First a little note. Because Art speaks Martian, and I speak Venetian (or whatever people from Venus speak), we often have to resort to a more primitive means of communication -- drawing pictures! lol

We were cabinet making machines this weekend. All 4 upper cabinets on the sink/oven side of the kitchen are now cut and stained, and are now in the polyurethane department for their gloss coat. I have something else to share, which I discovered today! First I need to tell you that 99% of what we are doing, I am a complete amateur - learning as I go. The polyurethane process has been one of the more difficult tasks. Every time I put on another coat, the results remind me that I am a beginner. I am completely ok with the flaws and character our bus is developing. Even though we still try, and do our absolute best, we accept not perfect. Most of our cabinets are plaqued with brush marks and bubbles in the top coat. Art buffs a lot of it out with rubbing compound. Yesterday, while watching a craft show from the DIY channel, I thought it was interesting that while making a drawer pull with resin, the presenter took a straw and gently blew at the resin in the mold to pop the bubbles. I thought that was soooo cool, and so worth trying with the polyurethane. So today, after brushing on a coat, I took my blow dryer, and with it on the low setting, gently blew at the coat to smooth out the brush marks! I think it also helped slightly dry the top layer to make it a little more resistant to dust! I am sooooo pleased with the results! It's too bad this was the last coat, of the last of the kitchen cabinets!! We still have the front cap to do though! And who knows, maybe Art will be ready to make all the doors and drawers faces ourselves!!

So here is two of our four cabinets. The corner cabinet will be the main anchor for all the cabinets, especially the microwave cabinet, which sits next to the bathroom door, and attaches to the hollow wall where the pocket door is housed. It might be a little heavier with plywood panels all around, but maybe we'll have more area to secure to the wall.

Another task we learned this week, is what the heck to do with iron-on edgebanding. As we opened the roll, we noticed it had a backing. When we re-read the label, we found it was pre-glued. I did some internet research and found preglued is heat sensitive... so I pulled out my iron, and gave it a press.... wa-la, it worked! Now our plywood has the look of hardwood on the edges!

This is the most pieces needing to be finished at once. 22 pieces of wood to make the 4 cabinets. 16 pieces needing stain, 6 pieces that don't. I had to stack some pieces to save space, which worked because only the bottom 3/4" of the panel, and the edge needed staining.

Art also took the time during the week to put the closet doors up in the bathroom!