kitchen update, pictures included !!!

[skier-hughes]

Got my father in law to make them!!!!
Panels of solid oak, routed I think to give the bead, put together, screwed from behind using ledges, and then attached to frames. There are pics of the doors.
The frames run round the front edge, top and bottom to the back and round the back.
We have built in fridge and dishwasher, so doors were made for these and a plate at the bottom was needed for this. It also allows you to stadn closer to teh sink without kicking the door with your feet.
We thought about painting the insides of the walls, but didn't.
If we find it to be terribly dusty then I might, but then, with so much work going on the house is always dusty, so who's to know what's causing it!!!!!!!!!!!!
When the units are full, you hardly see the brick anyway.

 

[robgil]

your kitchen looks really good Skier, i love the use of bricks and ive been trying to convince the boss for ages now that its a good way to do things , perhaps this will sway her in the right direction. mike wye sells stuff for bricks to seal them , have a look at their kitchen refurbishment , i think its in their gallery section.
i am so glad i can show ms robgil your pics so she can see we are not the only people with a building site for a kitchen.

 

[Penners]

I was thinking of just putting a frame at the sides but having the doors going right down to the floor, so that the appliances can be pulled out if necessary.

I think your idea of having the doors running right down to the floor, to make access to appliances easy, is a good one. However, I wouldn't advocate full-length doors like that in any location where you'll be standing at the worktop (like in front of the sink, the cooker, etc.) It's surprisingly uncomfortable and bad for your back if you're unable to tuck your toes a few inches underneath the bottom of the units. That's why kitchen units always have a recessed plinth.

That's an interesting clothes airer in your second picture, but wouldn't the clothes dry faster if you hauled it up to the ceiling in the traditional way? :wink:

 

[Tom]

That's an interesting clothes airer in your second picture, but wouldn't the clothes dry faster if you hauled it up to the ceiling in the traditional way? :wink:

:lol: :lol: I knew I was going wrong somewhere!!

 

[jocelyn plummer]

But I'm using casein distemper, old fashioned piant needing old fashioned timescales.

Yaaaaaaayyyyyyy a man after my own heart Skier-Hughes :!: :!: