Our kitchern has custom, built in place oak cabinets from early '80s. They are galley style with layout that includes 45deg angles . To save money, I am taking oak doors and drawer fronts off and making cherry shaker style (and replacing drawer boxes/slides). We are also using PSA to resurface...

Hi everyone, I'm currently in the final phase of building my own home. My wife and I want to have our kitchen cabinets painted. The problem is that we are not getting the same advice from different painters as far as what finish would be best. First, the guy at Sherwin-Williams said he...

I am basically a painter, but I increasingly I am called on to do more cabinet tasks since my finishes are so professional looking and there seems to be a shortage of woodworkers who will come out and make modifications for the homeowner. One of the more common problems is the very nice white...

Hello all again, and thank you in advance for all your help. Im thinking about custom building all of my base kitchen cabinets for my home. This will be my first big project. Project: So since the base cabinets end up against the wall and cannot be viewed from the side I was thinking of...

hi i need to reduce the length of a cabinet door from 31x12 to 20x12 - the door is made of particle board and has a routered pattern in it- if there was no routered pattern i could cut 11 inches off one end .. but the routered pattern needs to match other doors in kitchen ... any ideas on how...

I am brand new here this being my first post and am interested on what I can learn and or teach here. After building individual cabinets and bathroom vanity's for clients I took on the task of the design, construction, and installation of kitchen cabinets. Now I also nailed down the new wood...

Hey- I don't post often. But I do have a problem come up a lot as I am a cabinet painter and stain matcher on most stained wood. Anyway- I know get this problem a lot--put hidden hinges on my old doors, and fix the colonial thing that goes over the sink, which is often curved with two swoops...

Our kitchen cabinets are less than 10 years old and look great except for a few spots. What is the best way to repair these spots without having to refinish the entire kitchen. Attaching photos to show. Some of the spots are caused by water (near the sink), and the others are just wear by...

My kitchen cabinets are white lacquer. I just had some trim added and they painted the wood with water base wall paint. Does not have the texture or look of the cabinets. I'm guessing I have to sand down the trim to smooth it and can than repaint with lacquer. Am I correct? Any ideas as to...

Hi, great forum! I have a fairly standard "10 X 10" L-shaped kitchen with a 48" island. After getting quotes that were reasonable, but lower quality construction or quotes that seemed unreasonable I am thinking of building my own boxes. I will likely buy the drawers, drawer fronts, and doors...

Hey there everyone, I have a Weeke CNC machine which is barely being used at the moment. I was wondering if anyone would have any ideas on how I may go about selling some custom-made mass produced products. If there any projects here that anyone would like made in quantity or have any...

Check out these cabinets I made using plywood and mdf. I made all the cabinets and my wife did a faux paint job on them to make them look like Tuscan finish ones at lowes. I still have to install an oak floor. I made the new oven hood so it would house the old standard hood. I...

On another BB that I am a member of I notice that most of the members do not do wood working for a living but a hobby. So just out of curiosity what do you do for a living? Me, I'm a carpenter who does rustic home decor as can be seen at my humble website. I love furniture and cabinet building...