This has dragged on quite a while, and will probably continue to, but I thought it might make sense to post some comments on a number of smaller items so far in the project. Some are just notes on how I’ve done certain things, others are thoughts on what I’m planning. As always, comments and…
Category: Kitchen Remodel
Microwave, Convection Oven, and Range Hood
The microwave and separate hood were one of the things I was looking forward to changing as part of the kitchen remodel. The hood’s fan made plenty of noise, but moved very little air. And the microwave was higher up than was comfortable. I also wanted to be able to use an oven for longer…
Cooking with Gas!
Ok, so I could cook with gas before. But now it’s a much more pleasant experience. The original RV oven went to a new home, along with the oven’s pilot light, too-small broiler compartment, and manual ignition stove top. I wanted to replace it with a fairly inexpensive, but good looking gas range. I wanted…
Back to the Kitchen Remodel for a bit…
Well, not necessarily more remodeling, but I thought I’d update with a few short reviews on the appliances used and my thoughts on the layout having lived with it for almost a year now. Since it was the first to go in, I’ll cover the refrigerator in this post.
Dishwasher Drawer and Boondocking
If you’ve been following the kitchen rebuild, one of the things that I added was a Fisher-Paykel DishDrawer. I’ll do a more thorough review later, but I’ve seen a number of comments about water and power usage, and various remarks about not wanting or using one because of boondocking habits. Less Water Consumption Contrary to…
The Grey Ghost’s New Kitchen, Part 4: Doors and Drawers
If there was one part of this project where I really wanted to hand off some of the work, it was in building the cabinet doors, drawer boxes, and drawer fronts. For the doors, I’d have a lot of money in tools for the various profiles on the rails and stiles, and would have to…
The Grey Ghost’s New Kitchen, Part 3: Demolition Down Low
This is when things really start to get interesting. Going into this phase of the project, I knew I’d have a lot of re-measuring to do and was expecting some surprises. The stove and what was left of the pantry cabinet came out first, followed by the sink. The left end with all of the…
The Grey Ghost’s New Kitchen, Part 2: Starting to Build Cabinets
So here’s where things get interesting. How do you build a nice set of kitchen cabinets with only small power tools? As it turns out, it’s not really all that difficult, if you’re careful with a tape measure, and have the right stuff. For this project, I bought a few new (small) tools: Kreg K4MS…
The Grey Ghost’s New Kitchen
One of the biggest nagging complaints about the layout of the Grey Ghost was its kitchen. There was plenty of storage, but a lot of it was hard to access. All of the necessary appliances were present, but they were RV-grade and left something to be desired. Last fall, the RV refrigerator was replaced with…
Three-Way Circuits without a Three-Way Switch
Here’s the answer to an electrical question nobody’s asking: How do I operate a 3-way circuit without a three way switch? Why would I want to do that? As part of a kitchen remodel, I was wanting to clean up the mess of switches around the end of the kitchen cabinets. Right by the entry…