Want to see our kitchen island? I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE IT. *video*
Last summer I saw a posting on Craigslist. I felt like my teeth were being electrocuted, which is how you know something good is happening. Or that you are about to have a seizure. I went to show Paul,...
View ArticleRepurposed piano kitchen island. Part two.
this is part two… don’t miss: part one, three, four, five The first square grand piano I saw was in an antique shop outside of NYC. They wanted $8,000 for it. This is a price I now know is ridiculous,...
View ArticleGutting the piano: repurposed kitchen island pt 3. *video*
this is part 3… here is part 1, part 2, part 4, part 5, part 6 While conducting my tri-state search for a piano-into-kitchen-island, I have been simultaneously having an ongoing philosophical dispute...
View ArticlePiano kitchen island pt. 4: design, functionality.
here is piano part one, two, three, five 1. We are going to replace the top of the piano. I do not want to have to be careful with the original wood surface, so we are going to replace it with a slab...
View ArticleBuilding drawers inside the piano!! DIY repurposed kitchen island, pt 5. *video*
if you’re new to the piano, start here! After we decided to put drawers in the piano, I spent a few days doing mockups. Because I know nothing of building furniture, I was not restricted by things like...
View ArticlePiano into kitchen island– designing drawers and storage. *video*
new to the piano? start here. If you don’t want to read all of my precious words, skip to the video at the end. It explains this entire post in fifty seconds. BUILDING DRAWERS / PROJECT OVERVIEW: 1....
View ArticleFinished piano island… back to the kitchen.
The last time you saw the repurposed-piano kitchen island, we had designed the storage, and built and installed the drawers… but we still needed pulls for the drawer faces. We couldn’t finish the front...
View ArticleReclaimed marble slabs for our kitchen countertops. (AND another grand piano)...
So. We got another square grand piano. (Here is the first.) Somehow in my world, this is not really a big deal and what I’m actually writing about are the marble slabs that were also headed to the...
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