Refinishing our Kitchen Cabinets - Day 23

Yeah, so that post mortem was only about the refinishing of the cabinets with stain.  There was one last vestige of cabinetry that presented a fairly specific challenge.

The TRASH CABINET.

This space used to be taken up by a trash compactor, which was broken and we really wouldn't have used it anyway.  We found a double trash receptacle where we could separate trash from recycling, which was pretty awesome, and it fit the space perfectly.  The only trouble?  No matching cabinet face.

So SPF and I thought about options.  We had just replaced all of the appliances with beautiful stainless steel versions and we thought - If we can't match the cabinets, maybe we can match the appliances!  So we found a metal shop that could wrap the front "door" to the space with stainless steel, even the magnetized kind on the other appliances and with the same finish, we just needed to find a way to open the darn thing.  Turns out, our microwave handle was about the perfect size, so we ordered a replacement.

SPF got to work making the new door.  The one pictured above could have been used, for certain, but one other thing about our appliances is that they have this wonderful taper that makes them pretty and consistent and they blend into the kitchen nicely.  So SPF, being the amazing craftsman that he is, got to work.  He fashioned a wood door that matched the depth and taper, as well as the height, of the necessary space, and he took the door and the handle to the metal working guy.

We are pretty darn happy with the result.