Aloha Blaine, My only comment at the moment is that I would definitely raise that electrical socket rather than having a hole that the cords pass through to be plugged in. First, if it is a socket that you use for more than two things you'll be crawling underneath that counter and it will eventually get old. Secondly, no matter how careful you are, crumbs, dust and spilled liquid will be able to fall through that hole. I can just imagine spilled liquid running down the cords and into the socket. Yikes... Betsy At 04:35 AM 2/26/2010, you wrote: > > >Hello there. > >I'm considering, with permission from my landlord renovating the kitchen >counters and cubbords. One thing that I want to do is put an oak trim along >the counter edge instead of the same material that is on the counter >already. The cubbords are made of MDF and I like that for the shelves but >wish to put oak or an Oak finish so it looks like oak but really isn't to >the untrained eye. I would keep the shelves the same but put oak in the >doors and the frame would be oak. thought about having an oak trim and then >putting oak plywood in the middle and using a router to shape it so it had a >little decorative look to it. I also want to extend the counter to the >stove, it's in a corner is where I would want to put the extention so that I >could put coffee pots or microwave there and have more room on top of the >counter where the microwave is now for food prep. I know that I would have >to have a angled cut but trying to figure out how I would attach it to the >counter already there? There also is a plug beneath where the counter is >right now where I'm considering putting this extra counter. I would have to >have a space by the wall to drop the chords, or I could get the landlord, >who is an electrission to raise the plug so that I could put the extention >right up to the wall. I was looking at using two-by-twos to attach to the >counter already and against the back wall. I also would like to take the >bathroom counters and fix the drawer so that it roles out instead of pulling >out and also doing the same with the oak, I think I would completely redue >the cabinets keeping the counter top the same but putting an oak trim on the >edge and doing the cabbinets in oak. Let me know what you all think. Any >suggestions would be great. > >Blaine > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
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