Sadly, our old refrigerator slowly gave out. It just wouldn't cool properly any more and we'd had problems with it in the past so it was time to get a new refrigerator.
The old refrigerator had raised panels on it to match the rest of the kitchen so when we bought a new one, we decided to go the same way. But that meant that we had to get new raised panels because the doors were all a different size. And the job of making those panels fell to yours truly.
The rest of the kitchen is cherry so these had to be cherry. I really picked over the cherry at my local supplier and found some with a nice figure in it. I think the professional guys don't want that figured stuff because it's harder to work with because of the wild grain and it doesn't match the non-figured wood they have. The doors took about $200 in cherry.
The job took longer than I expected. It's just a lot of work to get all the wood prepared, glued, and the profiles routed. And all the profiles had to be finish sanded by hand.
The finish is dewaxed shellac as a sanding sealer and water borne lacquer as the top coat.
My wife went out and found the handles. Putting those on was nerve racking because the two next to each other had to be exactly level to each other.
But, all-in-all, I was satisfied with the way it came out. I just hope this refrigerator lasts a looong time so that I don't have to go through this again
Mike
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