DIY Sitrep

 

Checked out how the main bits of the kitchen thing went together by laying it all up in the conservatory, this afternoon. All the heights are right and everything's square and true at last, after a couple of lapses of concentration had led me to have to execute frantic remedial work. Always happens when you don't measure and square for one last time before committing to glue and screws.

The underside of the sink will be boxed in with a similar plinth, but probably less complex as it won't be taking the load that the other end will: I'll be hiding the plumbing behind it anyway. There'll be some kind of maintenance access for the inevitable watery nonsense: few bits of plumbing hold out for ever and I don't see me changing out this unit in the future; it's meant to be a permanent fixture of the kitchen. This is what I should have done when we first renovated the place.

On the right-hand cupboard/plinth I've just got to add a front piece (just under top) in the darker pitch pine from the chapel, similar to the bullnosed piece you can see on the front of the bottom shelf.  To the right of the whole thing is the IKEA kitchen thing which will hold the microwave or some such and probably some more pots and pans. I'm going to take it all down tomorrow and give the underside of the top a coat of top oil. As it's going to take about four days to give the whole thing two coats, I can get on with the under-sink plinth down in the studio. More later.