Finally Finished my Kitchen Cabinets..

[John Viercinski]

The granite was purchased locally... was going to do concrete, but ran out of time... I'm happy with the granite though.

[Chris Tsutsui]

Well done, looks contemporary and clean and makes me want to order a martini and cook a gourmet meal in there.

What I like especially:

Cabinet lighting in glass cabinet, plus inset flush doors require extra attention to craftsmanship. I also like your choices of trim & fixtures. It's not over the top modern, but it's done enough that it can attract a wide variety of buyers that definitely adds equity to your home.

What you can as optional is make a custom cabinet for the trash can that matches the rest of the kitchen. I made one that the trash can pulls out. This provides additional counter space on top of the trash can, though you do have decent counterspace with that bar seating area.

[John Viercinski]

Chris,
Thanks for the compliments.

A pull out trash can is a great idea, unfortunately, I think I'd have to replace a section of granite to get it in there. I'm probably going to add a few book shelves next to the cabinet above the sink..

[Steve Clardy]

Very nice John

[Nathan Callender]

That's a sweet kitchen! Congrats. I'm in the same boat - I've got half of my kitchen close to being done. Hopefully tonight I'll be sanding the last of it and hopefully moving on to finishing! I hope mine turns out as well as yours!

[Peter Aeschliman]

Love the style. The exposed/mortised hinges, flush cabinet doors, and the colors of your kitchen. Looks like a very usable space for its size.

Did you use any Floetrol with the latex? I actually just finished spraying all of my cabinet doors to give my kitchen a fresh look. I used the same latex as we used on our baseboards and crown molding... I mixed a ton of floetrol into the latex paint to thin it for my HVLP gun, but it turned out great.

The instructions provide mixing guidelines for brushing as well. Apparently it will help hide your brush marks because it slows down the dry time... so it will even/level out more like oil-based paints.

Anyway, great job. I'm jealous, although a year + without a kitchen doesn't sound too fun.