Ok. Will do. The burned house is not being worked on now because the friend who had been fixing it up got a job offer in Alabama for a job that pays a lot more than jobs around here & gives him $100/day per diem so he left for there almost immediately. Cost of living is higher there but sales tax is about the same. Its larger than this place so there might be better medical.
My friend is still struggling to make ends meet. Some of his paychecks haven't been clearing on time (sometimes not clearing for a couple of days after they are put in) so he's had late fees on stuff that is due the day of or right after he is supposed to get paid. He's also had some health issues & other life stuff that made him miss work a few times & bc of the wreck he was in years ago his body is giving him more trouble. He has a bone spur on the inside of one of his vertebrae that is growing toward his spinal cord. It causes him pain but he was told it's inoperable due to the location.
I was away on a trip when he put up the wall cabinet & range hood. He's very happy with it bc he now has light above the stove. He put the cabinet on upside-down from the way I'd intended & I noticed some spots that I'd missed with the stain so I will have to go over and remedy that maybe tomorrow. The walls are all wonky & ceiling slopes down so the cabinet looks odd against it, but it's better than just wall above the stove.
I wish I could find some of the earlier pictures I'd posted of his kitchen that I saved somewhere to my computer but don't remember where.
Here are pictures of the progress:
Stock photo of 60" sink base cabinet from Lowes:
After staining & putting on VC Dimensions Labrador "granite" Formica countertop & installing sink. + over-the-sink rack from amazon.
Since the Lowes cabinet only had oak for the trim but mdf for the frame & sides it was rather fragile & pieces broke off during installation & we wanted something sturdier (after we patched the holes with fiberglass mesh & gorilla tape to keep mice out). I coated all of the mdf & unfinished edges in water sealant to protect things. Next up are photos of the base cabinets & corner cabinets from Surplus Warehouse (made out of plywood and trimmed out with oak). We got an 18", a 12", 24" (I think-- could have been 36" but I don't remember) & the corner cabinet. Didn't realize the corner cabinet doesn't go all the way back to the wall so we had to try to adjust it & bc the walls are wonky & the shorter side was just a tad too small for the corner one to fit forward as far as the other base cabinets, we bumped it back a bit. Still need to level it & secure the countertops properly.
Here's the picture of the base cabinets after they were set in with the countertops set on but untrimmed.
First coat of stain:
Later we trimmed the countertop & added edge trim + another coat of stain.
Pantry cabinet we picked up on clearance from Surplus Warehouse (it had been "water touched" so it was 40% off plus another 10% off for military discount) before being stained (my brother photobombed):
Pantry after 1st coat of stain
Wall cabinet for above-the-range with the range hood upside-down on top of it. It was a $180 range hood we got for $79 at a liquidation place bc it was open box but wasn't damaged or missing anything. (My brother decided to photobomb again).
(continued in next post)