For the laundry room I had six doors to make. These doors are for an upper cabinet over the washer and dryer. It would be my first attempt on these types of doors. I was not expecting any surprises. Still, there will be one.
The routine was still fresh on my mind. I moved through each step without error. The only difference was I made two passes to rout the door frames, even though I was using a new router bit.
I finally made it to the installation step. I had 3 double doors to install. Using the same process I developed for installing the double doors, I mounted one of the doors and then lined up the second door to the first one.
I had the problem with the doors hitting after I installed them. Again, I could make a fine-tune adjustment with a couple of hits from the palm of my hand. I was not sure that my measurements were off, or I made the doors too big, but there would be no way I could use the power of my hand to eliminate the door overlap.
There were two ways to approach this problem: sanding or planing. Planing would be the choice. Keeping the doors on their hinges and using my Sears Craftman® small hand planer, I shaved off just enough so the doors would close freely. With a little touchup with stain and polyurethane, the doors were almost done. I just needed to install the hardware.
Efiwym let it be known that she was not that concerned about the door handles in the laundry room. It was “just the laundry room.” So, I spray painted the old door knobs and installed them. While mounting them, the paint was coming off. In fact, the knobs looked terrible.
Efiwym and I needed to discuss the hardware. I expressed my dislike for the painted knobs and how they were distracting from my new cabinet doors. Again, Efiwym was blasé about it. I indicated I was going to look for new knobs.
I looked online at two of my popular home improvement stores. I found a satin nickel knob for less than $2. I did not wait long, as I stopped at the store the next day to picked them up. Fortuitously, the store had just 6 knobs left, and they were also on sale. I installed them when I got home from work. For some reason I saved the old knobs. I was now done with this phase of upcycling cabinet doors. The kitchen would be on hold until fall. I would have other things to do during the summer.
