Renovating a Kitchen

by: Fine Homebuilding magazine

Topics include: postformed countertops, self pilot, deck mud, cup hinges, fat mud, frameless cabinets, thinset adhesive, upper cabinets, backer board, cap metal, solid surfacing, cement board, overlay doors, cabinet layout, cabinet line, shelf clips, sink cutout, base cabinets, oven cabinet, tile layout, joint connectors, cabinet manufacturers, rough top, sink base, orbit sander

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Meeting a wide variety of requirements to improve a kitchen's beauty and utility Kitchen remodeling is one of the most expensive and intensive remodeling projects you can undertake in any house. The process involves important design decisions about cabinets, countertops, lighting, appliances, layout, and finish treatments. In Renovating a Kitchen, a collection of articles from Fine Homebuilding magazine, professional builders and designers take you through each phase of remodeling, from design to building to installation. Written by the pros who actually do the work, these articles will help you to: * design and build cabinets on site or from factory-made components and install them correctly * make plastic-laminate, solid-surface, and concrete countertops * select and install proper ventilation * get appliances to fit into your design * make minor improvements that have major impact Formerly The Best of Fine Homebuilding: Kitchens, this newly revised edition features 30 percent new content, including the latest tools and techniques and updated photos and illustrations.

TOC: Introduction Part 1: CABINETS Kitchen Cabinets from Components Hybrid Cabinet Construction Installing Kitchen Cabinets Building Kitchen Cabinets on Site Faux Fridge Front Installing Kitchen Cabinets Simple Frameless Cabinets Built on Site Part 2: COUNTERTOPS Making a Solid-Surface Countertop Making Concrete Countertops Making Plastic-Laminate Countertops Counter Act Tiling a Kitchen Counter Tiling over a Laminate Counter Part 3: PLANNING A KITCHEN REMODEL An Inside Look at Kitchen Cabinets Choosing Kitchen Countertops Ten Ways to Improve Your Kitchen Getting Appliances to Fit Credits Index

The most important fixture in my mom's kitchen was never the stove, or the refrigerator, or even the sink. It was a stool. Early in my life it was a metal stool, yellow and chrome, with fold-out steps. Then later it was a wooden stool that I screwed together out of two-by-fours with a big maple cutting board for a seat. That stool was where my mother sat to drink her instant coffee, smoke her cigarettes, and write her grocery lists. It's where guests perched to acclimate themselves to our home. And it's where I sat after dinner to avoid doing my homework. If my mother were remodeling her kitchen today, I know she would start with the stool. But kitchens are highly personal spaces, and other people would start with the restaurant range they've always wanted or the farmhouse sink. Eventually, though, everybody gets around to the functional heart of the kitchen: cabinets and countertops. Whatever else a kitchen might be -- sanctuary, gathering place, status symbol -- it is first and foremost a culinary workshop where food is stored and prepared. Try doing that without cabinets and counters. In this book, which is a collection of articles originally published in Fine Homebuilding magazine, you'll find practical advice about building, choosing, and installing the essential elements of a kitchen. Well, most of them anyway; there's nothing here about stools.

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