My NEW Towers Project

"Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in message
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> A few weeks ago I was finally got caught up enough to start building a
> country style pantry for our new home. I wanted to match the color of the
> kitchen cabinets, espresso, and add in a natural white oak color.
>
> The two cabinets stand just over 96" tall and once completed will be about
> 96" wide. There sill be two upper and lower banks of small 6x6 drawers
> that will fit in between each cabinet. 24, 6x6 drawers + the four larger
> drawers that go will go in the big cabinets.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/6312759379/in/photostream/lightbox
>
> /http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/6313281470/in/photostream/lightbox/

Looks good. Interesting color combo.

Does the missus have enough stuff to fill the pantry up when you have it al
built?

On 11/4/2011 8:50 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:59:50 -0500, Leon<lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
> wrote:
>
>> A few weeks ago I was finally got caught up enough to start building
>> a country style pantry for our new home. I wanted to match the color of
>> the kitchen cabinets, espresso, and add in a natural white oak color.
>>
>> The two cabinets stand just over 96" tall and once completed will be
>> about 96" wide. There sill be two upper and lower banks of small 6x6
>> drawers that will fit in between each cabinet. 24, 6x6 drawers + the
>> four larger drawers that go will go in the big cabinets.
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/6312759379/in/photostream/lightbox
>>
>> /http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/6313281470/in/photostream/lightbox/
>
> I now grok your comment about Minwhacked. Condolences. :/
>
> (Note that I'm not fond of wildly contrasting wood colors like that.
> They probably look better in person. "Espresso" looks almost black in
> the pics.)

For a long time we thought we picked black, when the light hits it just
right it is brown, dark brown, very dark brown.





>
> --
> The unexamined life is not worth living.
> --Socrates

Nice! I really like contrasting woods. What wood did you use to
ebonize and what was your treatment?

RP

On 11/4/2011 4:20 PM, Lee Michaels wrote:
>
>
> "Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> A few weeks ago I was finally got caught up enough to start building a
>> country style pantry for our new home. I wanted to match the color of
>> the kitchen cabinets, espresso, and add in a natural white oak color.
>>
>> The two cabinets stand just over 96" tall and once completed will be
>> about 96" wide. There sill be two upper and lower banks of small 6x6
>> drawers that will fit in between each cabinet. 24, 6x6 drawers + the
>> four larger drawers that go will go in the big cabinets.
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/6312759379/in/photostream/lightbox
>>
>> /http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/6313281470/in/photostream/lightbox/
>>
>
> Looks good. Interesting color combo.

Thank you


>
> Does the missus have enough stuff to fill the pantry up when you have it
> al built?
>

We moved from a smaller house to a bigger one but a bigger kitchen into
a smaller one, storage wise. She can fill it. ;~(

On 11/4/2011 4:20 PM, RP wrote:
> Nice! I really like contrasting woods. What wood did you use to
> ebonize and what was your treatment?
>
> RP

Actually that is a Dark Brown Dye Stain by General Finishes. All of the
wood is white oak.

Thank you

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:59:50 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
wrote:

> A few weeks ago I was finally got caught up enough to start building
>a country style pantry for our new home. I wanted to match the color of
>the kitchen cabinets, espresso, and add in a natural white oak color.
>
>The two cabinets stand just over 96" tall and once completed will be
>about 96" wide. There sill be two upper and lower banks of small 6x6
>drawers that will fit in between each cabinet. 24, 6x6 drawers + the
>four larger drawers that go will go in the big cabinets.
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/6312759379/in/photostream/lightbox
>
>/http://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/6313281470/in/photostream/lightbox/

I now grok your comment about Minwhacked. Condolences. :/

(Note that I'm not fond of wildly contrasting wood colors like that.
They probably look better in person. "Espresso" looks almost black in
the pics.)

--
The unexamined life is not worth living.
--Socrates