InstallHowTo.com http://www.installhowto.com Fri, 21 May 2010 16:44:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 en New Project: How to Build a Kitchen Table pt. 1 - research http://www.installhowto.com/2010/05/21/new-project-how-to-build-a-kitchen-table-pt-1-research/ http://www.installhowto.com/2010/05/21/new-project-how-to-build-a-kitchen-table-pt-1-research/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 16:42:35 +0000 InstallGuru http://www.installhowto.com/2010/05/21/new-project-how-to-build-a-kitchen-table-pt-1-research/ I’ve recently been wanting to build a new kitchen table approximately 42″ x 72″. While researching the interwebs this is what I’ve come up with:

This Old House’s How to Build a Butcherblock Island.
This Old House’s How to Build a Side Board using stock cabinets.
Nathan Hurst’s How to Build a Router Table.
WikiHow’s How to Build a Kitchen Table.
DoItYourself.com’s How to build a Table.

I was thinking along the lines of using a butcherblock top with a polyurethane finish, and rails and legs that have a distressed, almost white-washed finish.

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Prices for these items can range from exorbitant to reasonable … as features range from custom to modular. Anyone remodeling their kitchen should consider why they are doing so. Is it to improve the look, function, or flow of their existing kitchen? Or, is it because a pipe burst and in the process of repairs they now need a new kitchen? Is this the kitchen they have been dreaming of ever since their first home? Is this their first home? All these motivations and many others should be taken into account by a kitchen designer in order to determine what accessories you may want. Many times designers put simply what is in vogue, or cram every thing in their spec books into a design, or fall into the trap every designer has at least once design what they like best.

A major manufacturer of after-market cabinet accessories is Rev-a-Shelf who supplies many large cabinet manufacturers on down to mom and pop cabinet shops and even the home owner. Some of these products are simply extraordinary (Stainless Steel Tip Out Trays for Sink Bases … I love it!) to the mundane but still very functional (Lazy Susan).

Just to give you a starting point; here are five accessories I get asked for on a daily basis:

As you can see there is just about everything under the sun to choose from. What you choose depends on what cabinet it will be placed in and to what use you will actually put these accessories. Other considerations include your budget, what style cabinet you have chosen, and how much use you will put these to. A few well chosen accessories can can make that new kitchen whether you spend $1,500 on it or $40,000.

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Check out these links for more info:
Lowe’s How-To guide a great start for basic info on different finishes and styles
Refacing Cabinets with Veneer
WikiHow’s Guide to Refinishing Cabinets a good overview to refinishing cabinets
Why to reface your cabinet instead of replacing the box
eHow’s Guide to Refinishing Cabinets another good overall guide
Some Good Tips on Sanding Raised Panel Doors
You Tube video on refinishing cabinets

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