby top. You might notice that the right side panel of the bench and left side panel of the cubby are veneered only on one side, typically a no-no. I did this because I wanted all birch on the inside of the cabinets and all walnut outside. To hopefully eliminate any warping problems I sanded off one layer of the birch ply and used epoxy to glue on the walnut veneer. All seems fine so far, now at least 6 weeks after I made those panels
The finish was dark walnut Transtint dye, BAC custom chestnut wiping stain, Sealcoat shellac, and GF Enduro Clear Poly satin. Just Sealcoat and Enduro Clear Poly on the Baltic birch.
As you can see I scuffed up the walls a little during installation. In full disclosure the bench cabinet is an inch wider than it is supposed to be. Somehow I added an inch to the width of the nook when I created the SketchUp model. I couldn't rework the bench cabinet and I sure didn't want to build another, but the cubby cabinet was much simpler so I brought it back to the shop and cut an inch of the right end. The hardest part was dealing with the face frame. With some careful router work I manage to cut the face frame rails, and then cut the bottom shorter on the table saw. I used a single dowel to join the stiles and rails back together. It took 2 or 3 hours all in all, but when it was done you wouldn't know it had been cut down. Back to the jobsite today I still had to scribe the face frame stiles to the walls and I ended up with them being a wee bit tight. The right cabinet had to be lowered down from the top in order to get past the doorway molding. We scuffed the paint in a couple of places making that happen. I spackled and sanded the boo boo's smooth again and left it at that. I finished the job by cutting the stone baseboard moldings to fit using a diamond blade on my angle grinder, and glued them back in place. The owner just has to replace the grout - and touch up the wall paint.
Thanks for looking,
John
