Ghastly ([info]ghastlycomic) wrote,
@ 2008-07-11 11:08:00
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Triumph! Man VS. Kitchen
At last it is finished... well all except the painting, no point in painting until I've finished all the work that's going to kick up sawdust.

I now have a fully functional kitchen. I love it. All furniture and cabinetry with the exception of the two antique chairs and the antique cedar counter the sink is in was built by me.


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[info]kittydragon
2008-07-11 03:13 pm UTC (link)
So, I can move in now? :D

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[info]ghastlycomic
2008-07-11 03:19 pm UTC (link)
Wait until I get the new bathroom finished. The current one is absolutely frightening (looks like something out of a Turkish prison).

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[info]kittydragon
2008-07-11 03:20 pm UTC (link)
*snickers* It can't be worse than the one at my workplace.

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[info]katharinakatt
2008-07-12 11:17 am UTC (link)
And you should know what that looks like? ;)

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[info]awfulhorrid
2008-07-11 03:19 pm UTC (link)
Wow! That's really cool. You may inspire me to build the desk in my office that I've been planning for a few months. (Mostly I haven't done it yet due to lack of time. Also I know that once I start it I have to finish it before I get my computers back!)

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[info]elaryn
2008-07-11 03:19 pm UTC (link)
It looks very nice. :-) Good job!

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[info]fabricari
2008-07-11 03:20 pm UTC (link)
Impressive! I can't say I'd have been able to pull that off. Very cool.

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[info]acelightning
2008-07-11 03:21 pm UTC (link)
Are the microwave and toaster oven really as high up as they seem to be?

The woodwork is gorgeous. What color are you going to paint the walls?

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[info]ghastlycomic
2008-07-11 03:25 pm UTC (link)
They're eye level for me so I can reach them very easily. Anyone shorter than me (6'2") might have trouble. The kitchen floor is elevated about 10 inches higher than the rest of the house and I was standing in the main room to take the photo so it makes things look higher than they are.

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[info]acelightning
2008-07-11 03:48 pm UTC (link)
That's what confused me - the raised floor isn't apparent in the photo. (And I guess that anyone who stays the night, and wants to cook breakfast for you, has to be as tall as you are to reach the equipment - are there any tall lesbians hanging out at the bar?)

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[info]d_kitten_bitten
2008-07-11 06:06 pm UTC (link)
BTW I hate you - if I come visit you I'll have to bring a stepstool - or bribe you to do all the cooking, I suppose ...

- Dee

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[info]initial_c
2008-07-12 12:33 am UTC (link)
*looks up sadly at the microwave and toaster from down below... remembers that she's less than 5 ft 5 inches tall*

Woes. *pouts... shuffles away in shorty shame*


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[info]katharinakatt
2008-07-12 11:17 am UTC (link)
I imagined you... smaller.

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[info]gothkitten_514
2008-07-12 03:46 pm UTC (link)
Ditto. Though I don't know why.

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[info]ghastlycomic
2008-07-11 03:26 pm UTC (link)
Oh and the walls are done with a distressed plaster technique so I'm going to paint the walls white and then rub in a mustard glaze to emphasize the imperfections in the distressed plaster.

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[info]acelightning
2008-07-11 03:50 pm UTC (link)
Oh, that'll be stunning with the antique-looking woodwork! Very cozy and "grandma's kitchen"-ish! Now all you need is some yellow calico curtains ;-)

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[info]droolfangrrl
2008-07-11 05:21 pm UTC (link)
Oh dear, if the plaster is distressed, maybe you need to share your meds with it?

Hm... Yellow? Right now I need to go and re-read The Yellow Wallpaper. http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/wallpaper.html

p.s. Very nice looking, have fun with the rest of the house. Is the bathroom next?

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[info]midare
2008-07-12 12:28 am UTC (link)

Oh! that would be nice, yellow is one of my favourite colours for a kitchen since the one in my childhood home was yellow. Mind you, it was way too much yellow... stained yellow wood, yellow coutners, yellow and white curtains... yellow stove, yellow fridge... way too much yellow.

I think yellow onteh walls would be nice though. (I would have suggested soemthing green or sage because I love green... and due to the glass in the door to the right, but I'm a green-addict) Have you considered a little blue here and there to off-set things? Perhaps a mix of yellow and blue in the flatware?

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[info]ghastlycomic
2008-07-12 01:41 am UTC (link)
The glass is the door is actually covered in painters masking tape. When it's finished it'll be done in stained glass.

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[info]midare
2008-07-12 03:21 pm UTC (link)
Wow, that's so ambitious! What are you planning with that? Damn, I think you just broke my wee brain.

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[info]layec
2008-07-11 03:22 pm UTC (link)
It's lovely.

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[info]lightningjim
2008-07-11 03:33 pm UTC (link)
This was a triumph. I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.

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[info]ghastlycomic
2008-07-11 03:38 pm UTC (link)
it's hard to overstate my satisfaction.

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[info]doctorscraps
2008-07-11 04:19 pm UTC (link)
The House of Ghastly: We do what we must...because we can.

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[info]everflow
2008-07-11 03:43 pm UTC (link)
I remember what it used to look like when you first moved in there... great *beeping* job, when you are done the guys from this old house would like pointers

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[info]takarosa
2008-07-11 03:44 pm UTC (link)
What a charming room. It's as individual and quirky as yourself. I'm so very impressed with your furniture making skills!

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[info]flemco
2008-07-11 04:05 pm UTC (link)
Hot shit, buddeh!

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[info]doctorscraps
2008-07-11 04:18 pm UTC (link)
Those chairs certainly look less rickety than the last time you showed them. Amazing was a bit of varnish does for wood, huh?

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[info]pi3832
2008-07-11 04:33 pm UTC (link)
HOLY FUCK! Dude, that's awesome.

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[info]bronxelf_ag001
2008-07-11 04:35 pm UTC (link)
It's *lovely*.

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[info]pied_pieper
2008-07-11 04:49 pm UTC (link)
it's gorgeous!

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[info]katharinakatt
2008-07-12 11:19 am UTC (link)
Icon LOVE!

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[info]waywardoctagon
2008-07-11 07:01 pm UTC (link)
Nice! You obviously have some skill with carpentry.

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[info]wisedonkey
2008-07-11 07:26 pm UTC (link)
That looks awesome.

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[info]mellawyrden
2008-07-11 07:47 pm UTC (link)
You've done beautiful work here!! very professional looking. I wish we could get together and make wooden stuff. I love the door on the cabinet. What kind of wood is that? and what varnish did you use? how did you apply it?

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[info]ghastlycomic
2008-07-11 11:31 pm UTC (link)
The tall locker cabinet door is made out of 2x12 construction grade spruce. The stain used on all the cabinets and table is puritan pine. It's my favorite stain as it doesn't overpower the natural colour of the wood you're working with. It basically takes whatever you're working with and makes it more. It's like the MSG of wood stains. Then I just used an oil-based varnish on all applied with a brush.

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[info]bryirfox
2008-07-11 07:56 pm UTC (link)
you are my Idol. Though I am collecting for my project at my house.


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[info]the_terrible
2008-07-11 08:26 pm UTC (link)
Looks great!

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[info]born_dirty
2008-07-11 09:23 pm UTC (link)
Daaaaaamn, Unca G! Nice work!

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[info]littleminx
2008-07-11 11:15 pm UTC (link)
Nice work! Your work looks professional! High fives all around!

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[info]wizarth
2008-07-12 12:08 am UTC (link)
That looks great. You've got some serious wood... working skills. And 6"2'? You tall, sexy bastard.

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[info]tatterdemalion
2008-07-12 02:56 am UTC (link)
This, now this is freaking awesome, excellent job Unca G!!

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[info]greenworldgirl
2008-07-12 03:42 am UTC (link)
I love the antique wood look so much I want to eat it. Fortunately, one of my uncle's hobbies is to to old style woodworking without nails, so that every once in a while for christmas I get a nice little piece. Nothing like having a whole kitchen full.

I think you can safely be satisfied that you're one of those bi people who has more then half of the gay designing ability. GO TEAM BI!

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[info]troyamayan
2008-07-12 07:31 am UTC (link)
All I can think is that you must be very tall.

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[info]katharinakatt
2008-07-12 11:16 am UTC (link)
Quaint, but lovely. I love the wood effect. Can you actually reach those appliances above?

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[info]mountapex
2008-07-12 12:57 pm UTC (link)
Unca Ghastly, I love the kitchen- great job! The only thing is that apparently the little oven and microwave weren't meant for the vertically incline such as myself. Also, that's a great window view! I'll be blocking that with a shrubbery soon enough.

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[info]library_chair
2008-07-12 03:04 pm UTC (link)
this is fuckin' sweet. I want to make my own kitchen now. BUT ALAS.

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[info]bbsy
2008-07-12 05:52 pm UTC (link)
Your furniture is so gorgeous it hurts.

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[info]lulong
2008-07-13 07:18 pm UTC (link)
Oh wow. You are so awesome!

Will you come do my kitchen?

;-) j/k!

I love what you've done with the space you have!

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