Tricky, Tricky

I have GOT to figure out what we're going to be doing for a railing like NOW!!!  I just keep putting it off and then putting it off some more :)  So what I'm thinking is that we're going to use parts from two old iron baby cribs.  They would be the long side rails.  If we could just somehow frame them in to the railing....hmmm....going to have to really sit and think about it a bit.

These are the two styles that I have - not exactly the same, but I think they will be similar enough that nobody will know the difference unless I tell them.

I also finally picked the pull for the trash can cabinet.

Who knew that would be such a big decision, lol!

I love the way it looks.  Love the island in contrasting colors too.

The trim is finally done around the sink too.  I'm loving how it turned out.

Just kind of hugs the sink don't you think?

Love it....oh...but I see I forgot to stain the filler there in the corner.  UGH!

Back on the hardwood floor we're getting ready to do around the stair opening.

This requires us to use the stair nose trim - it will go kind of like a picture frame all the way around the stair opening.  It really gives the floor a finished look.

Wouldn't you know that we'd have to do a little custom work to get this to work properly.  :)

Notice it's only about 2" wide.  Our regular pieces are 4.75" wide.  Here we go...

This is the finished edge of one of the pieces of wood. (I'm going to have to match that)

Here's the stair nose trim.  Notice it also has a groove in it.

Since we had to cut the strip so much narrower, we had to pick to either cut the tongue or the groove off.  We opted for the tongue. So I sanded the "bevel" onto our little strip.  Kade used the biscuit cutter and put a groove in it, so now we just need to cut a new tongue and glue it in.  WHEW.  That's only a few days of waiting and work on this little piece, lol.

Surely it's going to work right?

Trimming out the Farmhouse Sink

After our modification of the farmhouse sink cabinet, we were left with a hole that was cut about 1/2" too wide on all sides.  We figured we could come up with something to "trim" it out.

The sink looks so funny sitting in a hole that's too big.

What we finally decided we liked the look of the most was making a piece of "trim" out of the left over furniture base moulding from the island.  So...it was knotty alder, not soft white.  It kind of pulls the island and the main wall cabinets together.

Here is the FINAL final decision on trim :)  We cut off the top of the furniture moulding, so it included a bead type edge - and then it kind of "hugs" the sink.  This also got us the glaze color that we have on the island as well.  Now it looks like we actually did it on purpose!

Ok, so now we just need to really cut all of the parts and get them glued into place so we can securely set the sink in it's final resting place.

Problem Solved!

O.k., so after a few days of really trying to figure what to do about the sink situation, we've finally come up with a solution.  The precut hole was 30" wide x 6" deep, so we needed to cut 4" deeper and TAPER the sides.

So we taped EVERYTHING off with the green frog tape.  Didn't want to risk scratching any of the painted finish that would be left on the cabinet.

Had to get creative on the side where the dishwasher goes...

we didn't have ANYTHING to clamp our straight edge (ok, so that's a level, lol) to.

We ordered a small handheld router from Amazon.com

This was a GREAT purchase...at least for this project.

The router made quite a big mess...but that's what shop vacs are for, right?

Voila!  Our completed tapered side edge.

Look at what a smooth edge that router made!

LOVE IT!!

PROBLEM SOLVED!

We brought the countertop back in so we could measure out our actual "cut out" for the sink.

Let me tell you...this was nerve wracking!  All I kept thinking was "What if it's not really lined up right!!!"

Ha ha!  Kade had so many wood shavings stuck to his person after this project!

Maybe this made him rethink having that beard??? (yeah...probably not!)

 

Little video of Kade using the router!  Watch your volume, it's kind of loud!

Doors, Doors and MORE Doors!

Well, Easter was a nice break yesterday (even though we did do a little work!) now today we've got to get back at it!  Lowes called and all of our new interior doors are in (all 18 of them!) so we had to go pick them up today.  Maybe I ordered them a little early...but on the bright side, we got FREE solid core upgrade on all of them!  I think that might just have been worth it!

I love the simple 2 panel door!  It's not EXACTLY what I wanted...but close enough!

Look at all of those doors!! (and look at my husband and his BIG GIANT BEARD!!!)  We had to take the doors to the auction to store them until we're ready!  It's the only place that I know of with enough extra room, lol!  That's ok though...because the NEW SINK is coming today too!  We had to have it shipped to the auction because the "freight" delivery required a forklift to get it off of their truck.

 

As we were driving down 16 and getting closer to the auction we could see a semi coming our way...we got closer and closer and I said to Kade, wouldn't that be funny if that was my sink arriving at the auction...and the closer and closer we got the more it seemed like that was what was happing.  Kade says to me, "Am, I think that is your sink!"  AND HE WAS RIGHT (imagine that!)  We pulled up there and I got out and talked to the driver.  The sink was light enough the Kade and Mark could just pull it off of the back of the semi.  So here is my Farmhouse Sink....for only $273.26!!  I still can't believe it.  This requires a few last minute changes to our kitchen cabinet order now!  We've got to get a sink base for an apron front sink!!

This is why it was on eBay....because THE BOX looks bad, lol!

One of the cool things about this sink is that it's double sided.  We can actually use this side....

or the smooth side...hmmm....ANOTHER DECISION!!!

What a great day!  Got all of our doors (oh...one did get damaged in transport...we'll deal with that later though) AND got one of the coolest sinks ever!  YEAH!