Kitchen Pantry

Here are some pics of my kitchen pantry project. It entailed building and installing a wall of cabinets, installing wood beadboard, and painting the back half of our kitchen.

Here's a shot of me building the various carcasses out of 3/4" plywood. My shop is small, so everything is piled up all over the place! In the background, you can see the hunk of reclaimed butcherblock that will become the countertop for the pantry.

Here are the carcasses after a few coats of shellac. Sitting on top are the various shelves and some of the beadboard panels that will go into the doors. The faceframe for the cabinetry is sitting on the left side.

Here are the rails and stiles for the 12 doors of the pantry. The tenons were cut by machine, but the mortises were all cut by hand with a mortising chisel and mallet. Am I a masochist or what?

Here are the cabinet doors laid up and fitted on the bench. The nickel-plated hardware is being installed.

Here are the upper carcases being installed. Note the very out-of-level ceiling...we'll have to fill that in later with some trim.

Lower cabinets are installed, as is the upper face frame.

Cabinets have been painted, doors and drawers are installed. Just waiting for some help from my brother to install the countertop.

And here she is, all done. Beadboard has also been installed in this part of the kitchen.

Here are some additional pictures of the back half of our kitchen, which is now complete.