This
week we are going to be starting to work on the top cabinets for our
kitchen project. The main thing to remember about the top cabinets is
that they are not as deep as the bottom ones are. In my case my top
cabinets turned out to about 1 1/8” deep while the bottom cabinets
are 1 7/8” with the counter top being 2” deep. This gives that
nice set back that a real kitchen has. You can of course adjust the
measurements to suite how you want to have your finished kitchen.
So
that my kitchen all matches I am using more of the same paper to
cover my top cabinets that I used for the bottom ones. You can use
whatever you want to use on yours to make your kitchen really yours.
The top run of cabinets can even be a different color than the bottom
ones if you want. If you need inspiration just Google some pictures
of kitchens and see what is out there.
The
link for making the paper I am using is in the video for part 2 of
our kitchen project.
The
most important thing this week is to measure correctly! Just take you
time and draw a diagram like I did if that will help you. I know it
helps me to get every thing cut correctly.
I
know that in the photos this week the paper doesn't look smooth, that
is because the glue is still drying. I am confident that when the
glue dries everything will be nice and smooth. This always happens
when large pieces of paper are applied with a wet glue. I decided to
go with the wallpaper border paste (a wet glue) because I wanted to
be sure that the paper stayed glued down. I am not as confident in
the staying power of a glue stick. I did use the glue stick on the
fronts for two reasons. On the larger surfaces I didn't want take
chances that the glue would take forever to dry. And secondly I knew
that I would be gluing over the folded over edges with the long
strips that cover the sides, bottom and top of the cabinets.
If
the fronts are not as securely glued down it really won't matter so
much.
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