Kitchen

I still haven't posted pictures of the kitchen counter tops. They're generally covered with cardboard, tools and material, or at the very least, dust. On the occasion that they're not, I don't have a camera with me.

 

But, the wood parts finally have finish on them. So you can have a tour of a bunch of bits of wood...

The finish is Waterlox. Chad, who is a professional furniture maker, instructed and supervised us on it's application. It was an educational experience, and resulted in the nicest finish I've ever participated in.

Details on an upper cabinet door.

This cabinet holds the sink. It's mainly made of maple, salvaged from a neighbor's tree.

The center panels are local orchard cherry, like the rest of the kitchen. The stuff is so pretty that we like to find ways to use little pieces of it, hence the design above.

Over time the blue streaks will darken into red. Sigh. Oh well, that'll be nice, too.

The jellyfish, a knothole formation that we found in a cherry stump. This kind of wood is so much fun to cut up. It's like an Easter egg hunt.

The front corner of the utensil rack over the stove. You can see the (very dusty) hood fan behind it.

Shelves that are going to be mounted on the end of the upper cabinets.

A little extra detail, because kitchens shouldn't be boring, should they?