The Demolition of Our Prop Room & Birth of a Mega Den

[Boba Debt]

I started working on the island.


When it's done it will be 42" wide by 120" long. It sounds big but it’s the right size for Kitt's kitchen.


It's not much bigger then the peninsula (that was removed) and current island that it's going to replace.


So far I have about 12 hours into the construction of the legs and less then $50 which was mostly used to buy a sheet of pylwood.


Kitt is very happy with the result:

I know it looks kind of busy but a nice coat of weathered black will calm it down.


I have all the parts cut for the 3 cabinets that will make up the center and I should have everything assembled and sitting in the kitchen by Sunday.

 

[FON]

Mate I'm so envious of your craftsmanship. I dropped my jaw all the way back on page 1. On a side note, this thread has made me feel completely lazy and inept as a fellow man... Seriously, I'd LOVE to have your skillset bud!

 

[Boba Debt]

Mate I'm so envious of your craftsmanship. I dropped my jaw all the way back on page 1. On a side note, this thread has made me feel completely lazy and inept as a fellow man... Seriously, I'd LOVE to have your skillset bud!

You probably don't feel half as bad as most of the husbands in my neighborhood :lol



But on a serious note, I am so glad that I grew up poor. It wasn't my parents fault, we lived in a railroad, coal and steel town during the 70s when they all went bust so just about everyone was hurting.



As a child I quickly realized that I would have to work if I wanted to get "Star Wars" stuff. I did everything from painting and exterior construction to being a gofer for the Time Warner Cable guys.



Those experiences have been invaluable to me as an adult.

 

[Boba Debt]

I removed the old island and table to install the new island and took advantage of the situation to get some good overall images of the kitchen

 

[Boba Debt]

I finished the overall construction of the island.


The top is temporary, it will be replaced with granite but we have to figure out if we want to use the same color or something else.


I still have to install all of the specialty hardware and make all the doors and drawers and once it's all assembled and distressed I'll apply a final wash and clear coat it.


I know it looks huge but it's not so overwhelming in the context of the entire kitchen

 

[PropArtist]

nice work!!

 

[outlander]

I better never let my wife see one of these threads. She developes all kinds of ambitions....

J.

 

[Boba Debt]

The island is accessorized.

I installed the following:

• 35 Quart- Black Double-Trash Can Pull-Out System
• Mixer Lift
• 10 Drawers with full extension drawer slides

I still have to install the cherry counter and the sink but I have to make sure everything works for Kitt before I cut a hole in an $800 cherry counter




.

 

[Boba Debt]

Between the overtime and the rain I haven’t had much time to work on this project. We decided to go with cypress for the island counter and I just installed it tonight. I have a few more details to finish and then I will focus on the built in cabinets for Kitt’s prettys.

 

[agentsmith]

epic !

 

[Boba Debt]

I wouldn’t go so far as to say this is epic but it has been a lot of fun.

On one hand I’m glad I have worked so much overtime, it gives me time to really think out each detail and the ability to cash flow this project but on the other hand it has greatly reduced the time I could spend on it.
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It has been a year since I started this project and I’m about 75% done.

However I am only a week or so from having the kitchen completely done which will mean that it, the utility room and the half bath are complete.

This weekend I replaced the lower pine cabinet valances with a custom made molding that matches the cabinets.

The only thing I have left is the stone work. I need to replace some of the tile backsplash that had to be cut to get the granite counters in and I plan on using a bull nose tile from that line to replace the pine/granite transitions that used to separate the various areas of the backsplash

I also need to make the marble thresh holds for the utility room / kitchen transition and the back door. Most people think marble is expensive but in reality it's quite cheap. I’ll just need to do a lot of cutting to profile them to fit the various floor levels.

Here is a picture that shows the new molding and the tile that was removed to fix the backsplash.

Once I am done with the kitchen I’m going to clean up the dining room and finish it.

 

[ihaveburplehair]

damn crazy

 

[jkno]

Re: The Demolition of Our Prop Room & Birth of a Theater Room

Since the initial set up of the grid wall prop displays, I have been looking for ways to update and improve them.

I started with the Star Wars Rebel side. I replaced a few of the items and added some new pieces.

The Gentle Giant Slave Leia is a 1000% improvement over the "Lukeia" statue that it replaced and the Sideshow Rebel Fleet Trooper is just awesome

I think the 12" C-3P0 looks a lot better the the pile of 3P0s and R2s that I originally had in that area of the display. Now I just need to find a 12" scale R2. I might eventually replace the duo with the Medicom statues, but I don't mind going cheap for now. I really need a Chewie but I have not found one that I like yet.

I like the less cluttered look you get by using a single larger items so I'm looking forward to updating the rest of the collection.

This is very nice!!

 

[Boba Debt]

damn crazy

:thumbsup

This is very nice!!

Thanks



I finally finished the kitchen today, it’s been a little over a year since I started this the “mega-den” project and now that the biggest portion of it is complete I can move onto the smaller projects such as the dining room and foyer.

I’m leaving the living room part of the mega den for last since it will require a lot of customs cabinets, which will mean lots of time and money.

 

[OdiWan72]

WELL DONE David :cheers

Markus

 

[AParrette]

the island accessorized pic literally made me go wide eyed looking at it.
my island just has a door and a plug....

 

[Boba Debt]

WELL DONE David
Markus

Thanks

the island accessorized pic literally made me go wide eyed looking at it.
my island just has a door and a plug....

Sounds like plenty of opportunity to add some upgrades







I was going to move onto the den but I decided to finish the dining room since there isn’t much to do

Finish the table, hang some pictures and add some baseboards and it will be go to go for Thanksgiving.

 

[Boba Debt]

There was a lot of painting and waiting for the dining room so I decided to work on the foyer at the same time and it’s finished

I wanted to go with a black and white theme which isn’t very tradition in todays houses and Kitt had reservations, but I convinced her to give it a try and she loves it.

This may not look like much work but it was.


BEFORE

AFTER

 

[Boba Debt]

The dining room is finished

It didn’t take much to convert the original living room into the dining room but I did have to re-work the dining room table and I built a buffet

Kitt liked the black and white theme so after I modified the dining room table by making it 10' long and then I painted it and all 12 of the chairs black.

Then I built a 9’ buffet. It was simple and inexpensive, we have less then $200 in the entire unit. I wanted a different door treatment so I went with a flat panel and use a lace doily to create the pattern in the center of each door, it was kitt’s idea and I learned a new painting technique.

The built In Buffet

 

[Boba Debt]

I know it’s been a long time since I updated this thread but I have been pretty busy with other projects.

However, thanks to Christmas, I finally have the Rebel Corner finished. This is how it will look for a long time since I have other areas of our prop collection that I want to concentrate on.

We like the blend of high end collectables with the inexpensive and unique items and both Kitt and I are very happy with the way this corner turned out.