Kitchen cabinets if I live long enough to get this back together

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Bear in mind that "deals" are only "when" they are, and you can't get to choosy about "what." Yesterday a bunch of kitchen stuff was lying there at Habitat for humanity. Also bear in mind there is some scratch damage, they ain't perfect, and in the end, they are STILL GLUED SAWDUST. They were not priced yet, I asked the gal and she said 450, "and I didn't even count those over there." They give me 10% off for military, so 45 bucks off that price. Took me two trips out to Hayden Lake and back to Coeur d Alene to haul it all home. Got the little bitty formerly known as tent trailer on the second trip, and both trips were "crowded."
Some of it, last night
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LOL!!! The tags on the rear had the factory part no's as well as the job address. The photos below are from the internet realtor photos when the house was sold!!

As you can see, the sink was originally an island. The cabs are actually rectangular, with filler panels on the rear. The washer cab is missing, likely fell apart, LOL, when removed. SAWDUST!!! There are no countertops, I don't know if people break them when removing, or what
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Below, you can see the mismash of height. This will make reusing these a puzzle, as they won't just "fit together." My house does not have these high ceilings, either.
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The one over the frige is 18 tall, the two each side of the corner and the long one on the end are 30 tall. The corner angle is 36 and is the one I'm thinking of using on the floor. The one above the range / microwave is 21. Even the 3 30's are nearly two tall and may be too tall to use above my main counter. Plus, there is a window to deal with.
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This morning I tried to puzzle out what I can use. This will likely be the main sink/ countertop. The two on the left are 15 and18, which will put the sink very close to centered in the window out W. The remaining cab on the right will leave about a foot of wall next to the door into the laundry
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These two I may be able to use in the laundry, or at least one of them. The angle one is an oddball, lazy susan
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This angle cab, if I can built a countertop for it, could go into the corner of the kitchen next to the door into the living room. I had a hutch in that location, with the convection oven and microwave stacked there.
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The uppers, as you can see from the original installation, are a mix. I will likely only be able to use a couple above the sink area, maybe 1 more or 2 in the laundry, etc, and wherever else I can fit them in.
 
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There was no washer cabinet, just an end panel.


Alan
AH!! OK

I took a quick look, there are 3 cabs 30" tall. Looks like I can use one 32W to the left of the kitchen window, and can put the one 45 wide from the right side of the window to the end of the counter. This is looking to work out well. Only downside, is that what will fit there, is only 12" OD deep, so barely enough to get plates into, etc

Shortest one is 18" tall and 41 wide. It MAY fit above my fridge, depending.
 
What you paid wouldn't even get two of those pieces at NC retail prices, maybe not even one.
 
Having been through this when we remodeled our kitchen several years ago, I don't envy a little bit. While I was in process of deleting a water heater closet, extending a wall, etc.., I learned that Lowes was closing their old Anderson store to move into a newer larger location. What remained was 60% off. I bought all they had and most of the trim mouldings needed. Only 3 additiomal cabinets purchased at our Easley store.
Agreeing to set the corner cabinet higher was a mistake. I order for the crown moulding from left and right to land against the corner cabinet properly it needed to stand out farther. Then for the lower moulding to be continuous that cabinet needed to be longer too. Adding that much material to the already heavy cabinet created a monster. I made a jack stand of a thing from 1 by 12 to place on the base cabinets to sit the walk cabinets on top of. It is a shelf on a basement wall still today.
In the end a Krispy Kreme tin resides in what we call the donut hole. That tin contains hand writing recipes from mothers and grandmothers.
Counter tops are homemade too. Flat white Formica.
Care to guess how many cans of scrubbing bubbles are needed to bring it all back to hospital white?
Good luck with yours

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What you paid wouldn't even get two of those pieces at NC retail prices, maybe not even one.
Bear in mind there is a LOT of "scratch and dent" damage. One side of one short drawer is ripped clear loose as is the rear "sawdust" corner of the sink base. I can fix them. For the sink, I'll just put a 2x2 in the corners and zip some screws in, and take a good look at the others.

Also some of the sides, scratched or not, are not finished as they were integrated with others. I may have to do some work there, and my just paint them in the long run. I need to get the house LIVABLE, first!!

On a side note, I have chronic back problems for the last few years. One thing I've been planning, is to make an "on edge" 2x4 frame to mount the main countertop assy on, to get the sink up a bit higher. I took a look at the 30" tall cabs and they will work OK with that counter.

I am NOT complaining, LOL

I am the black sheep of my family, NOT a carpenter. My gramps was a master, and after moving to N Idaho from "Beautiful downtown Burbank" around 1930, in a '28 Buick, he made a career in carpentry up here for the USFS. One of his very early projects was a log cabin at Luby Bay, Priest Lake, ID. It was the Priest Lake Ranger station for decades, and is now a museum up there. He also worked for awhile during the early days of WWII at the Farragut Naval Station at Bayview, Idaho.

My Dad only worked a short time with Gramps as a carpenter, and never again professionally. But he did some great work himself.

Me? uh, no...........
 
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I wished you could get back into your house before Winter. This will be the second winter in that crazy trailer.

Those cabinets were an amazing deal and I know when you’re done with them that kitchen will look really nice!
 
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