First Contract Job

[Lee Nguyen]

Hey Everyone,

 I was recently hired on to renovate a friend's kitchen. Their vision was to have a farmhouse/french country like kitchen in their new home and value of course. Once everything was figured out, I built this butcher's block countertop and installed the farmhouse apron sink. The stain is called Early American and the edging is beveled.

I didn't go the traditional glue route because I don't have the necessary equipment. Instead, I pocket jigged the boards together using the Kreg Pocket Jig and still added glue in between to fill in the spaces and gaps.

The biggest challenge for me was the miter joints and trying to figure out the minimum lengths of the rows for a miter cut. Long story short, I had to use a graphing calculator.

This entire kitchen is about 2700 without appliances.