Previously I shared a post about how to paint MDF and get smooth edges. I wanted share a tutorial for painting plywood too. If you build with plywood with the intention of staining or clear-coating ... Read More about How to Paint Plywood Edges
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Kitchen Reveal
All Posts, Kitchen, My Home, Tennessee House, Tennessee House Tour
The kitchen is done! Five years and one back surgery later, I finally completed the kitchen renovation. You've seen a few sneak peeks as I've shared some kitchen cabinet tutorials. Today you get to ... Read More about Kitchen Reveal
Sliding Cabinet Doors with Inset Track and Glides
All Posts, Cabinet Making 101, Doors, Kitchen, My Home, Projects and Plans, Tennessee House
When I built my coffee station hutch, I wanted sliding cabinet doors. It's surprisingly difficult to find hardware for that. Have you ever looked? In my workshop, I made sliding doors using bypass ... Read More about Sliding Cabinet Doors with Inset Track and Glides
Kitchen Island with Hidden Cabinet Doors
All Posts, Cabinet Making 101, Doors, Kitchen, My Home, Tennessee House
The kitchen is done but I have so many little detail "tutorials" that you're getting lots of snippets before the final reveal. Hope that's ok. Too bad if it's not. LOL Today I'm showing you how to ... Read More about Kitchen Island with Hidden Cabinet Doors
How to build and attach a cabinet faceframe
All Posts, Cabinet Making 101, Cabinets, Free Plans, Kitchen Cabinets
In the last posts I explained three methods for building cabinets and basic techniques for cabinet building. This post applies to building and attaching a cabinet face frame which is the next step to ... Read More about How to build and attach a cabinet faceframe
How to Build a Cabinet with Dado Joints
All Posts, Cabinet Making 101, Cabinets, Free Plans, Kitchen Cabinets
The next method for building a basic cabinet in my three part series is using dado joints which requires more tools than the more basic methods. This method of building cabinets gives you strong ... Read More about How to Build a Cabinet with Dado Joints