DIY Project – Upcycling Our Kitchen Cabinet Doors – Phase 5 – Almost Done

I was ready to finish the kitchen cabinet project.  I had 5 doors, 2 drawer fronts and a kitchen sink front panel left to build.  I already had the drawer and kitchen sink panel fronts done from phase 4.  I had the door frame for the garbage can cabinet done, but I needed to cut and finish the door for the panel.

I forgot to make a door for the laundry chute upstairs, so I glued together three pieces of wood and cut the door to size.  Also, the cutting board front was cracked and re-glued since we bought the house.  It looked terrible, so finally, I would fix it.  I turned it 180 degrees, added a finger groove on the bottom, sanded it, and stained the exposed front.

The building process, again, went well, except for one minor screw-up when I routed the wrong side of a door frame.  The panels, door frames and the laundry door were ready to finish.

I discovered while staining the back side of the last set of doors that using a foam brush to apply the stain worked great.  A foam brush would give great stain coverage and provide less of a mess.   Suddenly, applying stain was as easy with a stroke of a brush. 

After I applied the stain on my last door frame, I discovered I could have ordered just one quart of stain.  I had used far less than one quarter of the gallon.  I was not sure when I would use it again…maybe when I build a wood mantle for the fireplace.

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