Next on the kitchen agenda
was Kitchen Cabinet Hardware. We decided to reuse the hardware available to us.
The decision was made based
on the following:
This left us with cleaning
the old hardware. And by dirty I mean years of cigarette residue and food
grease. I simply parked my tush in the kitchen with some gloves, paper
towel, and my savior cleaning product: Windex. A little scrubbing and buffing
and those suckers looked like new:
Personally I really like the chrome on white look and the
fact that they were free, minus some tedious cleaning and buffing. It’s
probably the right amount of vintage for the modern/vintage look we’re going
for.
Oh and after some research (here if anyone is interested or more on ebay) these things can fetch $8.10 each on sale, maybe they’re back in
style? Their style name is ‘Boomerang.’
I think the name seals the deal on true love.
To be honest at first I thought they looked a little too
50’s & 60’s and too ‘chrome-ish’ but after cleaning, they really worked.
I’m also in love with the v shape which reminds me of vintage cars.
Jetsons for some
reason.
Maybe it’s those popped collars in the shape of a v.
Of course they didn’t match the brushed nickel elsewhere in
the house but it’s not as stark as ORB vs. shiny chrome.
And here they are in all their glory:
As for the hinges, we also
opted to keep them. Since I spent so much time painting and cleaning the old
hardware, it didn’t leave time to clean the hinges. We did buy new screws
because the old ones were stripped during removal.
I mean the ‘gold’ dirt
really isn’t entirely notable unless you get all up close and personal.
Since we painted over all
the holes and painted the cabinets in general, we had to move the hinge holes
slightly to accommodate for the extra gap from the coats of paint. We also
wanted to leave room for expansion and contraction (summer humidity expansion
vs winter dry contraction). Right next to lake Michigan in Wisconsin, we have
very opposite climates during winter and summer where humidity is almost
extreme and the winter dry spells are prominent.
So this installation method
may need adjusting depending on your weather patterns. Also, a two person
effort to drill new holes is recommended; one to hold the cabinet into position
and the other to drill. My apologies for lack of pictures since both our hands
were tied.
But basically for longer
doors like ours, you drill the top hinge first (indicated #1) then drill the top
of the second door (#2) with a little gap so the paint doesn’t chip away for
the previous humidity vs dry air.
Then, finish by making
small adjustments to the bottom for proper clearance. We verified the clearance
by having one of us hold the door at the hinge (#3 or #4) while the other
opened and closed. We happen to install ours in the spring before the humid
summer so we didn’t account properly which caused a few problems. They were
simple adjustments to remove and re-drill. So learn from our mistake and over
compensate if in doubt.
Want to follow along with the Kitchen progression? Here’s
the Prepping
for paint, Painting Part
1, Repairing
Drywall, and Painting
Part 2.
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