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Hanging Cabinets in Bale Walls

Friday, November 10th, 2006

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The easiest way to hang cabinets is to use the chainsaw to cut a notch in the bale wall about 1 1/2 inch deep and 4 inches tall at the top of the base cabinets, as well as the bottom and top of the upper cabinets. This notch should be about 3-6″ up (or down in the case of the top notches) from the edge of the cabinet. In other words, this will be for screwing the cabinets into to and so needs to be below the top of the cabinet for access and above the bottom of the cabinet as well.
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Kitchen Cabinets or Traditional Pantry and Cupboards?

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

I received the following email today and think it is a great idea and want to share it with you all
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Dear Andrew,
I enjoyed your subject regarding hanging cabinets. I wanted to offer a nice alternative, which I plan to take advantage of. As you say, a pantry can do wonders for creating needed space for what normally goes into hanging cabinets.
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