How to turn 62 square feet of ugly into 62 square feet of awesome. Ourselves.

 

Micro/Range turbo venting hood installed.

Micro/Range turbo venting hood installed.

Microwave was suppose to go into two wall studs.  Too bad the bracket provided didn’t have any support holes where my wall studs were. Had to make a wood frame for the bracket to mount on that would be screwed into the wall studs.  

Microwave was suppose to go into two wall studs.  Too bad the bracket provided didn’t have any support holes where my wall studs were. Had to make a wood frame for the bracket to mount on that would be screwed into the wall studs.  

Had to make extra supports for the heavy countertops and sink.

Had to make extra supports for the heavy countertops and sink.

Now just waiting for the spacemen to beam down the countertops that look like the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Now just waiting for the spacemen to beam down the countertops that look like the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Ikea doesn’t make a template for their extra long cabinet handles. But what works perfectly as a template???… A quartz countertop sample plus three slivers of tape as spacers in-between two templates all clamped and taped down. You gotta get creative when building a kitchen!

Ikea doesn’t make a template for their extra long cabinet handles. But what works perfectly as a template???… A quartz countertop sample plus three slivers of tape as spacers in-between two templates all clamped and taped down. You gotta get creative when building a kitchen!