We found some free used cabinets and decided to refurbish them to put in our old farmhouse. In this video we prep, primer and paint our new second hand cabinets in hpes they will look nice enough to put in our remodeled kitchen.
Looks like a great paint job!. My grandfather and his brothers always helped one another or anyone out. That needed a quick hand. Glad he could help you out! If I find myself helping someone and they insist on giving me something I always say a cold drink. Lol
I'm really glad you came out Tony. It was a highlight of the evening getting a chance to meet you and chat for a bit. Hopefully we'll run into each other again.
You aren't kidding man. Neither the bar stool nor the kitchen are put back together yet... But I could probably still find something to celebrate regardless. 😋
Neil… we went through a kitchen cabinet replacement last winter. I didn’t remove the cabinets or replace them. I did however remove the backsplash, plumb in the dishwasher, disposal and sink. Then I touch up painted the edges of the wall around the cabinets. We hired the cabinet work out. It was a struggle to do so because I could have made the cabinets myself. I have the tools, experience and could have carved out the time. But, I wasn’t wanting to do the work because cabinets are heavy and my helper would have been my wife. A task that she wasn’t wanting to endure. There are a couple of huge cabinet companies in our area. They do small jobs but you have to choose from a catalog of styles, materials and finishes. And… small jobs get fit into the flow where they can… not to fit your schedule. A local guy has a custom cabinet shop. I met him when I picked up his business card at a local diner with a bulletin board for service providers. He was struggling to keep his business afloat. You see, the cost of lumber had pretty much shut down home building and remodeling. You don’t need cabinets if you don’t have a place to put them. Additionally, he had lost his apprentice when he had to lay him off. Things were starting to ramp up for him as building started to pick up. However, he had an open slot where he was looking for a small job to fill. We did our research… looked at a couple of jobs he’d done, talked to a contractor he had worked with and checked the BBB. Then we had him come by and quote the job. From the moment he came in, I scrutinized every thing he did and said. He was both professional and personable. Every word we said was considered… every question was answered… every detail was jotted down. We decided that if his quote was in the ball park, we would give him the job. The quote came in a lot lower than we expected. So, we gladly paid our 50% down and signed the contract. He told us he would be back in two weeks to demo the old and set the new cabinets. While he was there he gave me a few business cards. I gave one to some friends who needed a laundry room cabinet job. Another card went to a neighbor that was building a huge (4000 ft/sq) home. I also talked to a retired carpenter friend of mine about how hard it was to find people who wanted to learn carpentry trades. He told me the story of a young guy he had apprenticed. He was a finish carpenter who showed a lot of promise. The guy was about 30yrs old. He had gone to work for a huge nationwide home builder. (One of those who advertises on all the DIY channels.) At about his 5th year, Covid struck and he was laid off. So, he took a low paying job at a big box home center. My buddy called him up and learned that he was still passionate about woodworking. However, he did not want to go back to the repetitive grind of corporate, rubber stamped, home building. I gave his name to my cabinet maker. They clicked and his first day on the job was to demo and replace my cabinets. It was apparent that he was highly skilled and a hard worker. My cabinet maker was as thrilled as I was to have him on the job. Neil, my wife loves her new kitchen. The cabinets far exceed any hopes she had before we started the project. But, for me there is a different satisfaction. I have no qualms about having lost the chance to build my own cabinets. Instead I realize, as I get older I value the seeds I’ve sewn more and more. Not only did I help a struggling craftsman find some help… but those business cards yielded him two jobs. The small laundry room cabinets and nearly $100k of cabinets and built-ins for that big house down the road. Just last week, the cabinet maker was watching one of my videos about sharpening tools on my Tormek. He called and asked me if I would mind sharpening his wood chisels and scrapers. A job he loathes and one which is simple for me to do… As you can see… a year ago there was this cabinet maker who was struggling to stay afloat. A finish carpenter was looking for a new career path. A friend needed a laundry room facelift. A big house was looking at a six month wait for cabinets. My wife was loathing her circa 1980 cabinets. And, I was trying to figure out how I was going to resolve her depression. Had that cabinet maker not posted his card at the diner… had I not stopped in for a grilled cheese and coffee… Do you get the picture? Trading favors… helping others… building community bonds… it’s kind of hard to see how it works from the outside. But, from within it just seems to all make sense! I’m glad your new kitchen came together so well. You, Kara and your buddies had to work a lot harder to make it do so. But, I don’t really feel too bad about taking the east way out!!! I enjoyed your video and fully agree on your message. PS: the cabinets look fantastic!
You found a terrific path to your new cabinets Dave. We debated long and hard about desiring this done and having it over with in a jiffy. As you discovered, it is super hard to find folks that want to do a small job like this around here. We have lots of large custom cabinet outfits and they're all hooked up with the local builders in town and all two to three months out and more. I can understand the satisfaction that comes from hiring the stuff done. I got to experience the joy of watching my shop be built by a crew of guys that were way better at building pole barns than I was. Plus I didn't bother any of my friends and families on that one! It's even better when the people that you hire work at a level that you find comparable to what you'd be able to manage yourself. I told Kara this may be one of the last major jobs that we tackle ourselves. You get to a certain age in life and you're not as eager to ask for help from friends and buddies either. I'm pretty close to that, but I hadn't asked Mark for anything in quite a while so...😋 One thing is for certain. If these free cabinets hadn't been offered up on a whim like they were, it would have been very very likely that this was a job we got to watch be done too. And we would have enjoyed it probably more than we are doing this on ourselves! But it's still been very rewarding. Thanks so much for sharing your story of your cabinets. I love it. And for what I know of you, you have certainly earned the right to enjoy the pleasure of hiring a professional and spreading the workaround for them at the same time.
Kara is just a gal after my heart! I knew she had some latent, hippie chick in her. 70's, Sears and Roebuck, Avocado green paint! Now you need a Harvest Gold fridge! Best part of this one was her telling you to "Dance Monkey Dance" while running from the paint booth to the garage. Looks damn good brother. Love home and kiss the girls!
Thanks so much buddy! I'm not sure where she gets her styling but I can't question her tastes as she chose me, so there ya go!!! I tell you what I got my steps in on those painting days for sure! They turned out great though. I'll have the wrap up video here soon. Great to hear from you! Thanks Greg!
We were too poor for beeswax :) so my father taught me to use bar soap to lubricate the threads on screws. In those days you screwed the screws in with, gasp, a screwdriver so soaping the screws made your life a lot easier. Great old school tip, Rick.
I was just going to say that when Rick doesn't have his beeswax he rubs a screw against his scalp for a little oily help. I'm glad to be picking up on all these old tricks!
Unfortunately the floors in the kitchen aren't really good for sanding. Lots of old nails in there. This floor is better to have look authentically old like it is or to cover up. It used to have linoleum on top and we took that off. We certainly thought about redoing the floor of those, so I certainly understand what you're saying.
Another great project, Neil. Great to see you over on Adam's channel too. I wish I had known you were in the area - we live not many minutes away from Hometown Acres. You could have stopped in with that John Deere!
Dang it! I didn't know you were so close or I would have stopped in. If we get out that way again I'll have to look you up. Thanks for checking it out Chad!
Hello from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Koch Familie . nice to see how everyone in the big family helps each other . as always thanks for the video Neil . Sincerely, Hollandduck
I couldn't agree more - smalltown America is the best! It reminds me of my youth going to Grandma and Grandpas house on the farm. Any houses for sale in Harlan nearby? Are you adopting? LOL
You are fortunate to have family that have tools, know how, and time to help you out. I don't have many family members around like you do, but luckily I have my extended fire department family I can call on. There's a fireman that knows how to do pretty much anything from A to Z so we all try to help our brothers and sisters out when they are in need. My feelings are that nobody can do or knows how to do everything so we should help each other out when we can. Great job on the cabinets and I can't wait to see the final results.
Great words to live by there. And you are right that there seems like there is always a fireman among the group that could do about anything you need. We have full time firemen help us with our soil sampling on their days off. It's our favorite pool to draw from for those part-time workers.
Oh man have I been there. I needed a cousin Mark. I will never spray cabinet doors myself again. If it needs done again, I’ll be doing it by hand or writing a check to someone else. Yours are looking good. Can’t wait to see the finished product.
I am so fortunate that Mark decided to stick around and just give me a hand. We can't believe how good they look for what we started with. Thanks as always, Gabe.
One thing I learned about levels when I was hanging our new kitchen cabinets. There’s “in the bubble” level and then there’s “dead nuts” level. You wanna be “dead nuts” level when hanging cabinets.
Hey thanks Chris! Yes it has been a very busy month. I have filmed four times more than I have edited it seems. So glad to hear you caught both videos. Thanks for watching.
wow i never thought you took advantage of your friends and family, thats how family should be.the cabinets came out great-niece lazy suzan .and its not always your projects that you film.you did your brothers barn. all the baseball field work.
Great video. Nice cross channel with Hometown Acres on Adam’s channel. The one thing I’d say, is you probably don’t have those big bar Stihl chainsaws and fleet of JD tractors just for you. I have no doubt your extended family contributions outweigh your asks of the extended family. It does take a village to make your way through today’s world.
Thanks Jim. I like to think you're right and I always hope to be doing my part as well. I'm glad to hear you our viewer of Hometown Acres as well! We had a good time.
I just subscribed to your channel I came over after I watched you and Adam from Home town Acres put in his wire for his dog fence great channel I will be binge watching all of your previous videos and clicking the like button for sure
Hey, I really appreciate that. Stuart! Thanks so much for checking out a video and for taking the time to say hi. I'm grateful for all the folks that jumped over from Adam's channel. We had a good time working together.
That first aerial shot of your property is awesome. The lawn! Well, seems your wife is managing the project like a champ. Hopefully you guys stay with the feel of an old farmhouse - don’t go too crazy modernizing.
Thanks so much Heath. My wife is a rockstar when it comes to taking care of stuff. She mows along most of the time too. It won't get too modern in here I promise. 😉
Oh for the love of patience and prep. Nice thinking on the carousel for painting the doors, that had to save a lot of time. Thanks for the video, your project is looking great.
Neil, been watching your casts for the last 5 months, very entertaining & educational. Spent over twenty years working with Mark, he’s one of the better people we get meet during our journey thru life.
No kidding!? I had no idea. That's great. And you're certainly right that Mark is the best kind of people. I'm thankful to have him and a bunch of other relatives just like him.
Dropping by to thank you for helping Adam on Hometown Acres get his perimeter fence installed. You are so innovative! Very impressive!! Think I’ll subscribe and give you a follow! It’s great to be retired and have time to follow creative productive people sharing their knowledge! Will I actually do anything? At 76, I doubt it, but can tell other people how to do it! Lol! Thanks again for the collab with Adam. 😻 🇺🇸MesquiteTX
Hey great to hear from you Carol. Thanks for taking the time to check out my channel and for saying hi. I had a good time working with Adam over this past weekend.
Neil, great video as always. It was really cool seeing the laser template in action. My uncle invited that when he owned Laser Products in Romeoville, Illinois. He just retired/sold his business a month ago.
You're kidding!? That's awesome. That tool was so cool and the countertop turned out terrific by the way. Thanks for sharing that and I really appreciate you watching.
Its lookin good, Neil. I sure hope that drywall compound holds up. It is not really designed to be used that way. I would have advised using glazing compound to fill all those distressed marks. Oh, and I totally agree with Kara. I never understood that trend to distress perfectly beautiful cabinets and they charge a real premium for that to boot. Go figure.
Well to be honest we wondered about that. I asked a few people locally and they didn't seem to think it would be a bad idea necessarily. I hope it doesn't fall out or shrink up too much. What would you think is the primary concern? I was hoping that the primer and paint would hold it in there. And you're right, it's such a shame that they have to mark up and "ruin" a new set of cabinets. I'm hoping they can hold up for a while but time will tell I suppose.
The lack of adhesive - depending on what type of mud you used. All purpose has the most adhesives in it. The second issue is the lack of strength. Its very soft compared to wood. Hopefully you didn't use the lite drywall mud. That stuff is the worst. But the distress marks were small so hopefully none of the issues I mentioned will come into play. Ping me when you have diy questions like that. I used to do that kind of thing for a living. I can leave my phone number in your email if you wish. Take care 🙂
Yeah I was really grateful to have the old barn to paint in. It worked out perfectly. The ventilation in there just happens to create a downdraft and it was ideal.
Doing a great job, kitchen projects in a old house takes a lot of time and great amount of patience (been there done that many times). Can't wait to see the finished project. Keep up the nice work.
Great video, amazing progress so far. Its amazing what kind of results profession homeowners can get with patience and support from family. We would all be much better off if family supported each other like yours does.
I love the sprayed look, I looks like a factory finish. I have done the roller and brush method, and it`s very hard to get rid of the brush marks, and the smoothness you get from a sprayer. They look awesome, and I like the color as well, well done Mark the painter, of course the prep work paid off as well.
Great video cabinets looking good and definite result of a loving family and bye the way my opinion is any one that thinks you’re using your family are nothing short of the definition of a troll
Looking good brother! Curious to the see final investment cost, especially if you can get a quote of what it would have cost if you never touched it yourselves! I think we will be SHOCKED! Looking forward to some BRONCO content! Sorry I saw it in the background!
Thank you very much. That bronco keeps calling my name. I hate that it is sitting outside right now. It was never meant to be. Got to get that transmission fixed.
Well Neil, still trying to catch up, almost watched today's final video, but felt I had to watch this one first. They do look great. Also great call on your wife's part about doing away with the distressed look. That is a fade that has already run it's course. As far as the folks talking about exploiting, whatever, they haven't seen enough of your videos when you're out helping others too, shame on them. Hopefully, I'll get to the next one soon.
How is the paint job holding up? Just curious if it's now got scratch marks, from wear and tear. I did the same and I found that the paint scratched off around the handles.
It is thankfully holding up really well. We used some really expensive paint from Sherwin Williams and I think it is paying off. You can actually see the cabinets as of last week in the beginning of this video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-99gnk_bunw0.html
