Fresh Ideas For Cabinets?

nailkiller1

Building an alternative building
exterior to match home
interior probably barn or rustic theme
i have a plan for everything except kitchen cabs
looking for something new
any ideas would be greatly appreciated

willworkforbeer

I've had this idea for a while but no HO to try it out on yet, set skillsaw depth to 1/8th (thin kerf blade) and randomly cut crisscrossing pattern over entire cabinets, fill in cuts with black filler, sand and finish. It would give a neat fractured appearance

Tom R

Make them operate and look like barn doors, right down to the x's . . .

genecarp

Alternative building?

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nailkiller1

I have thougt about barn doors
what type of wood
would it be completely silly to have rough sawn wood

nailkiller1

this alternative building is a recreation room/party room

Tom R

Rough sawn wood would look great, - - or for another method you could even use MDF and just 'router-design' a stile and rail and x-rails (and even a plank effect) right into it.

TimelessQuality

plywood doors faced w/ weathered barn(or fence) boards.

I made a door to a closet look like an outhouse door once...crescent moon and all!

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Tom R

So if someone said it looked like shyit it was a compliment??

Gus Dering

Distressed Knotty Alder looks about as rustic as rustic can be.
Keep the finish to a matt or dead flat sheen, that helps age it too.
Keep the door style to a basic old school raised panel and go flush and inset a face frame. As this is where cabinetry started in this country so that helps give it the throw back look.

Sorry no great pics to back it up.

I wouldn't sacrifice all the latest in hardware and convenience to to it though. All new work should perform as well as possible. IMHO

I love this kind of stuff. The secret is in the distressing and finish to get it where I think you want it to go.

Mr. D

barnwood is always cool. put some laquer over it and voila.

HomerJ

Sounds like a fun project

This site might not have exactly what you're looking for, but check this site out for inspiration.

http://antiquewoodworks.com/

You could also use chicken wire instead of glass for door inserts.

Good luck.

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nailkiller1

I have ony once delt with barnwood
that was for paneling
I picked the best pieces nailed them on
painter painted looked great
for cabs how would I handle the material

nailkiller1

distressed knotty alder is very popular in my area
I have it in my kitchen very pretty
cab guy would be way to happy
he wouldnt have to put much thought into it

dubz

handle it like wood

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Leo G

Now that is rustic.....

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nailkiller1

now we are getting somewhere
love it

Blackcloud

that is awesome looking

Gus Dering

ding ding ding We have a winner.

Tell him what he won Bob

silvertree

Quarter sawn white oak, my favorite, followed by rustic alder.
Never got into the barnwood thing, but I nailed plenty of it up when I lived in Vermont.

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