Fridge cabinets can make a kitchen look custom and finished. They are also great options for ending cabinetry and creating a balanced kitchen cabinetry layout.
The good news is you can build your own fridge cabinet without spending a ton of time or money. We do it all the time.
Here's one of the cabinets we've made:
Let's demystify this -
It's two pieces of cabinet-grade plywood, held together on the b
So what the heck do you do when you build a kitchen, and there just isn't enough space to add another cabinet on the other side of the dishwasher? How do you support the countertop over the dishwasher without a cabinet on either side of the dishwasher?
Inside this closet, it's just 4 feet wide and 2 feet deep. Nothing fancy.
I decided the most practical use of materials and space would be to add shelving 16" deep. I don't like too deep shelving, but you really need the 16" to store large boxes (up here in Alaska, bulk shopping is a must, so lots of big boxes will get stored inside this pantry).
This would leave a little bit of space to the front for a vac
And today, they look like this:
And hopefully soon ... they'll look something like this:
image from Centsational Girl
Man, there sure are a ton of steps (pun not intended here) to finishing out stairs, isn't there!
First, we built the upstairs railing -
And we painted the
For this floor, we used RustOleum's EpoxyShield Garage Floor Coating. It's a paint, and you throw the speckles down to add variation. We are extremely pleased with the durability of the floor - not a scratch in it after about six months of use!
We like floor paint/coatings for basements for a number of reasons:
- It seals your c
Yep, this blank space is going to be a kitchen after today!
We are going to do the wall cabinets first.
First, we mark the height of the bottom of the wall cabinets. Standard height is 54".
But we can't just mark 54" and pull a string line,
But before we start putting our Sunday's best on these stairs, let's take a second to remember where these stair boards have been.
We originally spent $400 on 2x12 boards,
Yep, at one point, they were new, not gray and old looking at all.
Until we poured concrete in them. That's where the gray staining comes from.
But as happy as we are with our decision to use ARXX blocks for the exterior of the Momplex, I do miss stick framing. I do miss building with wood.
So this project, framing these little roofs abo
