5 weeks of dining room improvements

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgii3nkO1lAhTsT-NE8HL4ute2E7XOX_-0woSq7G3jDSsx4qUldSf_xpgL2ZHvt73DaO0lwzTVxlxhNg0hMYZ7NOFiJgjnqpK1vbVHsGDwrKPmVSXx2Pb_s3ZdSV1cZVo1BFezAxpp7si-R/s1600/2014-11-23+08.58.06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgii3nkO1lAhTsT-NE8HL4ute2E7XOX_-0woSq7G3jDSsx4qUldSf_xpgL2ZHvt73DaO0lwzTVxlxhNg0hMYZ7NOFiJgjnqpK1vbVHsGDwrKPmVSXx2Pb_s3ZdSV1cZVo1BFezAxpp7si-R/s1600/2014-11-23+08.58.06.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't believe I have been slowly plugging away at this dining room project for 5 weeks when last year it took me 2 weeks to complete a coffered ceiling and flooring install in my family room , spraining my ankles this summer has really changed how quickly I move...safety first.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyg2-ppM1gRf8-B3goyMJxD4bHVww4DqICor5GdCurB_hx6OFBOSvnKlbLdo1sdfQx7tsIhx3Ppw1SsNL_FxhR30KI-QEr6o2XeKv3b9oKuLrpvmYLixETzWshsHqB1FfIKXDvKAuu4Z1G/s1600/2014-11-22+17.36.19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyg2-ppM1gRf8-B3goyMJxD4bHVww4DqICor5GdCurB_hx6OFBOSvnKlbLdo1sdfQx7tsIhx3Ppw1SsNL_FxhR30KI-QEr6o2XeKv3b9oKuLrpvmYLixETzWshsHqB1FfIKXDvKAuu4Z1G/s1600/2014-11-22+17.36.19.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> How can installing doors and knobs be the hardest part of a project like this....but it always is...turns out I was given not quite the right screws for the knobs, well that caused a lot of frustration...making a simple jig for the knobs prooved harder than it seemed resulting in the first door having the wrong holes being drilled so that mean a repair...and finding the correct screws to replace the ones that had been broken in my attempts to install the knobs resulted in a very long search for the correct screws...european hardware!!!! So I am relieved the doors are in and the knobs are on and centered...now I can move on to the floor.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAV8GqxM4KWcgpHg6-Xek3bmm_T3g3L740zEoVAiaNObHYve9UVHyspTm0Af-P7HYYFOOPL_b2eNYmUUus7nWnDE1VR3O22yPCx1rj4aw0Gr5yPKZ6EHCT1k0YD9JjT_9v8l8gtcwlOJc/s1600/2014-11-22+12.21.43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAV8GqxM4KWcgpHg6-Xek3bmm_T3g3L740zEoVAiaNObHYve9UVHyspTm0Af-P7HYYFOOPL_b2eNYmUUus7nWnDE1VR3O22yPCx1rj4aw0Gr5yPKZ6EHCT1k0YD9JjT_9v8l8gtcwlOJc/s1600/2014-11-22+12.21.43.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUZInNUZLNPVHAq4K14AiAjU9Qjg5tUUPAGffEijcjRJAub03QGTXTGrhl9BcdsjwMmEn0ATJpoT5QLO0T6ZXStgjB7BTJA4lT3d45vKzvUfx7J-yn7Hn1UyJj365-Bz9kAepS-3xM-eO/s1600/2014-11-21+11.35.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUZInNUZLNPVHAq4K14AiAjU9Qjg5tUUPAGffEijcjRJAub03QGTXTGrhl9BcdsjwMmEn0ATJpoT5QLO0T6ZXStgjB7BTJA4lT3d45vKzvUfx7J-yn7Hn1UyJj365-Bz9kAepS-3xM-eO/s1600/2014-11-21+11.35.17.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> I am loving all this new storage.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8i8g2NLqf_6qKiw4r3WpnsRq6nQ0wsnAtWEWCWsrcbkXokygG8SG6TdNu0rrcoUoRxiiKRx0JfrPz0ICHtzI0Bduhu9N4HsQB15rysdacDn967umDbM9E3ymILgr2kL8qAwMCSl2esoVh/s1600/2014-11-21+11.34.30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8i8g2NLqf_6qKiw4r3WpnsRq6nQ0wsnAtWEWCWsrcbkXokygG8SG6TdNu0rrcoUoRxiiKRx0JfrPz0ICHtzI0Bduhu9N4HsQB15rysdacDn967umDbM9E3ymILgr2kL8qAwMCSl2esoVh/s1600/2014-11-21+11.34.30.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichU08qgwUrcqv9KunLnoeAKnrFypyJdqAtNujY5_RchSIs7fqWitp_wD_VkJ1K6AFDez9uAXGljIGQxzeNQntJuDAlayAPgzjGJbSQRHd-XmOVU9l6OfFNNRrvUqyF_KLwrHx-wBfQAXW/s1600/2014-11-21+11.48.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichU08qgwUrcqv9KunLnoeAKnrFypyJdqAtNujY5_RchSIs7fqWitp_wD_VkJ1K6AFDez9uAXGljIGQxzeNQntJuDAlayAPgzjGJbSQRHd-XmOVU9l6OfFNNRrvUqyF_KLwrHx-wBfQAXW/s1600/2014-11-21+11.48.08.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Hopefully I will get to the uppers very soon because I can't wait to see how it looks. I am getting excited to get this room put back together, I think the ceiling will have to wait till after the new year...I need to focus on Christmas.

5 weeks of dining room improvements

I can't believe I have been slowly plugging away at this dining room project for 5 weeks when last year it took me 2 weeks to complete a...

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DIY shaker doors

I thought I would do a little tutorial on how I made these simple DIY shaker doors they are really quite simple to make and cost me about $10-12 each...they might be worth a try for your next DIY project.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvdvJ3urV_poEgwC9Fc3_Rm2MRm5JljEr8sCIhU5Nij3El6-qaXtHFJruB77IyG5ywppvNSxXR0YKs2uC_GWw2wf0N92UdHKujKLHbXEWH6Y7mpRxdsuHdYUCxMRWHlC3EyQ4x2navwNW/s1600/how+to+build+a+simple.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvdvJ3urV_poEgwC9Fc3_Rm2MRm5JljEr8sCIhU5Nij3El6-qaXtHFJruB77IyG5ywppvNSxXR0YKs2uC_GWw2wf0N92UdHKujKLHbXEWH6Y7mpRxdsuHdYUCxMRWHlC3EyQ4x2navwNW/s1600/how+to+build+a+simple.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeFF_LUxsx61y24IMRDvhSkEa-t3WfKzt34jpRfxOMTmasAyd4yrsNq_hFWVlUsug_KL7iWy4fH9Tsqm3PEfbU5A-6YlWCTGDOXaOZyAJonItw-BN19UtbPsfMyX7zc-L76YupSGG4uHo/s1600/2014-11-13+17.06.31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDeFF_LUxsx61y24IMRDvhSkEa-t3WfKzt34jpRfxOMTmasAyd4yrsNq_hFWVlUsug_KL7iWy4fH9Tsqm3PEfbU5A-6YlWCTGDOXaOZyAJonItw-BN19UtbPsfMyX7zc-L76YupSGG4uHo/s1600/2014-11-13+17.06.31.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I needed 7 doors for the current dining room buffet project I am working on...I am trying to keep on a tight budget and having doors made for me would have cost about $35-40 a door which is pretty good but I thought if I could save $$ on the doors I could put that towards the marble peice I want for the middle section of the buffet. $280 plus tx for custom doors or $70 for DIY doors....it was a no brainer. (don't worry I did swap out the plywood in the last door to match the grain of the others)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I promise it's easy...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How I keep it really easy is by using unfinished pine flooring which is available at most lumber stores at under $1 a linear foot.</div><br /><br />Tools & supplies you will need:<br />miter saw<br />pocket hole jig<br />clamps<br />table saw<br />drill<br />orbital sander<br />1/4" plywood<br />pine flooring wider than 3" I used 5"<br />1 1/4"  kreg screws<br /><br /><b>Step one</b>, using a table saw you will need to rip off the tongue of the wood flooring , I chose to make my rails and stiles 2 1/2" wide<br /><br /><b>Step two</b>, miter your top and bottom pieces to the desired size. Make sure to sand the grove side of your wood.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7CMbmmWepktH7NSgKZTf1fRSfOCG0CZkxDTnHCLL5V3BhLCn-rkaMUMHikxohIdOUjSOggIO6w8XN2_IOUvDv_YD__Chr0yWHliOm3gWi9wel-E8ajKaGsOCefS9tzUP95cugbZWD84u/s1600/2014-11-12+11.26.07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7CMbmmWepktH7NSgKZTf1fRSfOCG0CZkxDTnHCLL5V3BhLCn-rkaMUMHikxohIdOUjSOggIO6w8XN2_IOUvDv_YD__Chr0yWHliOm3gWi9wel-E8ajKaGsOCefS9tzUP95cugbZWD84u/s400/2014-11-12+11.26.07.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b>Step three</b>, drill your pocket holes onto the back side of the stiles.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7l4HxwApigYr-b-jgUSPWgDQtmLbYiLcHkUj42r5x6Zr3l5GZGIMjiga1uwsJYPvjqltehw7iNPSdkEseznAA0gbhiNyd1TIPWnGjOVcmAvTLJ7WEFFF6CTT_2_iVR9mZ12Y1jOdnTIp/s1600/2014-11-12+11.57.58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7l4HxwApigYr-b-jgUSPWgDQtmLbYiLcHkUj42r5x6Zr3l5GZGIMjiga1uwsJYPvjqltehw7iNPSdkEseznAA0gbhiNyd1TIPWnGjOVcmAvTLJ7WEFFF6CTT_2_iVR9mZ12Y1jOdnTIp/s400/2014-11-12+11.57.58.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOfSgmO1q7b6FVBSjOmNwqHNMzI4nKq1HzM58Gbev7lJFKeh-nmJKgvGTSPqUk0PH6qxd0hG7icGSaEGY3uGju84T43UBoSaK3DPRFAslPm-xlTN-QqWMzkpg3OZPNIH9BaP5qhTEpGhe/s1600/2014-11-12+11.59.06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOfSgmO1q7b6FVBSjOmNwqHNMzI4nKq1HzM58Gbev7lJFKeh-nmJKgvGTSPqUk0PH6qxd0hG7icGSaEGY3uGju84T43UBoSaK3DPRFAslPm-xlTN-QqWMzkpg3OZPNIH9BaP5qhTEpGhe/s400/2014-11-12+11.59.06.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5KRHUZNq1cJKIG9Pg9Xp9De4TXU5Le_G8dFoTkk692pYsqHdIv6GOoKaDNx5cOzLGNlDAc7zR-FQH8zw3c7iZHYnKpcSfjJI_H5YtvOet0cQm3i5D0psnWTlAvg1D5Q6-CMEybNQkdmC/s1600/2014-11-12+11.59.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5KRHUZNq1cJKIG9Pg9Xp9De4TXU5Le_G8dFoTkk692pYsqHdIv6GOoKaDNx5cOzLGNlDAc7zR-FQH8zw3c7iZHYnKpcSfjJI_H5YtvOet0cQm3i5D0psnWTlAvg1D5Q6-CMEybNQkdmC/s400/2014-11-12+11.59.17.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYtY6IiltrzTLr-sj0kJ4j7kGZMJ8k4D4abTCsjfVZ6lHbVTzt3pGXeXsg8VteZ6LBfH99EdQw5Hc2PyTeWhrl9yKjbclZ89CK8Esi2GrsSxWqxlq4juEWHs4kjbzI8r9pzYfaQ_NiFam/s1600/2014-11-12+12.00.42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYtY6IiltrzTLr-sj0kJ4j7kGZMJ8k4D4abTCsjfVZ6lHbVTzt3pGXeXsg8VteZ6LBfH99EdQw5Hc2PyTeWhrl9yKjbclZ89CK8Esi2GrsSxWqxlq4juEWHs4kjbzI8r9pzYfaQ_NiFam/s400/2014-11-12+12.00.42.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b>Step four</b>, you will need to cut the plywood or bead board if you choose to just slightly larger than the opening, 5/16"-6/16" is good (just over a 1/4")<br /><br /><b>Step five</b>, using a clamp to hold your miter together attach the stiles to one rail then slide in the plywood and then attach the bottom rail. You don't need to glue the joints as the screws will hold the corners well enough. The center panel will just sit in the groove and can expand and contract freely.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1QP8p6Ttf0OW6QgpB5dFtjp6onzW2VpbuKBmwI3Ig8FBUIXIwNQGPYNRJzlqDgfpCvdQECdhwUVd_JX6JREJLt45zTGgXgEceXFcliC6qFm7FxUvuj6jRUn8ki9XyT-fs1UdGE1yE-jA/s1600/S-stile_and_rail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1QP8p6Ttf0OW6QgpB5dFtjp6onzW2VpbuKBmwI3Ig8FBUIXIwNQGPYNRJzlqDgfpCvdQECdhwUVd_JX6JREJLt45zTGgXgEceXFcliC6qFm7FxUvuj6jRUn8ki9XyT-fs1UdGE1yE-jA/s1600/S-stile_and_rail.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><b>Step six</b>, starting with 80 grit of sand paper sand all the joints flush and smooth I then followed with 150 grit for all the edges and front and back of the frames then a final sanding of 220 which left it perfectly smooth and ready for priming and painting. I then decided after all the sanding to fill the pocket holes followed by another final sanding, the pocket hole plugs I thought I would use were actually micro pocket hole plugs so I went with filler instead. I know a little backwards....I hook up my orbital sander to my wet dry vac for all my sanding.. if you can you should do this and wear ear protection, eye protection and most importantly a mask. Of course you can use pocket hole plugs and glue them in place let them dry and then sand them flush or use a japanese flush saw to cut off any excess followed by sanding.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3-2lUWFLzsjW2rXgmRezW1xDpUM9WwtAJmNJHP5ddL3pgAcp6P9vsQy3zqq1mDBv4WJPmn6pnjUeKNnrWXyxmUR_jhKBR9BbBe7rQuxYQYrjm9n5pnwKoMyqqHw0Qh3Xd5_RzhAKCyc7/s1600/2014-11-14+14.04.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3-2lUWFLzsjW2rXgmRezW1xDpUM9WwtAJmNJHP5ddL3pgAcp6P9vsQy3zqq1mDBv4WJPmn6pnjUeKNnrWXyxmUR_jhKBR9BbBe7rQuxYQYrjm9n5pnwKoMyqqHw0Qh3Xd5_RzhAKCyc7/s1600/2014-11-14+14.04.28.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypqa6D6iFKjUOOKYUtXLS1uhXBfZLSz9SnJv9ka0cYFYAeWBUnUcznW7L2HqNaiksgfrtY11N5tXumGNApYfNhR5SMm_rG2j5AsLuLVo1ZwacB4NeDX0teToSlfYaazA2O0GxHeLR_a_d/s1600/2014-11-14+15.25.41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypqa6D6iFKjUOOKYUtXLS1uhXBfZLSz9SnJv9ka0cYFYAeWBUnUcznW7L2HqNaiksgfrtY11N5tXumGNApYfNhR5SMm_rG2j5AsLuLVo1ZwacB4NeDX0teToSlfYaazA2O0GxHeLR_a_d/s1600/2014-11-14+15.25.41.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNu7ntBIMdI8ZFKNzqsdCzGMEkkE3f_tKgCkrZt6ffxzgQ_JpdmrxZcY11w7iKdWqpWt_UrJ-tji0aCmgoGXCECfT9TcMySXkjzRUJF1jRsKL08YK9HUAka3X-9chpWIdvKU-esxdyhkD/s1600/2014-11-14+15.25.50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNu7ntBIMdI8ZFKNzqsdCzGMEkkE3f_tKgCkrZt6ffxzgQ_JpdmrxZcY11w7iKdWqpWt_UrJ-tji0aCmgoGXCECfT9TcMySXkjzRUJF1jRsKL08YK9HUAka3X-9chpWIdvKU-esxdyhkD/s1600/2014-11-14+15.25.50.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Well there it is my tutorial on how I build simple shaker doors with mitered corners for approx $12 each...<br /><br />Please feel free to share and PIN and if you have any questions please feel free to ask me.<br /><br />Please let me know if you use this tutorial I'd love to see what you have done.<br /><br /><br />

DIY shaker doors

I thought I would do a little tutorial on how I made these simple DIY shaker doors they are really quite simple to make and cost me about $1...

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