Burled wood kitchen cabinets
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Comments (13)Here are some photos of our new en-suite sink with a white Corian basin moulded into a Burled Beach Corian worktop. The wall tiles are a soft white/grey matt finish and adding some interest are some matt multi colour mosaic tiles that tied everything together. There is an area where there are swirls of that grey grimey-looking pattern that charls_walker mentioned above, but the fabricator made sure these would be at the back of the worktop where they are hidden by the things stored there and a large curved mirrored wall cabinet set above the back of the worktop. Colour-wise, you need to choose your decor carefully as the worktop without the surrounding colours could look quite dingey. Without the mosaic tiles I don't think it would have worked as well, so I was thankful to find that particular mosaic in a Topps Tiles outlet closing down sale. By the way, this design was our solution to a huge staircase bulkhead taking up a large section of our bathroom floor. We raised the floor to reduce the size of the bulkhead and increase the floor area. That gave us a step up from the toilet and bidet area to the corner shower and basin area....See MoreMany questions re maple table - burl or quilted or..?
Comments (2)The finish is the lens through which the figure of the wood is focused. A high gloss finish gives the sharpest focus. The problem comes with glare. Polarization, then, prevents one from seeing the figure at all given certain angles of illumination and perspective. That's the tradeoff. Your picture is terrible for judging the figure of the maple. I'd say the grain features are more birdseyes than quilts. IMO penetrating oil+clear gloss is the way to go; the oil penetrates and allows light to penetrate deeper, then the clear gloss lens does its thing. You might consider something other than linseed oil however, because of the extreme darkening it will impart. Other oils out there will keep it lighter. For stripping the finish, maybe a cabinet scraper (unless it's thin veneers) because some strippers will gunk up the grain and kill the highlights, and you won't know until it's too late if they do. Casey...See Morewhy does my kitchen cabinet wood look like this? is it wood rot?
Comments (3)That looks like finish that has been damaged, possibly by moisture sitting there at some point, or through abrasion from things being repeatedly slid across that surface, like canned goods. It's not structural and it's not "wood rot." You could: 1. Take a sander to it and refinish it. 2. Cover it with some innocuous contact paper. 3. Ignore it and forget about it. Personally, I'd go for number 3.......See MoreKeep or replace solid wood kitchen cabinets in 1950s cottage?
Comments (10)Thanks @ShadyWillowFarm! All good questions. We think the cost of remediating the mold could be $20k or more, and will involve ripping out at least the ceiling and wall to the right to replace the insulation and put in new drywall. From what other comments are saying and now that I'm looking more closely, these cabinets were almost certainly built into place so salvaging them might not be a realistic option at all. Remodeling the kitchen wasn't even close to the top of our priority list. So part of our thinking was, how can we reuse as much as possible within reason, and maybe maintain some of the original character vs. using this as an "opportunity" to do a more modern remodel and maybe get back some portion of the cost in added home value. Most buyers in this area seem to go for millennial (read: white/grey) and modern style though it's not to our personal taste. Sure would be helpful to have a dishwasher at the very least!...See Morevlance
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