Cabin Chronicles Part 12 - Reclaimed Barnwood Kitchen Cabinets

This project was my favorite part of the construction of the cabin.   Building the kitchen cabinets from salvaged barnwood!   A quick story on the barnwood. The wood was milled right up the road from us by a neighbors dad. It was used to build one of his barns in the mid 1900s.  His dad passed away a couple of years ago, well into his 90s. The barn was starting to collapse and our sweet neighbor asked us if we wanted the wood. Are you kidding me? Of course we wanted it! There was only one catch, we had to take the barn apart piece by piece and denail the wood. What a wonderful blessing for us and it keeps his dads barn living on.  

  My husband let me design, cut and build this part pretty much on my own. He just helped me install everything.     We started with our basic layout of the kitchen.  

  We made a few changes along the way. Originally the stove was going to sit under the window and the fridge was going to go to the right of it, where the temporary counter ended.   We decided that just wasn't enough counter space to be practical, so the fridge was moved under the stairs (ladder) and the stove was moved to the right of the window. We also decided to add a small cabinet and counter between the fridge and stove.  

  Sorry I do not have pics of this whole process.   The entire cabinet structures were built with regular 2x4 lumber and plywood.   We covered the parts of the plywood that would be exposed with barnwood.  

 

 I designed and cut all of the pieces to make the doors and  

my husband put them together and attached them to the cabinets.

 

 

We used hammered black metal hinges and door handles.

We also made small swivel pieces out of barnwood to keep the doors closed.

 

I'll move right along, so that I can show you a finished picture.

 

We built the countertops out of 1x10 pieces of pine that were glued together edge to edge.

We also added a piece of 1x2 pine along the front edge of the counters.

 

 

There is a 1x6 pine board functioning as a small backsplash on top of the counter.

 

All of this pine was stained and coated with numerous layers of protection.

(we've lived in the cabin for 3 years now and the counters are holding up great)

 

We decided to add a beadboard backsplash and paint it red.

 

 

The backsplash goes about 3/4 of the way up the wall,

 which allowed for some of the logs to still be exposed in the kitchen.

 

Above the beadboard is a pine shelf that is 12" deep

and it is supported by hammered black metal shelf brackets.

 

 

 

 

The outlet covers are black metal and the faucet is brushed nickel.

We went with white appliances.

 

There is a double sink, a small stove with an oven

and a 15 cubic foot fridge in this tiny cabin kitchen.

 

 

We built a closet around the fridge out of barnwood.

It closes it in on all sides except the front.

 

There is a large shelf area above the fridge, under the stairs.

 

We have since added a microwave on top of the fridge.

 

 

It's small, it has challenges sometimes, but it works for us!

 

I've done some creative food storage and organization,

but we'll get to that after the full construction of the cabin is chronicled.

 

Make sure you keep checking back to see how we make it work.

I'll give you a little hint - mason jars.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by to check out my beloved barnwood cabinets.

If you want to follow along from the ground up, go here.

 

 

'til next time,

 

 

 

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