A place to eat
Now that I had a place to sleep, I needed also somewhere i can cook food.
For that I wanted a kitchen island. I was really charmed from the idea that you can walk around it and cook wherever you want.
At the time epoxy tables where on the rise.
So I decided that the kitchen top should be a from epoxy.
First I build a frame from wood and burned the edges from some wood boards.
So far so good. But plenty problems were coming in the next weeks.
Since I had no experience with epoxy pours many things went wrong.
First I sealed the bottom with plastic bags and tape.
Of course it wasn't sealed enough. So i ruined my freshly painted workshop floor.
After the leaks were fixed i tried again.
After everything was dry I sanded everything, which was really hard, because the epoxy on the bottom wasn't cured enough. So the sandpaper clogged.
In the end I managed to clean everything up and it looked awesome.
I painted the wooden frame and gave everything a last coat of epoxy.
The next thing I did, was the cutout for the sink and the hob.
For that i used a jigsaw and the template provided from the sink and the hob.
After a quick test fit the kitchen top was finished.
Next it was time for the kitchen frame.
The Frame was also from wood that I screwed together.
I bought some kitchen drawers from Ikea and a new stove.
Then I took measurement from it and planed the layout from the kitchen.
Under the stove i left space for a small drawer.
With the drawers and stove installed it was time to move to the front panels for the kitchen
I bought some aged wood from the hardware store. It was very expensive.
The boards I glued together. To align them I used wooden dowels and clamps.
After the two panels were dry I cut the to the right size and did the cutouts for the stove.
Then I screwed the panels from the inside to the frame.
To strengthen the drawers and doors I added a layer of plywood behind the panel.
When all was nice and secure I applied varnish to the whole thing.
For the hardware I used stings which were glued at the end to prevent them from open up.
The last thing was to attach the top to the frame which I also did with some screws from the inside.
And with that my kitchen island was ready.
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