120 Year Old Farmhouse Kitchen Remodel

in this video i'm going to show you how i completely remodeled this 120 year old farmhouse kitchen let's get into it every big remodel starts with a fun demo day so my brother-in-law whose house this is and i started by tearing out this huge pantry that you basically walk into and have to squeeze by walking into the kitchen this is essentially the third pantry space they have and with as many cabinets as the kitchen has as well they decided it just wasn't necessary next we started ripping down all the ceiling drywall there were several wonky and rotten ceiling joists and tons of old water damage so it all just had to come down here you can see an example of what i mean i was just shooting some clips for instagram and not planning on making a full youtube video at first so off camera i replaced the joists that needed it and added blocking and straightened the entire ceiling i also installed a series of j boxes and rain wiring for all the new can lighting there was just one single ceiling fan light in the kitchen before which was nowhere near centered in the room either so i got that taken care of as well after removing the pantry that back wall had four different planes and they were nowhere near square so the best thing to do was just frame up a whole new wall that center section is a stairwell down to the unfinished basement that's why it's insulated i subbed out the new drywall work which in hindsight i should have just done it myself but nonetheless in the 10 days yes 10 days they were in the house i started working on all the new cabinet doors there wasn't a single standard size door in this kitchen and they were all different so it took lots of careful planning and labeling they had started to just prime the old doors to reuse them but i said there was no way we could do all this work and just repaint the ugly old doors after chopping the boards down to rough length i ripped them in half so they would fit on my joiner then i could flatten one face and square up one edge next i ran the flat face down through the planer to make the opposite face coplanar and bring it down to a final thickness of three quarters of an inch then i put the square edge along the table saw fence and ripped all the pieces down to their final width and then cut them to final length as well i typically use the router to make my doors but after running a few through it was clear that i needed to get my bit set sharpened but that's the great thing about this simple shaker style they can easily be done with just a table saw of course you could even just buy three quarter inch material and skip all those previous milling steps too and you can make new cabinet doors with just a table saw with the center grooves cut in all the pieces and the tongues cut on both ends of all the rails it was just a matter of gluing and clamping them up the drywall crew did the knockdown texture in the kitchen so to cover the terrible mud job done in the joining family room i applied it in there to match the knockdown texture is most common in my area and works wonders at hiding imperfections then i painted both ceilings with two coats rolling in opposite directions each time while waiting for the coats of paint to dry i continued on with some more demo i have no clue why anyone in their right mind would run this panel backsplash all the way over on the sidewall like this removing the old vinyl flooring may be the only quick and easy thing i did in this house after the ceiling had dried i could finally get some good light in the last bit of demo was removing the old laminate countertops to see the rest of the process on building and pouring the new epoxy counters make sure you check out that video that i already have posted next i worked on cleaning up all the drywall damage by scraping and sanding any remaining loose paper off i coated it all in zinzer guards this stuff works phenomenal at sealing up the bare paper then i used the roller method to apply a skim coat this is just a three quarter inch nap paint roller and works amazing at getting a quick and completely even coating of drywall mud on the wall and then you can just smooth it out after a coat of primer it looked brand new again there was already underlayment under the old vinyl floor in half the kitchen so it would be smooth so rather than trying to pull up a million staples removing it adding a million more staples and finishing the rest of the area was the best move this old wood floor was surprisingly really solid so the quarter inch underlayment was perfectly fine and gave me a completely smooth surface to lay the new flooring next i started working on refinishing the cabinets i first cleaned them all with a degreaser and then sanded everything with 220 grit just to scuff up the clear coat so the primer would adhere well i also sanded the cabinets they had already started to prime with a roller to get them nice and smooth [Music] then i went through and filled all the old hinge screw holes and any other dings this was ultimately more work for me but next i went through and primed and painted the inside of the cabinets separate from the face frames for two reasons my hvlp gun wouldn't fit inside some of the cabinets or spray at the extreme angles and secondly i'm using a very expensive product to spray the face frames and didn't order enough to do the insides as well for the insides i'm still using a really high quality paint that i would recommend to even paint the face frames with a roller if you wanted to it dries super hard and flat with that done i went ahead and got the new crown molding installed so i could spray it all together first since the new crown is wider than the old flat trim i had to chisel out all the face frames where they overhang on the side of the cabinets i'm a big fan of pre-assembling on the workbench as much as i can it's the best way i've found to get perfect tight joints with proper clamping pressure so the glue dries and stays perfect then i could go ahead and prime the face frames and crown molding together i'm using bin shellac based primer it's saying super good and works great at covering this darker wood and preventing tan and bleed through as well so it actually looks white and not yellow when you're done i sanded in between every coat and made sure they were completely dust free for the top coat i used general finishes enduro white poly which is exactly as it sounds a white picmented poly in my shop i sprayed the same bin primer and white poly on all the new doors and drawers at this point lumber prices have skyrocketed so for the new shelves i just bought a 4x8 sheet of white melamine cut the shelves to size and apply an iron on edge banding to the fronts less painting worked for me and durable easy to clean shelves the old drawer fronts were built into the boxes so to reuse them i cut all four sides off the front and cut three quarters of an inch off the old drawer side so i could push them back and they would sit flush inside the cabinets to install all the new fronts i made this little jig to clamp to the cabinets then i could just set the new doors on it and they would all line up perfectly i must have missed filming drilling all the hinge and drawer pull holes but i did that back in my shot before painting now that the kitchen was looking super white i went through and got some color on the walls it's hard to see the gray on the white primer here while it was wet but the transformation in the fame room was very satisfying definitely brightened it up a lot in there you might have noticed there was an island in some of those last clips i just worked with my brother-in-law off camera to come up with a good shape that worked well in the room he only wanted one cabinet for a trash can so we just framed the rest around it with studs just like walls and rain power to it from underneath in the basement so next i could work on getting the island wrapped i'm basically just making a bunch of framing panels and beveling all the outside corners with the frames together i used a rabbit bit in the router to make a recess for the center panel to set in for the panel i used half inch mdf and used the traxel to make kerf cuts in it to give the appearance of faux shiplap then i just applied glue and nailed the frame around it once i had all the panels made i glued and clamped all the outside corners tight and nailed the panels off to the island framing i definitely regret not finishing the center panels at least before installing but after crawling around and doing a couple coats of primer and then paint it turned out super clean with all the painting done i then went ahead and installed the new laminate flooring which ran from the family room into the kitchen here i am installing the trash can hardware that i had mentioned before it's a pretty easy addition you can make to most base cabinets the house got all new doors throughout so after getting all the new jams hung which was a super fun task in this old house i took the doors back off to get them painted then i could start the finishing touches on this remodel with all new trim of course pre-assembling as much as possible i work with this classic colonial style base a lot around here and this has become my favorite method for coping most of the ways can be chopped off with the miter saw and then i just clean up the small profile with my cordless dremel as i mentioned make sure you go check out my video on making these countertops if you haven't already it was a really cool process and turned out great the last thing to finish up was the new backsplash this white glass and stainless steel mosaic was the perfect choice for this kitchen this is a color match grout caulk to finish off along the countertop just don't mind all the sloppiness this tube was leaking like crazy now let's just enjoy this montage of before and afters obviously i couldn't take the time to show everything even though it was for family which allowed me to film a lot of it they were still a paying client after all and the work had to get done but hopefully you enjoyed watching the transformation and if you're not already i'd appreciate it if you'd subscribe to the channel and give the video a like until next time take care so you

Channel: John Builds It

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Keywords: remodel, renovation, renovate, demo, demolition, kitchen, farmhouse, DIY, do it yourself, shiplap, backsplash, flooring, laminate, house, home, work, worker, build, builder, construction, contractor, woodworker, woodworking, woodwork, millwork, carpentry, carpenter, restore, old, new, epoxy countertops, island, cabinets, paint, painting, painting cabinets, refinishing, dewalt, milwaukee tools, custom, trim work, countertops, tile, tile backsplash, faux ship lap, remodeling, renovating, crown molding, wood flooring, framing

Id: H-9y4fl91A0

Length: 16min 25sec (985 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 27 2020