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All the fiddly bits to finish a kitchen build

30/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1157 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I can’t believe it – my daughter’s kitchen build is finished! Or at least it is now, in real life.

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Kitchen ceiling – part 2

23/11/202424/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1565 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

The central, drop-down part of the ceiling will be a centrepiece of my daughter’s kitchen – if all goes to

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Kitchen benchtop – part 5 (and last)

23/11/202424/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1143 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I promise – this is the last video of the benchtop installation. It was a tricky and long-winded journey, but,

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Kitchen ceiling – part 1

16/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1542 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

The ceiling in my daughter’s kitchen has lived in my head for months. It’s finally time to get it out

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Kitchen benchtop – part 4

15/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1056 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

How long does it take to fit one bench top, you might ask? Well, we’re near the end – just

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Kitchen benchtop – part 3

09/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1647 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This episode features a nice big slab of ironbark, which will be a standout feature of my daughter’s kitchen. Ironbark

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Two steps to failure

02/11/202402/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1409 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

This was a hard one to cop – but it was, in the end, a big fat fail. Or was

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Kitchen benchtop – part2

02/11/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1263 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Putting the stone on top of the kitchen bench is a momentous milestone. One ‘simple’ act seems to progress the

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Blind corner cupboard

26/10/202426/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1459 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

A blind corner cupboard in any kitchen is a pain to deal with. More so in a small kitchen where

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Kitchen benchtop – part 1

26/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1778 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Like the cupboards, I felt the stone benchtop also needed a solid, level base. In my head, that was always

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Hanging wall panels and high cupboards

18/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1358 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

After getting the first cupboards installed, I move on to panelling the walls – then some high cupboards. There was a

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First cupboards installed in daughter’s kitchen

13/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2052 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

After building a good solid base, it’s time to start installing some cupboards on top. But that’s not as easy

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A good base to start kitchen layout

05/10/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1075 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

After a rocky start, I set out to build a solid foundation on which to rest the kitchen cupboards. But,

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Rough start to a kitchen project

28/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1047 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

It’s taken a while – and A LOT of procrastination – but, I finally got around to making a start on

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Making a bar stool – and drinking beer

21/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1242 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I need a new bar stool to go with my bar table in my little Irish ‘snug’. Actually, I didn’t

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Hanging clamps on old fence palings

14/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1272 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Since moving house 12 months ago, there has been one issue in my shed that’s been bugging me – clamp storage.

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Telling a law firm to shove it

31/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1381 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Some time ago, I received an email claiming I had breached someone’s copyright by publishing a photo that they owned

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‘Scary’ shower-glass installation

24/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1411 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I had been dreading – and procrastinating over – this particular task for months. On the one hand, it was

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Re-framing a window in a view

17/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1408 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

The outside frame of my shed window is of no consequence to me on the inside. From the panoramic window

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Side-projects wrap-up

11/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1558 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I was a bit under the weather for a while recently. And because of that, I didn’t want to do

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