Garden Kitchen/Processing Room

[EddieWalker]

While stain and sealer was drying inside the kitchen, I build this light for over the sink. Mostly it's all of sanding.

I have a big oak tree that fell down awhile ago that I've been slowly cutting branches off of for firewood, and for the shelves. I found a nice Y shaped log on it for my center chandelier, and this odd looking log for my over the sink light. My original thought was to do a mason jar light fixture, but the ceiling is too low for that. Then I got the idea to do something like Christmas lights, or an LED rope, but that didn't look right. I found some G8 bases on Amazon that I figured would be easy to recess into the bottom of the log, and have part of the G8 bulb sticking out. I cut a channel into the top/back of the log to hide the wires and then ran it up the chain into the outlet box I put in the ceiling. I'll cover that with a blank faceplate.

It's very simple, but I think that's what makes it look nice.

 

[ustmd]

Thank you for doing the concrete countertops , I can now cross that one off of our list as a possible options on the next project.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Thank you for doing the concrete countertops , I can now cross that one off of our list as a possible options on the next project.

Me too. My wife says I have a canning kitchen to make in the basement of new house so this thread is very helpful. Thanks Eddie. Ed

 

[EddieWalker]

Your welcome. I was very close to selling the new polisher that I bought because there is no way in the world that I'm ever doing this again, but then realized that I could use it on the floors to fine tune my concrete patches. So I'll keep it, but it will be one of those tools that probably sits around a lot more then it's used.

 

[prichard]

Thank you for doing the concrete countertops , I can now cross that one off of our list as a possible options on the next project.

Same here. Seen it done on TV and they make it look sp easy. I had a feeling it was not.

 

[gsganzer]

Thank you for doing the concrete countertops , I can now cross that one off of our list as a possible options on the next project.

Agree. I've had similar projects that seem to snowball. You get to a point that you hate to continue, but you've already invested too much time to turn back or give up.

Question: Do they usually fabricate the concrete counter tops in place? It seems like if you had space, you'd be better off to fabricate them somewhere that the mess is less of a problem and then just install the finished countertops.

 

[EddieWalker]

Doing in the shop would have been better. You also do them upside down that way and you get a perfect flat finish, which I didn't get. I have waves on mine. I debated doing it that way, and maybe should have, but there was some concern on my part with getting it to fit properly and installing it without breaking it that made me do it in place. All the books I read explained both ways to do it.

The company I buy granite from for jobs I do has a huge quonset hut type metal building that they do all their cutting and polishing at. It's a mess. The water mixed with the fine particles of the granite get everywhere, and everything in the building is coated with it. My guess is that I would still make a huge mess in my shop, but the top would have been closer to perfect.

 

[EddieWalker]

I finished up the log for the center light and got all the electrical outlets connected. I find outlets to be tedious, and tend to put it off for as long as I can.

 

[EddieWalker]

Now that the counters are done and sealed, I've started on the back splash. I'm using 6 different colors of tile, two sheets of cut and polished rock and about half a sheet of half inch glass squares. It's slow going, but the results make it worthwhile.

 

[ustmd]

Now that the counters are done and sealed, I've started on the back splash. I'm using 6 different colors of tile, two sheets of cut and polished rock and about half a sheet of half inch glass squares. It's slow going, but the results make it worthwhile.

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Looks good, but that IS a lot of "hunting and pecking" to fill in the back splash