Building A Kitchen Island Part 5: Cabinet Doors And Drawer Fronts

Reader Contribution by Hank Will and Editor-In-Chief
Published on December 12, 2011
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I took advantage of the somewhat warmer temperatures last weekend to spend a bit of time in the barn working on our kitchen island project. I managed to get the door frames and panels put together and hung, and I also managed to mill and install the drawer fronts. All the pieces will need to come apart again for sanding and finishing, but it was motivating to see the progress and to better visualize what the final piece will look like. So far, all the lumber has been a windfall from the farm. Pine, standing dead for several years in our grove, and American black walnut from trees we dozed off a couple of pond dams. We milled the lumber using an <a title=”Alaskan chainsaw mill” href=”http://www.grit.com/tools/milling-your-own-lumber-granbergs-alaskan-mill-makes-it-easy.aspx” target=”_blank”>Alaskan chainsaw mill</a> and a <a title=”Hud-Son” href=”http://www.hud-son.com/all_new_mill.htm” target=”_blank”>Hud-Son</a> homestead-sized bandsaw mill. You can read about all of this in the earlier installments here: <a title=”part 1″ href=”http://www.grit.com/tools/building-a-kitchen-island-part-1-working-with-homemade-lumber.aspx” target=”_blank”>part 1</a>, <a title=”part 2″ href=”http://www.grit.com/tools/building-a-kitchen-island-part-2-working-with-hand-tools.aspx” target=”_blank”>part 2</a>, <a title=”part 3″ href=”http://www.grit.com/departments/building-a-kitchen-island-part-3-enclosing-the-sides.aspx” target=”_blank”>part 3</a>, <a title=”part 4″ href=”http://www.grit.com/departments/building-a-kitchen-island-part-4-creating-drawer-boxes.aspx” target=”_blank”>part 4</a>. </p>
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