well, Ive mentioned it 10 times, Ill mention it again, theres a reason I like making simple furniture from scratch, all the angles are true, walls, legs, aprons, straight, easy, glued up it all fits.
And then theres a 40 year old house with crooked windows, unlevel floors, un plum walls, wow.
today, I received another lesson in what real life constuction is.
We ripped down the wall between the dining area and the kitchen.
My son has alot of rewiring to do, so we didnt fix up and sheetrock,(very little sheetrock will need to be done, we took it all down), he will work on the moving electric lines and making new outlets end of the month when hes on vacation.
I didnt know I needed an electric line for the toe kick heater, so that adds another job for him.
then we installed the 2 halogen spots above the sink, and removed the 40 year old fluorescent fixture.
Problem again, for me, was that I cut everything square, and nothing around the window, especially the soffit was close to even or square
what I didnt realize when I designed the upper panels, is that the soffit bellies a bit more than an 1/8 of an inch above the sink, for whatever reasons, years of a leaking window, I dont know why. With it painted white, it wasnt really noticed.
So I put the lower 1.5 inch crown leaving only a bit of space, where I should have made the crown wider and left a full 1/2 inch to cover any bellying or uneveness. Live and learn. Right now Im leaving it be, see how it looks with a few coats of stain.
The next problem was the cabinets I refaced, and not perfectly aligned with the soffits, so when I attached the top ply panel to cover the soffit, I had alot of space, which again, Ill figure some kind of molding later on.
The window, I decided to just trim out easily but ofcourse, none of that was even, but the bad spots on top, we decided not to cope and go nuts, a valance will cover the seams and that will hide that. If you cant fix it, hide it.
and thats about it, some shots of the bellying, the bad spots where nothing is square or even, and what the new window looks like with a little cherry trim. Im not thrilled with the window area, but after some window treatment and valance I will take another look and figure it all out again.
some more shots of the wall down and the blue tape is where Im putting in base cabinets for a sort of pseudo island.
old window area
new window area
and now, finally, I can get started on the last cabinets, fridge area, island and a couple of uppers on opposite wall.
Im hoping to have all my work finished and installed by mid to late october, maybe beginning of november., Im including all my down time, a few car trips, etc...........
btw, the ceiling fan is coming down, its in the way of the new cabs on top of fridge, he hasnt decided what type of light to install yet. No rush, hes got plenty of time.