new style kitchen sinks

today, jaystepher is going to show you how to build a cool public bathroom moc. it will be perfect for any office building, school, or public bathroom. so the first thing we're going to start off with our bathroom, we will need to figure out a layout. now this is just for demonstration purposes. one of the things i always like starting off my buildings is plates.

so i'm just going to start placing a 1 by 1 here in the corner up here on the top-right. i'm just going to kind of go along here. now this is just an example floor plan. you can do this anyway you like. now the next thing we need to start planning out where to put our stalls for our bathroom. i'm going to put them up here in the top-left here. i'm just going to use a 1 by 2 plate. place it here as so where i get five studs here.

i'm going to start putting the layout for the legs. i'm just going to use some 1 by 1s so you get a 1 by 2 opening here. this is going to be the stud for the next door. just a bunch of 1 by 1s. so now i got my two stalls. and we need to put something here for the urinal. i'm going to put a little privacy divider. so we have some 1 by 2 openings for the doors. this is going to be our walls here,

and there will be a little privacy divider there. you can see everything's four studs. so everything is 4 by 5 studs. now we need also to make a way to put our toilets in there. i'm just going to take some jumper plates. two of them. i'm just going to set these back here in the back where they're one stud away. now we have a place to anchor our toilets down. now i'm going to start doing the wall construction. i'm just going to start building this up with 1-bys.

i'm just going to take a 1 by 3 and place it here at the end, and a 1 by 6. now i'm planning on putting sinks in here. i'm going to leave a 1 by 2 opening here, and place a 1 by 2 brick as a spacer. put another 1 by 6 here just as long as i got a 1 by 2 here to attach my sinks to the wall. just keep continuing around with the .... another 1 by 6 and finally a 1 by 10.

now we're going to start building up the walls for the stalls. take some 1 by 1 studs, we're going to start placing some here at this corner here like so, and i'm going to use a 1 by 2 plate. this is going to be something to attach a part of our wall and our door, and a 1 by 1 brick. now for the rear here,

one of things i want to do is i want to stick some studs to hold up the back of the dividers for the stalls. just take two studs, we're going to place them one on top of one another, and we're going to place these in the back here. and another two studs stacked on top of each other. we'll just stick them right here along this side. and where these two doors are,

just take two more studs, drop them here. and finally, a 1 by 3 plate. take two more studs or four more studs, stack two of them on top of each other. we're going to drop them here for our privacy divider for our urinal. now we're going to start building up the walls here. take a 1 by 6 brick,

place it along this side here, and a 1 by 1. these two openings here are going to be to attach our doors. a 1 by 6, we're going to place it right here and that will complete our stalls. and a 1 by 3 for our divider. before i go any further, i want to build the sinks for my bathroom. so i'm just going to use some 1 by 3 inverted 30-degree slopes. i'm going to take two of them, put them together.

if you got a 2 by 3 inverted slope that's 30 degrees, you're lucky. but i don't so i'm going to use this. i'm going to take two 1 by 2 plates, we're going to place them on top of each other, and we're going to place it on top of our inverted slopes right in the middle. and take two of these inside corner back splashes, and take two of these inside corner back splashes. that's what i call them.

i'm just going to place two of them here to make the bay of the sink, and i was lucky enough to get some faucets so i going to place the faucet here. if you don't you can just easily use a spigot and a jumper plate. there's my sink. i've already made another one because i've already put two sinks in my bathroom. so i'm just going to drop them down here. and you can see i got the sinks off the ground. it looks very nice and clean. now i'm simply going to come in,

start building up my walls. so i'm just going to take some more 1-bys. take a 1 by 2 and i'm going to take a 1 by 8, i'm going to place it along the back there. start building up the walls for my bathroom. i'll put that there. put that 1 by 4 in the middle there. it doesn't matter how you do this. this is all just for demonstration purposes. and to finish up our corner here. now i'm simply going to continue back around again. now i'm going to leave a 1 by 3 opening on this side for a toilet paper holder.

now i want to be able to attach the urinal to the wall. so i'm going to take two of these flush mount eyelets. we're going to place one here. i'm going to put a 1 by 2 brick in the middle here. place one on the other side so we can attach our urinal, and i'll show you how to build that here in a moment. now i want to build up this divider thing here real quick. i'm just going to drop a 1 by 3 brick on top here.

then we're going to take two of these 1 by 2 plates, we're going to drop them both on top. take a bull nose corner, place it on top here. it gives it that nice finished look. now i want to attach this to the back of the wall so i'm going to place a 1 by 1 plate, take a 1 by 2 plate, set it on top here. now that thing's pretty strong. to finish things off, i'm going to take a 1 by 2 tile, place it on top of the privacy divider,

and a 1 by 1 plate so we can level everything off evenly for our wall. now i got a perfect divider here. now i'm going to show you how to build the toilet. take one of these little buckets, and a life preserver, we're just going to place it on top here. now i'm going to make a type of a more of an informal handle for this. take one of these little guns, we're just going to drop it down

through the slot here. there's our handle for our flush. and i've already made and other toilet here. and we're just going to drop these down on these jumper plates. sometimes you have to play around with it to get it to fit in there. there we go! i got two toilets. now just another quick build of our dividers here for our stalls. i'm just going to take a 1 by 2 ... put a 1 by 6 here,

and a 1 by 2 here, another 1 by 2 along here, and finally a 1 by 1 here along where our door's going to be sitting. okay i made a mistake here. i need to put this 1 by 2 here on this back side here. so i got a 1 by 3 here. and you notice i got two of these lined up because we're going to get ready to put our toilet paper holder. there's two different types that i'm going to build. the first thing that i'm going to be using is

two of these eyelet pieces, but these ones are recessed. i'm just going to take two spigots, i'm going to put one that's facing right and one that's facing left. then take a 1 by 1 rounded barrel brick, we're just going to drop it on here. put the other spigot in there. looks like we got a toilet paper holder, and i'm just going to set her down in here.

and finally, a 1 by 1 brick to fill it in. now we got a nice toilet paper holder for our stall. okay we need to build another toilet paper holder for this side, but we need to do, we need to use some flush mount eyelets if this is what you have, and the process is pretty much the same. stick one that goes one direction

and this one's pointing left. i want to stick one that goes right. stick another one of these 1 by 1 barrels here. there's our toilet paper holder. i'm just going to drop it in on this side. there we go. two stalls with a full roll of toilet paper. okay let's add another layer of brick along the top of our wall here. i'm going to start off with this corner here.

i'm going to add a 1 by 4, and i'm going to use a 1 by 4 with four eyelets. that's where we're going to put our paper towel holder on. i'm simply going to just come around here. get where that privacy divider is. now you can see what that 1 by 1 stud was for. now i'm going to show you how to make the paper towel holder. let's take four of these bull-nosed corners and one 1 by 4 tile, we're just going to place it on top here.

we're just going to tile the whole top part of this here. just tile it in. this is going to be the top of our paper towel dispenser. now flip it over. on the right side, i'm going to place a 1 by 1 plate. just place it in here. and on the left, we're going to place one of these 1 by 1 holder bricks. you can hold things in. this will be great for a little handle. now in this 1 by 2 reveal, i'm going to stick a 2 by 3 plate, just drop it down in there.

and finally, a 1 by 4 plate. there's our cool paper towel holder. we're just going to attach it to our eyelets here. there's our cool paper towel holder. we're just going to attach it to our eyelets here, and i'm going to place it on this 1 by 4 plate. now i'm going to simply come back around and continue on adding more bricks along the top here. now i' m going to take two of these 1 by 1 eyelets, i'm going to drop them here. this is where we're going to attach our mirrors. so put a 1 by 2 spacer in here,

and two more of those. and just continue around with adding more. i got a ... i found me a 1 by 16. i'm going to take advantage of it and just drop it down in this to strengthen up that back, and finish it off with a few extra bricks. now let's finish up our dividers for our stalls. take two of these 1 by 1s, we're going to place them on top of one another here. drop them at this far corner, and a 1 by 3 by 4 door.

this is one that opens up that has the handle on the right, i'm just going to set it down in here, and a 1 by 2 plate to cap it off here at the top. and to strengthen this thing up so it's not so unstable, i'm just going to sue a 1 by 2 45-degrees slope, place it on the top here. now let's work on the center wall. just simply fill it in. i'm just going to take a 1 by 1 start filling this in.

i'm just going to take a 2 by 2 corner, place it in here to strengthen up that side. put a 1 by 4 here in the back. then we're ready to attach our other door. so just the same type of door, 1 by 3 by 4 with a handle on the right, we're just going to set it down in here. take a 1 by 3 plate, we're just going to cap off the top. and we're just going to fill this top part in. i'm just going to drop a 1 by 3 here at the back and a 1 by 2 here,

and that finishes off the top of our stall. and of course is side here is very easy. just drop two more of these 1 by 6 bricks in here, and to finish it off, a 1 by 6 plate. and finally to strengthen everything up, i'm going to take two more of these 1 by 2 45-degree slopes, we're going to drop them on top there. there we go, the stalls are all in here. everything's nice and secure.

now i'm going to finish up the top part of the walls. this will be our last layer of brick for the top. start coming around once again. just start dropping pieces in. now simply take, if you got them, these 2 by 4 smooth tiles, these are going to be our mirrors. simply going to drop it like that. we're just going to set it in there with one stud below. there's our mirrors.

now we're ready for the urinal. so let's get started on it here. i'm going to use a 4 by 4 white plate and a 2 by 2 smooth tile, i'm just going to place that tile right here in the middle. take three of these 1 by 2 plates, we're just going to place them along the bottom here. this will be the bottom. a 1 by 4 plate. now take two of these

type of 1 by 4 arched slope bricks, i'm going to place one on one side and one on the other side. now use two of these 1 by 1 30-degree slopes, we're just going to set them inside of here. now we need to make the handle. so i'm going to use a 1 by 2 jumper and a spigot, and we're going to put it with it facing up.

it's like a little flushing handle. there's our urinal. now i'm going to take that urinal, we're going to attach it to the wall. kind of about right here. kind of flush with the privacy divider. just kind of stick that down in there. see everything's got a pretty much a nice gap at the bottom. and finally i'm going to come in here and i want to finish off the top of this stuff here. so take a 1 by 1 tile, place it here at the corner,

and just start smooth tiling this whole area in. so if you're making a buildings with removable roof, it will be a very big benefit. whoops, wrong place. our last two smooths. there we have it there's our complete public bathroom setup here. i didn't tile the floor because i'm

running short of tiles. and it's mini-fig friendly. so i got jayden mcbrick! and as you really can see, everything is perfectly the right height. even the paper towel holder urinal, and even the stalls. you can easily sit a mini-fig in here. except my hands are a little too big because i'm doing this at an angle here. see if i can do it flat.

he keeps falling off there. [laughs] he doesn't want to get on there. it doesn't help when you're hands are too big, but you get the idea. okay he's finally sitting on there, finally. he just refuses to go to the bathroom. so the privacy dividers, everything works pretty good. [laughs] his hair just fell off. so everything is pretty cool. i'm hoping this tutorial helps you guys out building a cool public bathroom. any questions, just leave me a comment below.

thank you for watching!

new style kitchen cabinets

♪ ♪ we want to welcome you back foranother episode of the villagehome show. this show is our opportunity tonot only tell you aboutprojects going on in our area, but now we can show you theentire process from start tofinish. on the village home show youcan expect to see projects ofvarious sizes, budgets andstyles, and we know there's somethingfor everyone to take away fromeach story we tell here on theshow. the team at village home storesgets to work on so manyincredible new homes and remodeled spaces. nowsome of our customers havewelcomed you viewers into their homes to seethe finished spaces.

the kitchen island has evolvedover the past few years. whatused to be a small eat-in area or a peninsula in akitchen design has broken off.it's now become a work station, aserving area, even a maindining area in come cases. the kitchen island is where youprepare a meal, do your schoolwork , serve guests, and collect many of thememories you make in yourkitchen. because a kitchen island is typically located atthe very center of a designentire kitchens are now planned around them.furniture like island designsare extremely poplular and even multiple islands insome spaces have become adesirable layout. there's never been a bettertime to be creative with yourown island design,

and today in this episode wehope to give you a lot of ideasfor your own space. in this episode of the villagehome show we'll will be sharinga before and after story of a remolded kitchen in orion. thiskitchen includes a large islandthat has great features from every side. later, we'llsee a three level island design plus visit a long list of otherisland examples from projectswe've recently completed. also a lighting expert willstop by to discuss the manyoptions available to light above yourkitchen island. before wewelcome our expert lets take a look at the beforestory of our first featuredkitchen. take a look of the beforephotos of this kitchen in orionillinois.

the original layout included anextension off the wall withseating. we call this extension a kitchen peninsula.the original kitchen did leavejust enough space for a small island, butslide-in range took up most ofthe usable island countertop. note the soffits above thatreflect the peninsula andisland shapes below in these before photos.those will be removed for anupdated look in the new kitchen. the kitchensink in the original layout waslocated on the main wall of cabinetry.this was also home to the sideby side refrigerator, dishwasher,coffee pot, and television. thenew kitchen new design for thisorion home needs to use thespace more resourcefully

and open it up to the nearbyrooms as well. now lets take alook at the new kitchen design including a wonderfulnew island put together by adesigner at village home stores. the original kitchen extendedout to include seating in apeninsula layout. this new layout will re l-shaped peninsula. instead a large island will becentered in the space. the kitchen sink will be movedfrom the back wall to the newisland. the island in the new kitchen design is almost fourtimes the size of the originalisland. the front facing side of theisland to the kitchen user willinclude the sink base a new dishwasher, and apull-out waste bin.

the island is now the locationof the eat-in seating area ofthe new design. comfortably seating three onthe back of this new islandthere's also a lot of space for many more to congregatearound the island. even with acrowd no one will be getting in the way of the user in themain areas of this new kitchendesign. each end of the island will become a usablespace as well. a working stackof drawers on one end and a fullheight door base cabinet on theother are each paired with a falsedoor panel. these false doorsare the sides of the front cabinets in the islanddesign. by adding a false doorin place of a smooth panel the island givesa consistent look all aroundthe design from every angle.

the back wall of the newkitchen design will beinstalled in a contrasting painted finish. this back wallwill still be home to the newrefrigerator, but it is moved to a newlocation. the tall refrigeratorand surround is balanced by a combinationwall oven and microwave on theright hand side. these frame in the new cook-topand hood area in the oldlocation of the kitchen sink. the entire kitchen willbe opened up to the front roomand nearby dining area. now these 3 rooms will becomeone cohesive space. we will take you on a full tourof this new kitchen later inthis episode, but first when we come back from a shortbreak we'll welcome lightingkeri swanberg

to tell us about some of themany you have for lightingabove the kitchen island. so stay right here for more ofthe village home show. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ are we ready to go... every act of care counts. from the grand gestures to thetiniest looks. she has this long brown hair. the fun ones... the messy ones... the endless ones...

if it comes from care... it counts. because every act of care wegive, helps the people welove... become people who love. you are my sunshine, my onlysunshine you make me happy when skies are gray. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in today's episode of the village homeshow we're talking about thekitchen island and how to create

the perfect island for yourspace. the kitchen island istruly the hub of your kitchen and we want to makesure it grabs the attention andbe as functional as possible. selecting the right lightingabove your island is so key toan exceptional island plan i want to welcome lightingexpert keri swanberg to tell usa little bit about the options that we have to light above ourisland. welcome keri...hi it'sgreat to be here. well typically we put pendantlights above an island. how dowe know how many and what size they should be? surethat's a great question. ageneral rule of thumb is thatsmall pendants are hung in odd numbers while largerpendants are hung in pairs. okso two large pendants that goabove one island. how do we know ifit's a large pendant or amedium pendant?

um typically those are 10 to 15inches wide. that's a goodgeneral rule of thumb for that and what we liketo do is that typically you have some sort of showcase featurethat you want to show off foryour new kitchen. you might have a decorative hood or a windowyou want to look out and doingtwo large pendants really allows that feature to beshowcased. ok is there anythingthat you'd want to be looking for as a feature for an islandlight or maybe something toavoid? sure what's getting verypopular now is to do thoseantique edison bulbs. a lot of people really likethat look. other people don'tso much like that look you know you're looking rightinto the bulb or might get aglare off of that, so that'sjust kind

of something personal that youhave to decide for yourself.another important factor totake into is the size of your room andthe size of the island. if youhave a very small island you want to be aware of that todo smaller pendants. where isif you have a large room you might be able to get awaywith doing some largerpendants. um another thing isas you don't want to be looking directly into thefixture either. that's anotherquestion i'm sure it's commonfor you to hear where do hang thatlight in relation to where yourstanding? sure, um a general rule of thumb for that is 32 to36 inches off of yourcountertop height. now if your 6 foot tall or overyou might want to do someadjusting cause you'll still belooking into the light. ok and how do iknow if a light is going togive me enough light

for the island? sure, um a lotof what we've been doing now isswitching out those incandescent bulbs to aled bulb or a cfl bulb. those tend to give off morelight. um another thing toconsider and that i always like to recommend is to layer yourlighting. what we like to do isundercabinet lighting, have some recessedlighting as well as the lightsabove your island. we see thata lot in the kitchens that we featurehere on this show that havelayer of a whole light plan and a whole concept that'sreally at work. well wecouldn't let you leave withoutyou bringing us a few examplesto...sure...take a look at solet's take a look at what webrought here. yeah absolutely um so like we said pendants arevery popular to hang above theisland.

um that's just some examplesthere. here's a great exampleof doing two larger pendants above anisland. in this case here theyreally wanted to showcase um off the back of the islandyou have those xs and hanging those fixturesabove the xs like that really brings attention to that. yeahi see that. that's actually itdraws attention to the island and the lights that are thereas well. yes! um, here'sanother example of 2 pendants above an island. yep, in thiscase so were doing 2 pendantsover a smaller island so we kind ofwanted to pick something thatwas tall and narrow so you still get that cool chunkylook while it's not taking upyou know a lot of space.

yes and these really glow andabove the stone that theypicked out for this island they look phenomenal in person.here's another example of doing two large pendants. um here youcan also see that they'velayered their lighting they have recessed cans, undercabinet lighting, as well asthe lights above the island. and theychose to hang these a littlebit higher off of the island just because the space was soopen and bright they reallywanted to keep that open airyfeeling. it really brings your attentionto the whole room and thatother light that hangs above that's a reallygreat light as well. this givesa little bit more of a formal look or a traditionallook. yes here we've used 2mini chandeliers

above an island. this way itallows you to get some morelight in that space as well. and this is an example that has3 lights above an island. yes, here they had the space todo 3 lights since it is alarger island. also with doing these 3 largependants it really works wellin this area because of their glass. and youcan see them. and you can seethrough them. what if you find one reallygreat light that you want to use above your island.can can that work? yesabsolutely many people just tend to fall in love witha light fixture and an islandis a great place to use that. now i really lovethis island design

paired with this specificlight. yes absolutely. so herein this island they've created aneat-in area and by hanging alarge drum this ones about 23 inches wide.they've created more of that dining/dinette experience. andabove this island shape the drum might seem large inperson, but it's just the rightsize above this size of an island. here's another classic example of doing the 3mini pendants. here thecustomers just really like that look and as you cansee they've really fallen inlove with these pendants. and there's so many types oflights that are really outthere to select from and

have you help us select theright ones. absolutely, andpendants another thing that you want tolook at is that they lookdifferent with the light onverses the lights off. here's a great example ofsomething fun that we did in a bar. we've staggeredthe height of the pendants toreally bring out that fun aspect of thesependants. it kind of plays offthe design of the light itself and also the light thatcompliments it on the very endthere. well there's really so manyoptions that are out there soit's fun to get creative withwhat's available. yes absolutely and that's why weare here to guide you. well wethank you so much keri forjoining us today. thanks it was great tobe here. yes and giving us someexamples of lighting above

kitchen island. when we comeback form this short breakwe'll show you the reveal of this finished kitchen inorion so stay tuned. the kitchen is the hub of yourhome. it's where you start your day, and get ready for thenext. your day, and get ready for thenext. what happens in between are memories made, andtraditions created. some important life momentswill happen right here at thiscounter. is your kitchen ready? letvillage home stores show youwhat your dream kitchen can look like.appliances, cabinetry,lighting, and floor covering.

from start to finish, villagehome stores, downtown geneseo. ♪ ♪ village home stores is hometo one of the most beautiful andversatile showrooms in theregion. with hundreds offixtures on display and thousandsavailable from vendors likeelk, hinkley, quorum, and kichler, our expert staffcan help you select the perfectlighting plan for you. the right lighting can impact aspace like nothing else.whether you're shopping forthat one light to change the look of your roomor an entire home of lightingwe're here to help. lighting that is on trend andfixtures that are timeless,find them all here in ourdowntown geneseo showroom. contact ourexpert lighting team for anappointment today.

this orion kitchen remodelshowcases such a wonderfulisland design that we had to include it inthis island episode. before weshow you the island in detail lets take a few looksat the other features of thisbrand new space. the main kitchen is a singlewall of cabinetry that includesmultiple heights and depths. acombination wall oven andmicrowave sits in the original refrigeratorlocation, and a counter-depthrefrigerator is located on the opposite side of the newcook-top. two taller appliances balanceperfectly on the wall. on theend of the kitchen is an appliance garage with a highlift hinge hardware. this opensup and can stay

open as you pull out a smallappliance within it. open as you pull out a smallappliance within it. the legacydoor style in a birch wood has beenpainted pearl and an umberhighlight glaze has been applied to all of the edges. in placeof a single slab of birch wood 5-piece drawer fronts wereapplied to all of the topdrawers. this gives another door and another placefor the highlight glaze tocatch in. the style of these cabinets iscalled a full overlay doorstyle. this means that the 5-piece drawer fronts wereapplied to all of the topdrawers. this a look of another door andanother place for the highlightglaze to catch in.

the style of these cabinets iscalled a full overlay doorstyle. this means that the doors and drawer frontsspread all across the frontface frame of the cabinetry leaving very little spacebetween cabinet doors anddrawers. with the kitchen now opening up into the frontroom and all of the soffits nowremoved an entire new lighting has beeninstalled. our diode lightinghas been added to the very top of the cabinets asa dramatic accent. recessedcans have been installed along themain kitchen wall for task anda second section above the island is in place above thesink as well. three pendantslights above the island offer added light to the backend of the large island. knobsand handles

in a pewter finish have beeninstalled to the main kitchenand the island. this finish is the perfectchoice to compliment thestainless appliances and standout against both the light and darkcabinet finishes. part of thedramatic look of this island is thecontrasting color to the mainkitchen cabinetry. we are often asked if thekitchen has enough room for anisland. not every kitchen can hold an island quite this largein size, but the main thing toremember is you must have enough space all around yourisland to have at least 2 usersworking. the minimum recommended spacebetween a kitchen counter andthe island counter is 36 inches. it is far morecomfortable to work with a 42to 48

inch space and we try toinclude that allowance when weare able to in each design we create. the distancefrom the bunked out cook top tothe island top here is 42 inches. so if someone isworking at the kitchen sink and even has the dishwasherdoor open, a second user cannavigate behind them with no issue. the new designremoved the peninsula and nowincludes a large island with usable storage onevery single side. measuringseven and an half feet by four feet this islandis incredible. the island back where the overhang and seatingare includes a cabinet 2 feetdeep with full height doors and a full depth shelf within.a top drawer in this cabinet

would be unusable because theisland countertop overhangingabove it. the overhanging area of thecountertop includes an archingradius above the seating. decorative turn posts on eachend of the island help give afurniture look to the entire design. each end of theisland also includes a cabinetand a finished end panel to appear like adoor. a stack of drawers onthis end and another full height door cabinet on theother. a double outlet has beeninstalled on this island end, and by using darkbrown fixtures and hardwareit's hidden from first glance. the island sidefacing the kitchen userincludes a dishwasher, sink base, and a doublepull-out trash cabinet. thekitchen sink

is a large single well styleand the faucet above includes apull out spray arm, soap dispenser pump, and a pushbutton control for the garbagedisposal. the kitchen is the hub of yourhub and with a large islandlike this to congregate around this island design is ideal forentertaining many guests. cambria quartz countertops inthe windermere design allowevery surface of the thiskitchen to become a food safe worksurface. an ogee edge profile on the counters adds a decorativetouch and helps draw your eyeto the shape of the island top and the curves of thecooktop area as well. thisremodeled orion kitchen looks incredible and weare so happy to have theopportunity to show you aroundit.

when we come back form a shortbreak we're going to show younot just one great island design, but a handful ofamazing island ideas. lots moreof the village home show right after this. ♪ ♪ maytag knows that not everyoneis a member of the clean plate club. broccoli nubs, gristlebits, onions, livers, mayta maytags not going to let thesekind of meal scraps gum up theworks. with a 4-blade stainless steelchopper and the most powerfulmotor on the market if you don't need it you can besure that maytag will chew itup for you. maytag...found at village homestores, and

villagehomestores.com ♪ ♪ today we're touringkitchens that include an island in thedesign. the kitchen is the hubof all activity in your hoe throughout the day,and if your space allows it anisland can be the very heart of all that activity. themost important thing to remember as you watch this episode isthat a kitchen island isdesigned specific for you space islands are composed ofmultiple cabinets and panelsinstalled together to meet the needs inyour home. a kitchen island may be just one smooth surface,but it also might be thelocation of your kitchen sink

or cooktop. in the case thatyour kitchen sink becomeslocated in an island the dishwasher typically isinstalled right next to it. other common appliances thatwork well in an island designare microwaves and beveragecoolers. because your kitchen island canbe the very center of allactivity in your design this becomes thenatural place for people tocongregate when entertaining or preparing a meal. an areafor seating is often included in island designs. the back orfacing side of an island can be finished off in a number ofways. because islands are nowmore commonly included in kitchens that are found in agreat room setting all sides ofan island

need to look great. take a lookat a few examples. ♪ how you treat the back and endsof an island can be addressedin a number of ways. use these spaces as anopportunity to either includeor draw extra attention to your island. theback of an island can be asimple way to tie into your paint color orother material from the home tointo your kitchen design. it can also become a greatopportunity to finish off yourdesign and create a complete look withpanels and trim. paneling theback or ends of an island can bedone in many ways eachachieving a different a look and investment. lets start withthe most basic. a simple

smooth panel can be ordered ina same wooden finish as yourkitchen cabinetry. while many custom sizes areavailable much of the mostcommon looks can be achieved using standard sizes ofpaneling. the next style isinstalled with a similar application, butthe panels themselves areslightly different. a beaded or what some may calla v-grove panel can beinstalled. this not only adds style, but it canalso hide wear and tear overthe years. remember that if the back ofyour island includes anoverhang where people may beseated sometimes shoes and bar stoolscan take a toll on the woodworkover the course of a few years of use. beaded panels arealso an excellent choice if

you've selected a cabinetryfinish that includes an accentglaze or distressing. these grooves are the perfectplace for those glazes to hangup and distressed edges to be highlighted. anotherpopular choice is to add adecorative layer of paneling once it's in place.ordering matching cabinet doorsto apply to the panel can create agorgeous look and help keep aconsistent style all around your island design. yourdesigner from village homestores will help you decide the number and size ofdoors to apply to get the bestlook for the size of island in your kitchen. manytimes the placement and size ofthese doors are selected in considerationof the lighting above as wellas the seating placement

of the final design. if yourisland design is deep enoughyou may have the option of a fullyfunctioning cabinet. this is awonderful choice because youget the look of a decorative look back withadded storage for items youdon't need access to as often. custom wayne scott panels canbe ordered for your island backand sides. this is a classic look and thebest way to achieve a trulycustomized design. in place of a panel with doorsattached to it on site wayne scott panels come alreadyassembled to include the doordesign within the construction of the panel. a space on thevery bottom of your back panelis typically left for whatever baseboardyour choosing to install. thisbottom trim is also

another opportunity to finishoff your island design andcreate a furniture look. speaking of trims anddecorative moldings you cancreate all kinds of amazing looks for the back ofyour kitchen island by applyingdifferent trim to a back panel. these matching pieces of basicfiller material have beeninstalled in an x-design. this is a verypopular application as rusticwoods and even barn wood finishes have becomevery popular in bothtraditional and transitional kitchen designs. a common lookin a transitional kitchen is to install a smooth panel and thendivide the space up withmatching filler pieces. this breaks up the space butoffers a more updated lookwithout the traditional

look of doors. if the sides ofyour island are not functionalcabinets you'll need to select a styleto finish them off as well.cabinets can be ordered to arrive with an integrated endto duplicated the end of awayne scott panel. or a smooth finished end thatan applied door can be addedtoo. consider an end treatment inthe same style that yourselecting for the back of yourisland design. adding decorative elements likecarved support brackets andturn-posts can also help polish off your look. there areso many styles of turn-postsavailable and they can be installed upagainst the back panel for afurniture look or pulled forward to give the look of atable leg. your designer willhelp you select the right size

and style of a post for yourdesign. including a beveragecooler or shelving can also be awonderful choice. kitchen islands can be designed in somany different ways and offerso much to a great working kitchen design. your designerat village home stores willwork closely with you to help to decide what size,shape, and components areperfect for your project. take a look at this example ofa great island design ingeneseo illinois. not every kitchen has enoughspace for an island as large asthis, but this home in geneseoincludes an island showcasingall of the heights you candesign into your own kitchen island. astandard kitchen countertopheight

is found surrounding thisisland and that measures 36inches from the floor to the top of the countertop.the section behind it isinstalled at what the industry calls barheight. it measures 42 inchesfrom the floor to the top of the countertop.in some cases if the owner ofthis kitchen is taller we may bump this up to 48inches to accommodate a morecomfortable leaning height. the jump in height fromthe counter height section tothe bar height section of this island includes manyoutlets. we often do this in anisland design and using receptacle and coverthat is similar to yourbacksplash color. it is a great way to camouflage this feature.now the entire l-shape of thisisland design

can be used for prep orentertaining. we all know youcan never have too many crock pots plugged in when friendsare over. the seating sectionof this island has a tabletop at diningheight. the bench area builtinto the island has been installed to sit atthe same height as a diningchair, and the table has been placed to fitperfectly within the kitchenisland bench design. including seating in yourisland design is always a greatidea and in this case it adds quite a bit of added seating.the usable cabinet space ofthis island faces the kitchen perimeter andit includes a lot of greatfeatures that you might like to include into your own kitchendesign. a kitchen island cansometimes

block a clear path to thekitchen sink. a common solutionto this is to add a secondary sink tothe island design. this smallbar sink is great for food prep andentertaining. the pull-outtrash is also within reach and it's easyto find for guests andresidents. my favorite feature in thiskitchen is the modification wemade to the pull-out cuttingboard above the trash. food prep just got even easierwith this cutting board. a hole has been made in theboard so that items can bediscarded directly into thetrash pulled out below. and if your kitchen isanything like mine the papertowels get just as much use as anything else.located right in the center ofall activity for

this busy kitchen is a reallyfun option. our designerreplaced the top drawer of this cabinetwith a location for a papertowel holder, and now there's one less item toclutter up the counters of thisbeautiful new kitchen. the key to any great islanddesign is the ability to use itcomfortably. a main element to that is thespace allowed surrounding yourisland. we mentioned earlier in thisepisode that at least 36 inchesof space must be allowed to create a safe passage forusers, open doors, andappliances. this recommended amount hasreally shifted to be a largerspace. 42 to 48 inches is far morecomfortable and in a kitchenwith multiple

users you'll be much happierwith this space allowance. ♪ each and every kitchen wedesign is different and thekitchen island espically so. the shape, size, and componentsof your kitchen island will be picked out perfectly for yourproject and your home. ♪ ♪ quality, it's the result ofshared values. the joy found in an honest days work. respectfor true american craftsmanship, and the need not the want toget things right. it's the result of rememberingyour roots. being foreverhumbled by how far you've traveled andforever hungry to push onfurther.

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marc:today, it's all about dyes. (boppy music) now, in preparation for this video, i went back into allmy old finishing books and looked specifically at how they covered the world of dyes. some get more technical,like jewett and flexner, and some stay more general like dresdner. but the deeper i dug into the topic,

the more i realized howfrustrating and confusing this would be to someonewho just wants to know what a particular bottle of dye is going to do on the wood. getting bogged down inthe heavy terminology and the chemistry is exactlythe thing that may stop someone from using dyesin the first place, and that would be a real shame. i'm going to do my best to give you

a digestible chunk of information while empowering you topick up any bottle of dye and know what to expect simply by looking at its ingredients. what is dye anyway? dyes are really just verysmall particles of color. they dissolve in solvents like water, mineral spirits, andalcohol; and don't require a binder of any typeto adhere to the wood.

really, all you need isthe dye and a solvent and you can make your own dye mixture. why use dye in the first place? dyes absorb deeply into the wood and they provide a very clean, clear and vivid color withoutdistorting or hiding the grain in any way at all. because the dye usuallydoesn't have a binder in the mix, it doesn't seal off the wood,

so you can apply layer afterlayer of different colors making for a reallydeep, rich color effect. you can also combine the dyes to make an infinite number of color shades. you can even add themto your topcoat to add just that little bit ofextra color to your projects. now, dyes comes in 3 basic forms. first, there's powder. these are usually eitherwater, alcohol or oil soluble.

next, there's ready-to-use liquids. typically these are labeledngrs or non-grain raising. this one happens to not be. we'll talk about that one later. they also come in theform of a concentrate like a transtint here. this can be diluted tomake a really nice stain, or it can be added directly to a topcoat and you can use that for a toning.

(fast jazzy music) the terminology canget a little confusing, so i'll try to explain a few things that you'll want toknow so you can pick up just about any bottle of dye and know exactly how it's going to behave just by reading theingredients list or the msds. an msds is a material safety data sheet. that's something youshould get comfortable

reading as a finisher. not only does it give youimportant safety info, it can also tell you exactlywhat's in the product, even if the outside label doesn't. our job as finishers is always to be smarter than the marketers. i mentioned ngrs, or non-grainraising dyes, earlier. many of the premixedliquid dyes that we buy will be labeled as ngrs.

why do we need these at all? because water-based dyeshave a very annoying flaw. the water in a dye mixture causes the wood to become all rough and fuzzy, which is really not a good thing for a surface that we're trying to finish. in order to avoid this, wehave to pre-raise the grain by wetting the wood ahead of time, letting it dry andsanding it one more time

to knock down all those little fuzzies. since the wood generallyonly raises its grain once, you can then apply the water-based dye with little to no grain raising. but wouldn't it begreat if you didn't have to pre-raise the grain at all? that's where the ngrs come in. these are usually aspecial mixture of the dye with some kind of solvent that contains

little to no water, like alcohol. as a result, it doesn't raise the grain. technically, you can just take an alcohol or oil soluble powder dye and mix your own non-grain raising dye,but the products sold as ngrs typically have a littlemore going on chemically. let's talk about some of the stuff that you might see on an msds and what it means to you.

some of the pre-mixedliquid dyes and concentrates will have glycol etherslisted on the msds. don't be intimidated by a chemical name. this is just the name for a family of very special solvents. i'll give you a few examples, and it should help you understand how this stuff works. for instance, water soluble dye powder

will not dissolve in mineral spirits. it just makes sense. but it will dissolve in glycol ether. the cool part is that theglycol ether dye solution is now compatible with anumber of other solvents including the mineralspirits that wouldn't dissolve the original dye. this is actually howconcentrated dyes work. if you read the labelyou'll see that it dissolves

in just about anything,and the glycol ether is the primary reason why this works. another example that really has nothing to do with dyes, but youmight find interesting, involves waterborne finishes. polyurethane and acrylicresins don't dissolve in water, but they do dissolve in glycol ethers; and the glycol ethers can then be put into a water solution and thewater serves as a carrier.

that's why the term is "waterborne." remember that just because it's waterborne doesn't mean that it's solvent-free. you still need to protect yourself. another thing to look outfor on an msds is a binder, something like linseedoil for oil-based dyes or acrylic for water-based dyes. basically, it'll be acomponent that you might normally see in a topcoat finish.

some premixed dye stainswill have a binder in it, and you need to know how this is going to affect your work. think of the binder as a glueor some kind of a sealer. it serves to lock thatcolor into the wood, and at least partially seals the surface. normally, a water-baseddye will reactivate when you rub it with a wet paper towel, but if there is a binder in the mix,

much less of that coloris going to come up. let me show you an example. this is just a straight powderdye that i used on here. if i spray it with water,it was a water-based dye, i will spray this guy with some water, and that water will startto reactivate the dye, which means when i rub itwith a clean paper towel, i'm going to get lot of color transfer onto the paper towel.

i could also, i meanthis could come in handy. if the color's too dark after dying, i could put some fresh water on it, rub it down and get the color to look a little bit lighter,so it's not too late. sometimes you stain or paint a surface, once it's on there it's on there. that's regular dye. this is a general finishes dye stain

which does have a littlebit of binder in it; not a lot so we couldstill pull some color up, but it's not going tobe nearly as much color. okay, so we got a little bit there, but really not a lot. so the binder servesto lock that color in. there are a lot of greatdye products out there. while i don't want to tellyou what products to use, i will tell you what products i rely on

time and time again. if i want to use a powdered dye, i usually reach for this transfast stuff. it's pretty widely available,relatively inexpensive, and they come in agreat variety of colors. i have both the water-soluble and the alcohol-soluble versions, but most often i wind upusing the water-soluble. in the liquid concentrate category,

i like to use transtint. the product information and msds tell us that it contains a metal acid dye, which means it's a littlebit more light-fast than other dyes, and italso contains glycol ethers. that means it dissolves in just about anything we put it in. i use this stuff primarily for toning. just a few drops into a can of lacquer,

water-based poly or shellac, and i've got a great way to add subtle color to any project. finally, in the ready-to-use category, i have my new favorite,general finishes dye stains. these stains are incrediblyeasy to work with and they come in a variety of colors. you can mix and match the colors to achieve a completely custom look.

you can even add this stuff to just about any water-based topcoat. looking at the msds we seethat it not only contains a glycol ether, it also contains an acrylic polymer and water. the glycol ether was used to dissolve the acrylic and thedye, and the concentrate was then diluted with water. the acrylic in the mixdoes act as a binder,

but they've managed toadd the perfect amount so that the color sticks to the surface but it still allowssubsequent coats of dyes to penetrate in caseyou want to layer color. it's interesting tonote that if this stuff were in its concentratedform and it didn't contain so much water, we'd have something very similar to transtint,which is a universal dye concentrate that's compatible

with just about any finish. since so much water hasbeen added to this product, it's pretty much committedto the world of water. honestly, that's perfectly fine with me. if you're applying the finish by hand, i recommend sticking withthe water-based dyes. they give you a decentamount of working time, unlike an alcohol-based dye, which can streak pretty easily.

keep in mind, the water-basedstuff can streak too. let's apply dye to a few test panels and i'll show you how i like to do it. the first step is to pre-wet the surface because we're going touse a water-based dye. whether you mix your own water-based like from powder here, of ifyou use this pre-mix stuff, you're still going toget some grain raising. this material doesn't raise the grain

quite as much as just usingstandard dye and water, but it still does, so just to be safe, i like to get the entiresurface nice and wet. some distilled water in a spraybottle's perfect for this. let it soak in. just kind of rub it into the surface. don't have to go crazy. just make sure it's for the most part wet in every single part of the board.

if you missed a few spots, you go over it a second time. i'm going to let thatdry for about an hour. the great thing about this step is this really does, eventhough it's just water, it really does highlight some of the flaws that might be in thesurface, so if you've missed something, this is whereyou're going to see it. it's been about 45 minutes.

the surface feels nice and dry. it certainly has raised the grain. a piece of 320-grit sandpaper, a very light sanding willknock that grain down, and get us ready for the dye. what i'm actually doinghere is a test board for my aurora table,the one that i learned to make with darrell peart. his mixture is 7 parts ofgeneral finishes orange

and 4 parts of generalfinishes medium brown. that's what i haveright here all mixed up. these things are perfectly compatible with one another, so you just mix them up and you're good to go. i'll be doing a fewdifferent experiments here, but i'll show you thedifferent application methods using this as i make my test boards. you can apply pretty easilywith a foam brush like this,

and then just wipe off the excess. that's certainly one way. you could also just dip the rag right into the mix and wipe it on, but i think i prefer the sponge more than anything else. here's another option. you could put the dyeinto a simple spray bottle and spritz it all over the surface.

that's great for covering large areas in a very short amount of time. of course, you couldalways use an hvlp system, traditional finishing system, to spread the color on evenly. you don't necessarilyeven have to wipe it off at that point because it spreads it so nice and even over the surface. let's start by flooding the surface

with a sponge brush. i like to get the surface good and wet. you'll see the wood is very thirsty. it pulls in that water very aggressively and pulls in the color as well. the idea here is to flood the surface. let the wood pick up as much as it wants to pick up in terms of color. if you do that, you can actually get

much more consistent results because you can vary theintensity of your color by changing your formula,but not necessarily by your application method. that's just another variable you throw in the mix. i keep it nice and wet likethis for a couple seconds. let it take as much as it wants in. get a nice clean cotton rag.

wipe off the excess with the grain. wow, let me tell you. darrell's recommendation is spot on, because that is gorgeous. if you notice that the wood starts taking up the finish alittle bit too aggressively and starts pulling in that color, one trick that you can do, this isn't a bad ideafor larger work surfaces,

is to spritz the surface with water first. let that soak in. basically, the really,really thirsty grain is going to pull in the clear water instead of pulling in all that color. with a pre-wet surface, we can now go back to wiping on the dye. if you have a good spray bottle, you can actually use thatto spritz the dye on.

i just realized, i don't normally use a spray bottle to do this, and i just borrowed this one from the house, and i realized it has noreally fine mist setting. it only has the stream setting. so let's use our imaginations and pretend that this is a gentle fine mist. what i'm spraying hereis a slight variation of darrell's color mix.

what i've done is added 1 part yellow. that little tiny bit ofyellow could very well just add a little bit of a fiery glow. we've already got the orange in there. the yellow will tend to brighten things up a little bit and kind ofgo on the opposite end of the spectrum from the medium brown. i'm just doing it as an experiment. if i like it, i'll useit on the actual piece.

just for fun, we'regoing to make our own dye from some water-soluble powder. the instructions on this transfast dye says to use 2 quartsof hot distilled water and 1 ounce of dye. one ounce of dye is basically,well, this whole thing. i really don't want to do that. i'm just going to do a small sample here just to give you an ideaof what you can expect.

do your best not to disturb too much of this powder dust and get it in the air because you do not want to breathe it. get a good mix. keep in mind, when you mixyour own stuff from powder, you do want to be a lotmore careful than i'm being. you want to keep track of exactly how much powder you put into how much water because you're going to want to reproduce

this result in the future, especially for a larger project. you need a lot more of this stuff than you think you do sometimes. it's pretty well mixed. i'm going to use the little sponge, sponge brush to put it on the surface and we'll see how well it applies. just going to flood iton like we did before.

this is all water, so you can see it's going to reallydrink it up really fast. doesn't give you a whole lot of time to come back and wipe off the excess. you can see how on a larger surface, that could be a bit of a problem because your start and stop points are going to become really visible. obviously, i wouldnormally use a larger brush

to do this so i can covermore surface area faster. notice, this is a birch plywood, which is notoriously very splotchy. there is no shortage ofuneven absorption here, so even dyes suffer fromthat problem as well. while our test panel dries, let's talk a little bit about the topcoat. when it comes to dye, youhave to be very careful about what you chooseand how you apply it.

if this were just the simple powder dye that we mixed with waterand applied to the surface, we'd have to be really careful. if we just hit it witha water-based topcoat, the water in this material could very well reactivate that dye andlift it into the finish. it just makes things lookmurky and not very good. we want to make sure thedye that's on that surface stays on the surface.

really, if you think about, the simplest dye is literallyjust the dye particle and some sort of solvent. once that solvent evaporates, all your left with is the dye particles that are on the wood grain. you want to make sure thatyou lock that stuff down. what i recommend doing is locking it in with some dewaxed shellac.

sealcoat is a great example of that. you still can pull some of the color off with the shellac, so youhave to be very careful about how you apply it. if you could spray it, perfect. then you could just lay a light mist down on the surface thatlocks everything down. if you can't spray, you'regoing to have to wipe it on. what i recommend doingis using very quick,

light strokes and justput a nice little coat on there, almost like avery quick french polish. you want to just touch down to the surface and come right off the end, and then lock that grain down. if you can get someshellac in a spray can, just for the purposeof this first sealcoat, probably not a bad idea. after that point, you canhit it with as many coats

as thick as you want of whatever type of finish youwant, and it's not going to disturb the color. also, if you don't havethe shellac on hand and all you really have is your topcoat, you can get away with that. just make sure that your first coat is just very light, and be careful, don't apply too thick of a coat,

because that will have a tendancy to reactive that dye. all that being said, that's exactly why i like this general finishes stuff, because it does have alittle bit of binder in it, which means it's going tohave less of a tendancy to pull up into the topcoatthat we choose to use, even if you go with justa water-based topcoat. i find that these are alittle bit more flexible

and wind up requiring less of me in terms of extra steps to make sure that the color stays on the surface. with the dye completelydried at this point, this is where you haveto be really careful. i'm going to use a little bit of shellac and see if i could justuse a really light touch and apply just a nice light coat that will lock everything down.

obviously, again, spraying in all of this, if you have an hvlp, a turbine system, spraying is always going to be easier. but, i like to approach this assuming that you don't have a sprayer. a little bit of sealcoat,which if i recall is approximately 2-pound cut. i just realized onething i need to do here is get a secondary container. duh.

obviously, dipping the rag with dye on it back into the originalcontainer is not a good idea. the powdered materialthat we made ourselves is actually holding up pretty well to this alcohol and shellac mixture. this is a real goodsign, a promising result. i'm actually rubbing about the same as i would on a raw piece of wood, and that's not too bad.

there's really not much on there. once this dries, you're pretty much ready to put on any topcoat that you want. here's our test board that we used the general finishes dye stains on. i expect that to hold up just as well. even if you get a little bit of color on your pad, that doesn't necessarily mean that you're doing any serious damage.

what you need to look at is the surface of the wood to see ifyou're actually pulling a significant amount of color up and changing the way it looks. in this case, it looks pretty good to me. not bad. as you an see, the worldof dyes is pretty cool. you could do a lot with it. you have bright vivid colors.

the newer formulationsare pretty light fast you still want to becareful about uv exposure. you don't want these thingsbeing in direct sunlight because they will fade. you have to be realistic. but, at the same time, allthose things satisfied, you can get some really impressive looking pieces just by using a little bit of dye. keep in mind i onlyreviewed what i consider

to be the stuff thatthe average woodworker is going to confront in our travels as we go through finishing. there's a lot of differentvarieties out there. there are some exceptions to the rules that we've talked about. i won't pretend to have used all of them. i just, at this point, usewhat i'm very comfortable with and what has given megreat results in the past

and i think it'll work for you, too. on your next project whenyou need to color something, think about using some dye. it's a great product.

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♪ ♪ we want to welcome you back foranother episode of the villagehome show. this show is our opportunity tonot only tell you about kitchenand bath projects going on inour area, but now we can show you theentire process from start tofinish. on the village home show youcan expect to see projects ofvarious sizes, budgets, and styles. and we know thereis something for everyone totake away from each story that we tell here on the show.the team at village home storesis so honored that our customers allow us tomake their homes amazing. nowsome of those same customers have welcomed you in to see thefinished spaces. today'sepisode includes a

kitchen remodel so incrediblethat we're spending the entireepisode featuring it from start to finish. thiskitchen features gray stainedcabinetry from dura, supreme cambria quartz counters, astainless steel appliancepackage from kitchenaid, and lighting and tile work thatwill truly make you wish youget to come home to this kitchen everyday. we will sharethe before and during storiesof this transformation before giving you a full tourof the new space. we documentedthe entire process so you can really seethe work that went into gettingthis project completed. special guests from durasupreme will also join us totell us about some of theamazing details found in this cabinetrydesign. there's so much to talkabout

with this project so lets getright to it. take a look atsome of the before photos ofthis local kitchen. ♪ medium oakcabinetry and dark laminate tops filled theoriginal kitchen. the raisedpanel cabinet doors included an arch on the top andbottom rail to give a verytraditional look overall. i know this is the beforeportion of our program, but steps were taken to give anupgraded look to the laminatecounters from the originaldesign. i want to point out thesefeatures because they remain agreat way to enhance your look without pulling into yourproject budget. laminate topscan look upscale and this before story provesthat. laminate countertops areavailable

in thousands of patterns andfinishes. selecting aninteresting edge profile can be a great way to upgradeyour laminate look. thisoriginal kitchen included a beveled edge. this edge isideal for kitchen layouts thathave a lot of exposed or angled ends on thecounter. a bevel can be addedto any flat exposed edge. with theplacement of the kitchen sinkin the original design that left many exposed edgesthat could be beveled for anadded interest. also notice instead of apost-form backsplash where the top meets the wall a fullheight splash has beeninstalled. this is another great look forjust the right project. nowit's hard to show you

one great view of the originalkitchen as we look at thisbefore story because well, there were a fewblocking our view. but don'tworry they're coming out soon. the most significant changewill be when the wall dividingthe original dining room from the originalkitchen is taken out completely. the dining room area has suchan amazing view out into thewooded lot, but the wall dividing the twoareas blocks the view and allof that great natural light. across the sink wall of theoriginal kitchen sits a walled off cooking zone and aseparated location for therefrigerator. the cooking zone did have prepspace on either side, but thechopped

up areas made it feel verycrowded. bridging between thetwo walls above the cooktop was adecorative oak valance. this isa great way to conceal the woodcomponents behind it. just waituntil you see the hood wall of the new kitchen.on the outside wall of thiscooking zone was a drop zone. a place todock a phone, set your car keys, and even sort mail. drop zoneareas are still highly soughtafter in new designs. what we'redropping in these areas haschanged. it should be no surprise to youthat most of those itemsrequire chargers and chords. this original kitchen wastraditional in style and warmwoods

filled the space. along withthe room itself opening up abrand new palette of cool colors willbring a fresh more transitionallook to the upper level of this home. when we come backwe will walk you through thenew kitchen design and you will get to see thedemolition begin for this newkitchen. all of that and more when we come back formore of the village home show.♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ before we show you the newproject beginning lets take a look atwhat the new design fromvillage home stores will look like when we are finished. ifyou use the location of thecooktops centered on the top of thelayout you can get yourbarrings on where changes havebeen made.

this cooktop area has stayed inroughly the same location as the original kitchen range. therefrigerator has been movedacross the room and the angled countertop areahas moved to the oldrefrigerator location. the sink is now on the wallshown at the bottom of thisview. most importantly look at thewall we've removed. this viewinto the new design from the dining room wouldn'thave been possible in theoriginal layout. the wall dividing these tworooms is gone and a knee wallat bar height divides the rooms but doesn'tblock the view into or out fromthem. a wall oven and cooktop are nowon this wall and a drop zone

has been moved down to a smallwall space near the frontentrance into the kitchen. the sink wall of cabinetry alsois now home to the refrigerator, and a tall pantry cabinet onthe opposite end. a raised dishwasher will be easyto load and unload. instead ofending the cabinetry at therefrigerator a shallow buffetarea has been included for serving filling the space tothe right of the refrigeratoron over to the window wall. think this kitchen looks greatin computer renderings? waituntil you see it brought to life, but wecan't show you the finishedspace without first bringingyou up to speed on how it was completed.the old oak kitchen is just

a memory now. all of theoriginal kitchen has beenremoved along with the walls that used to divide the kitchenoff from the rest of the firstlevel of this home. because the wall that extendsdown the entire span of thishome is load bearing a header remains to support theweight now that this room hasopened up to become one large great room. theelectricians and plumbers havehad a chance to come out and rough in thenew locations of all of thefixtures. lets pay a visit to the jobsite to check in with thisspace. here is our featured kitchen inprogress. not only has a wallbeen removed right here that used to divide theoriginal dining room form theoriginal kitchen, but a goodportion

of this wall has been removedas well. when i stopped by tocheck on this kitchen after demo i couldn't believethe transformation just formthat wall work being done. now instead of the kitchen witha small dinette area we have anentire new upper level of this home.it's now opened up for the newkitchen, dining space, and a great roomarea. these homeowners will nowhave look of an entirely new homeright when they walk in thefront door. after the walls and existingflooring were removed theelectricians and plumbers wereable to come in and roughen in the space forthe new locations of theappliances, sink, and lighting\ there was work to be done tothe new walls and areas werethe old

walls met with new spaces. someareas of the ceiling alsoreceived patchwork before the painterswere able to begin. now thatthe space has been prepped the hardwoodflooring can be installed. wheninstalling natural products like wood into yourhome you want to be sure thewood itself has a chance to adapt to the climate in yourhome before it's installed.this is why we deliver wood flooring daysbefore the installation date.opening up the boxes and exposing the material tothe home allows it to acclimate. you can see the progress herealready and we can't wait toshow you the reveal of thisremodeled space. later in this episode. see thenew look when we come back formore of

the village home show. ♪ ♪ the wall work has beencompleted and the room isreally starting to look great. once theflooring had a chance toacclimate to the humidity andthe home it was installed. beforewe could even make it out toshoot a photo of the new floors they were covered up forprotection. the last thing youwant to have happen is a scratch, nick, ordent in the brand new hardwood. we used a product called ramboard. as you watch shows like "love it or list it", "this oldhouse", or income property"look down and see you will see this product being used.ram board is an ideal choicefor protecting

your new investment. villagehome stores is an authorizeddealer of this product so call or stop in anytime toask about it. with the floors in place the new cabinetry canbegin to get installed. now this new kitchen is starting to takeshape. the cabinetry for theangled peninsula is set in place and the kneewall is built. this knee wallis built at bar height and will supportthe eat-in bar top. the spreadof wall from the countertop to the bartop will have outlets andswitches facing the kitchen. cabinets are allin place and appliances can nowgo in. countertop templates can bemade now that the finisheddimensions are available.

cambria countertops have beeninstalled and this bar top is truly a custom fit and look.notice the unique edge profile on the counters.without reveling the entirefinished look we will offer this sneakpeek of the mosaic tile gettinginstalled above the new cooktop. and of course notjust any basic light switch or plug willdo for a dream kitchen years inthe making. our adorne collection fromlegrand will be in placethroughout the new space. before we give you thefull tour of this new kitchenwe want welcome some of it's firstguests. dura supreme cabinetrysaw how this

kitchen was progressing over onour facebook page and had tosee it for themselves. we used the opportunity to chatabout some of our favoritefeatures of the dura supremeline. take a look. well who better tobe some of the very fist guests in this dura supreme kitchenthen some of our favoritemembers of the dura supreme team we want to welcome stefan andjohn thank you for joining us.stefan: thanks for having us. elizabeth: well, john youjoined us at the wqad studiowhen we put in that dura supremekitchen there on site and youshowed us a lot about durasupreme. that day but could you remindus now that we're here how longhas dura been in business? john: yeah dura supreme is afamily owned company and we'vebeen building cabinets since

the 1950s. elizabeth: wowthat's wonderful and located inthe u.s correct? stefan: yeah, right up they'reour neighbors right up inhoward lake minnesota so a we actually have that's ourmain location and we also havemill ah just north of that so it'sreal nice we can take from log all the way to thefinished product. we have ourhands on the on the product the whole time and itjust really creates consistencyand we we're able to watch that gofrom again start to finish and again that that buildsconsistency for the endconsumer. elizabeth: yeah andyou being confident in the productyou're putting out makes us alot more confident in selling it

to our customers. what kind ofa warranty can they expect fromdura supreme? john: we offer a limitedlifetime warranty. ah you knowif challenges arrive then we're family owned we workwith village challenges get worked out andand kind of expanding into ah another area we do not get intothe home setters so you don't have to worryabout who you're going to talkto. elizabeth: yeah john: village home stores willtake care of it. elizabeth:yeah we're going to be thereand we are very reachable. now the reason why i wanted tohave you here instead of at thestudio is we are now surroundedwith a gorgeous dura supreme kitchen.could you tell me a little bitabout what does

dura supreme invest to find thefinishes and the styles thatthey have? stefan: yeah this is definatelyon trend isn't it? the graysthe paint it's it's right on the money. you know from aninvestment standpoint it'sreally more um just with the overalltechnology i mean the owner of dura supreme ah has investedmillions of dollars into the technology and it's not justthe overall finish, but it's all ah you know you have to sandthe product correctly you haveto make sure that you have a very controlledenvironment. and that's whywe're a little bit differentthen the regional shops and we havea completely controlledenvironment. ah which is

great so from sanding to theactual finish itself all being hand finished andthen actually to the conversion varnish it's a bakedon finish and that gives us the um the product that we can puta lifetime warranty on. so from that standpoint we havemillions of dollars investedinto that. you know really from how do weget to these type of colors.our v.p. of marketing karen wistrom doesa fantastic job and she's on that colormarketing group so so she knows what's going to becoming from a trend perspective

in the next two or three orfour years so we're right on it. ah we've got lots of differentof finishes to choose from andso we know that hey when grays arestarting to come out that'swe're we're gonna have a really nice palette for youguys to extend to the consumer. ah paint we see a little bit ofa paint here that's justblowing up as well and so i would say probably 4out of 10 kitchens we sell noware paint and we really see thathaving legs in the marketplace so we want to be right on cuewith all those differentfinishes along with a really nice paint palette foryou guys. elizabeth: yeahabsolutely well paint is asignificant portion

of our business especially whenyou get into what you mention atransitional style. stefan: yeah elizabeth: um having a whitepainted kitchen sounds like youmight want it, but you need a lot of whites to choose fromand dura has a lot of thosesame thing with the graycategories we have a lot to work with. stefan: that'sright. elizabeth: um so thefinishes are very important,but also the the texture the weatherdistressed finishes you guysare amazing at those could youtell me a little bit about that? john:yeah we actually have aweathered sample here. ah it's a stain glazecombination, but you'll see that it's textured and it's got theah the elements from weatherhitting it in your backyard for40 years.

you know it's got that texturedopen wide grain and then wealso add bird pecking characteristics toit and then right next to it we've got the chipped paintwhich is very popular as well.elizabeth: great on just like an accent island ifyou're not comfortable doing itin the full kitchen. um these finishes are somethingthat you really need toexperience and touch and feel especially theweathered ones you will just besurprised when you walk up to it um we have an island in theshowroom and it's impossible tostop people from walking up toit and grabbing it and just umjust feeling that finish it'svery wonderful. stefan: and they go is thisreal wood is this elizabeth:yeah oh yeah. stefan: oh yeahoh yeah and it's a

very labor intensive, but ah ifyou want to set yourself apart from your neighbors and youwant your own custom kitchenthat that's why you go to villageand can use a dura supremeproduct. elizabeth: yeah it isa gorgeous product now we are in a cherrykitchen, might not be thecherry you're familiar with but this is cherry in acaraway finish. stefan: yeah.elizabeth: what other woodspecies does dura offer? stefan: yeah we offer oak,hickory, maple, cherry as youmentioned. we also still are very involvedin the rustic parts of it. sowe have knotty which we see right here. ahrustic cherry, rustic hickory. ah quarter sawn oakhas been really good for us too.

we also have some more ofexotic wood species too lyptusis a hybrid of a eucalyptus tree, and verystrong wood it looks a lot like mahogany without theprice point of mahogany so that that's worked well for us too.and then when we as i mentionedearlier um as we're transitioning intomore of a transitional even a light contemporary looksome of those exotic woods areare real important that we offer. umbamboo ah we offer a rift cut oak, a dougfir, zebrawood just to give a little bit more of thatcontemporary feel. um and so

we offer all of those differentspecies. elizabeth: so manyoptions. stefan: lots to choosefrom, it a fashion industry i mean this businesshas evolved so much over thelast 10, 15, 20 years. i'm datingmyself a little bit, but it is become so important tohomeowners to have a dreamkitchen and that's why is john eludedto it's so important to havethe right dealer in place in each andevery market and we're blessedwith that. ah especially here in the quadcities so if you want a dream kitchen you have to gothe right people cause we wecan we're only as good as our distributor. and andthat's village here in themarketplace.

elizabeth: yeah that'swonderful very kind words thankyou. um but i want to ask you what are some of your favoritethings about dura, john? john: you know i like the factthat we've got a rainbow ofcolors. um you open the book up andthere's just tons of skus youcan design with. ah we build a solid product weback it up with a warranty, and the fact that we work witha family owned company such asvillage. elizabeth: yeah it always comesback to the people and that'swhy we choose our products toobecause we need to be able to reach outto the people too, and howabout you? stafan: yeah, yeah iwould that's a good answer john, nice job. ah but i wouldsay really it's, it's

being able to ah, know you aswe're the liaisons between manufacturing and thedistributors, it's just all about the relationships. youknow and that for the consumerthat is so important that they get theright dealer the right designer ah because again we canmanufacture a great product we do manufacture a greatproduct we have an array ofgreat finishes and wood species to choosefrom, but if you don't havethat right designer in place ah it makes for just a bla kitchen and we don't likebla kitchens i mean we're inthe fashion industry

so i would say it's the overallrelationship and being able to have village home stores anddura supreme being able to do this directlyfrom a buying power standpoint ah and from atraining standpoint that we're giving the best value that wepossibly can in the quad cities. and so that thatwhen we see that happen thatmagic happen we get to see this and that'spretty cool. elizabeth: yeahwell and you make everything available those skusthat you mentioned. um asdesigners we love having everything available andif it isn't you can still workwith us and make it happenwhich is

always great as a designer, butwe just want to thank you somuch for joining us here in this dura supreme kitchen,but we will take you on acloser look of this kitchen just in a few minutes, um butfirst we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ welcome to this gorgeous new kitchencompletely remodeled by villagehome stores. now that the work is finishedall of the public spaces of theentire upper level of this home are justopen and airy as any new homebuilt today. with the walls removedand the new kitchen now openedup to the dining room and adjacent livingroom the entire space looksgreat looking

into the kitchen as well as outform it. located on a wooded lot this kitchen now has fullaccess to the natural light andserene views just outside of the glass filledback wall of the home. before we take a look at themore in-depth of this overallnew design. lets first startwith the basics. the cabinetry and countertopsare a complete transformationfrom the original oak cabinets and dark green laminate tops.the new cabinetry is from our dura supreme line.you've seen cherry kitchens,but have you ever seen a cherry kitchen quite like this?the lynden door style has beenused and the caraway finish appliedto this rich wood grain.

this unique twist on a neutraltone allows the wood grain tobe enhanced and creates a stunning and sophisticatedlook. the angled detail found in the lynden door profileallowed for the perfectopportunity to use cambria's amazing knife edge option. wellmost countertop edge profiles find their detail from the topto the bottom, the knife edgegives you full access to the depth of thetop and takes the profiledetail off of the of the lower portion of theslab. seeing these elementsperfectly paired together proves that getting the overalllook like this, it is all inthe details. details like these are whatgives you a magazine kitchen ora

pinterest worthy kitchen as wecall it in the industry. thecambria quartz used in this kitchen is thetorquay design. this subtle tone on tone design allowslight to reflect and bounce allover the space. there's a small buffet area inthe eat in zone of the newkitchen that received a shallow accent top in thegalloway design. this designcompliments the colors of the overallmaterial selection and addsmovement and style to the open portion of thecounter. this subtle countertopselection creates the perfect platform to showcasethe striking tile backsplashthat's installed throughout. a porcelain field tile has beeninstalled horizontally.

this tile has a wood grain lookthat compliments but doesn'tconflict with the cherrycabinetry grain. adding texture andinterest to the kitchen this porcelain tile can beinstalled on the floor or thewall. the most impressive element to thebacksplash design is thiscascading glazzio mosaic tile behind the stainless hood. awaterfall effect is created with a blend of glass,ceramic, and metal tiles thatseems to fluidly stream down andreflect onto the new glasscooktop. the flooring is from ourparamount line. this montereybirch hardwood is a richespresso stain. the varied widths of thematerial gives it interest

and adds texture. the choice toinstall the flooring at an angle is another one of those detailsthat truly sets this look off.lets take a tour of the kitchen appliancesstarting right here with thedishwasher. notice that the unit has been raised upinto a built-in cabinet. thismakes the dishwasher easier to load and unload nomatter what your height. thecooktop we mentioned earlier is a 36"wide 5-burner electric unit with touch activated controls.once the elements have cooled the control lock creates agreat way to easily clean thewhole surface without turningon any burners or features. above thecooktop and showcased perfectly

by this cascading mosaic tileis a 36" stainless hood. with 3-speed and a 10 minuteboost of ventilation when needed this model provides an ampleamount of cfms above the5-burner unit below. on the same wall is acombination microwave and walloven from kitchenaid. the shorter section above canbe used as a standardmicrowave, but the added convection features in itallow it to be a second ovenwhen needed. one of the most overlooked newfeatures on kitchenaidmicrowaves is the soften or melt function. this lower wattageoption replaces the need to leave the ice cream out onthe counter to soften up a bitor melt butter for baking.

these tasks can now be donequickly with 1 step in themicrowave. the 29 cubic foot french doorrefrigerator also fromkitchenaid is a phenomenal refrigeratorchoice. 29 cubic feet of storage is a lot of space toget organized in. the grayfinish on the interior of thisrefrigerator is called platinum. yes this looks cool, but whygray? the gray platinuminterior paired with l.e.d.lighting in the fridge allows you to seeyour food better. this home islocated in an area of the quad citiesthat has extremely hard water.a secret secondary appliance is hiddenin the lower area of thisbuffet to help with this

issue. hard water can be roughover time on investments likethis kitchenaid refrigerator. the indoor iceand water dispenser was nothooked up to the water line native to the house.instead a flojet bottled water dispenser supplies thekitchenaid filtration systemfor the refrigerator. with great power comes greatresponsibility, and the adornecollection from legrand is ready for thetask no matter what. thisentire kitchen has been outfitted with thisunique series of switches andsolutions. pop-out outlets provideversatile access when needed,but add a stylish look when not inuse. soft-tap dimmer switchescan be

preset to the desired dimmedamount, and with a single tapthey will return to that level oflight. our diode l.e.d.undercabinet lighting system washes thebeautiful new countertop andbacksplash with light. the painted access cabinetabove the sink is also lit withthis system. this happens when youprovide yourself with layers oflighting options for any task at any time ofday. a combination of decorative dining fixtures, a flushfixture, recess cans, and theundercabinet lighting give you limitlessoptions. there are smartstorage solutions everywhere you turn in this newdura supreme kitchen.

a 36" wide pantry cabinetincludes adjustable slide-outshelves. for those of you who have beenreaching up for years and yearsto grab plates and glasses take note of this alternative.store glasses in slide-outdrawers or allow yourself an entiredrawer like this. plates and other dinnerware canbe easily accessed in a draweror slide-out. access to pots and pans isimportant in the cooking zonein your kitchen. leave the upper cabinet storage spacefor less used items. the deeparea above this microwave wall ovenhas space for small appliancesas well as tray dividers for bakeware.now lets talk some trash.

of course i mean the trash inthe kitchen. where is it? i canshow you without even leaning over to open itup. the servo auto trash feature has been added and now just asingle nudge is all that isneeded to open the cabinet to access the trashbins within. how many times areyour hands dirty, wet, or just too full toopen the trash? this featurehelps all of those instances with just alittle push of help. anotherarea to note in this new kitchen isthe drop zone near the frontentrance. this drop zone provides aconcealed place to sort thetype of things that may tend to pile up on the counter. forbusy families we often includea charging station

for devices in this same zone.beveled end caps have beenapplied to this section of cabinetry tocreate a more customizedfurniture style. the all important layer ofcrown molding and undercabinetmolding finish off the look. the buffet areaacross from the drop zone usesthe extra space to isn't fullest.added storage below and a place to hide that flowjet watersystem this buffet now becomesa great amount of counter space to serve from orto display on. with dura supreme there's never an upcharge forcutting down the depth of acabinet. in this case we were able toorder this wall of cabinetry tofit perfectly in place.

sleek and stylish a singledrill faucet is paired with anundermount kohler sink. notice the sinkhas 2 sections but that the center divider ismuch lower than normal. thisoption is called a low divider. allowing you theoption to fill one side withsome water for any soaking or washingneeded. the reminder of thetime you have access to the full width of theoverall sink. the benefits of asingle well sink when you have something largeto fit in it and the benefitsof a double well when you want sorting orwashing options. this kitchenis one of the most stunning and sophisticatedkitchen remodels that we havedone in a while, and

were so glad to have theopportunity to show you how itall took shape. we want to thank the homeownersto show you around, and we wishwe were as lucky as them to come home to thiseveryday. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this complete remodel from village home stores hasgiven these homeowners anentire new open space in theirhome. love the home you're in? wantto give it updates that willhelp you live in it longer? and keep you where you want tobe? village home stores canhelp with that. if you're building a new homeremember that our newconstruction customers canbundle their purchases throughout the whole store fromus. discounted pricing storewide

combined with bundle programtranslates into free lightingfor your new home. contact us today or visitvillagehomestores.com with anyquestions about this bundle program. we carryappliances, cabinetry,countertops, lighting, floorcovering, andnow custom shades and blindsfor your home. all of this all in one locationto make the selection processeasier on you whether you're buildinga new home or remodeling theone that you're in. we thank you so much forjoining us for this episode ofthe village home show. keep looking forward to seeingmore expert interviews,industry news and of coursemore great projects from right here in thequad city area. if you have anyquestions about anything you've

seen here today or if you wantto start the conversation aboutyour own project give us a call at 309-944-1344 or email us atinfo@villagehomestores.com. visit villagehomestores.comwhere you can find links to allof our social media outlets including pinterest,houzz, facebook and many more. you're always welcome to stopby and see us at our showroomin downtown geneseo. i've been your host elizabethround and i look forward toseeing you right back hereanother time for an episode of the villagehome show. ♪ ♪

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- this time on road kill, we're doing donuts in a dodge challenger. - and proving that youcan take a dirt track car, run it with no gear oil, andget a fraction of the way home. - what is the proof? (laughs) (engine revvs) (upbeat music) - [mike] isn't it summer?

- is it? - it's supposed to be. - it's like june. - it's june, and i'm wearing pants. - [david] right now, we'rein the far-flung outskirts of forest grove, oregon,and there's some people here who have tons of cool mopars, one of which is a 70 dodge challenger dirt track car, and our plan here is toget it running and driving,

hope to not get arrestedwhile we drive the thing all the way back home onas much dirt as possible. - how's it going? - good, how are you? - david freiburger. - jamie kidwell, pleased to meet you. - jamie, and you're julie? - yes. - nice to meet you.

- thanks for connecting; nice to meet you. - hi, julie. - nice to meet you, julie. - wow. - this is it? - this is it. - [david] when we werethinking about what to do on this episode of roadkill,we were kind of at a loss, and so i went to the fans.

i made a post on facebook that said, "do you have anythingcool that you can sell us that can be made to run and drive in a couple days that'saround 3,000 bucks?" and i got something like 300 responses, but the stand out wasthis 70 dodge challenger dirt track car that was up in oregon. - [mike] here's the rubabout this whole plan: we've only got four days,we've never seen this car,

and we don't really wantto take the highway home. ideally, we'd like to coverthe 1,000 mile road trip mostly on dirt, so we'vegot our work cut out for us. - is it going to run and drive? - yeah, it hasn't been runningin a little over a year. - [mike] okay. - [jamie] it hasn't beenon a racetrack in 10. but yeah, it'll run. i remember this car whenit was running around town.

an older lady drove it, and i mean, it was out in timber for 400bucks, running and driving. - look, the doors are welded. - everything's welded, man. - yeah, it's all welded up. - [jamie] quite a few guys up here ran these e bodies on the dirt. - wow, that's a screw-together roll cage. - it is a screw-together roll cage.

- no. - yeah, look at it, there's a pipe turn, you fit it together. - [david] that's worse thanthe cross bar in the blasphemy. - [mike] wow. - this one's the norm, man. - [jamie] it still is in a lot of cases. - [mike] i like it; it's got character. - it's got character.

- having general mayhem flashbacks now. did this come out of a motor home? - no, that's the original motor. - [jamie] yeah, i'm sureit's still under the car. - yeah. - so what are your odds onus getting back to la in it? - pretty good. - [david] really? - pretty good, yeah.

- the better questionis, what are our odds of surviving a crash in this thing? - [david] cool, i'm kind of stoked. - [mike] yeah, this thing's cool. - yeah, it's different. - [mike] jamie is a certified mopar freak. everything from trucks tocars, parts, you name it, he had it and he wanted to show it to us. - [mike] you have better stufflying around on the ground

than most people have on their cars. - [david] wow, this is totally old school. - it is; that's how it's going to stay. - wow, that's a cool cab. - [david] i had no idea it was that... - [jamie] that was a state of oregon sanding truck, just on mount hood. - [david] wow, i've never seen this gear badge before either.

- [jamie] yeah, isn't that cool? - that's super cool. oh, that's sweet; wow. how come all mopar guys are like this? - cause we're sick. - what is the deal with that, though? - sick. - i can't remember last night at the bar, and you can tell a story about

every one of these cars you own. - i can. - you don't see the dodgeschool bus too often. - [jamie] mmm-mmm. - hey look, kitchen sink. - everything and. - if i had this kind of property, this is probably who i'dbe, what it would look like. except for less organized,and with less valuable stuff.

(sighs) - okay, what do we need to get started? it's a lot more complete than i thought. is it literally just goingto fire up and drive? - [jamie] i'd buy some points for it. - points? okay. - battery, electrical kit. - starting fluid? - [mike] sawzall and a lot of blades.

(david chuckles) - [mike] look at this. it's day one, there's a car, here's parts. it almost looks like we planned ahead. i'm sure they all fit perfectly, too. right about now, i'm about to make sure that that cage neverhurts anyone ever again. (saw whirs) look at that, you're addingperformance; wow, thunk.

i feel like it won't be arace car with no roll cage. this is sketchy. - wow; they measured that asan earthquake in california. (soft music) - [mike] bonk! - [david] we're cutting a roll cage out. it was in our way; itwas an inconvenience. - yeah, we weren't goingto be able to start it with the roll cage in there;can i have a new blade?

- this is dumb. (david grunts) - all right now, i am lookingfor battery terminals, because ours are shot; youcan't even tighten them down. hmmm, i'll just leave that there. - fire it up. - [david] where is that starting fluid? - there's no spark. - nothing.

- [david] so, are thepoints opening and closing? - [david] yeah, they are. - [david] okay. - [mike] dead coil? - [mike] nope, it's still not sparking. - [voiceover] sadly, ittook less time to cut out the plumber's special rollcage from the challenger than it did to get the motor running. we probably should've listenedto jamie three hours earlier

when he said, "those points are shot." - first thing when we walked up, jamie was telling fry, youbetter get some points, so we opened up the cab, and was like, "oh, they look fine, they're like new." - apparently we didn't want to hear it. - ready? - okay. - that is welled up.

- i'm going to pour a lot of gas in there, just want you to know. that's pretty good. (mike chuckles) - what was that? (mike and david chuckle) - that was running onacorns, that's what that was. (david laughs) - what is all that dust?

we're probably blowing all sorts of rats and stuff out of it. - [david] oh, what? hey, it's running. - it's running. (mike laughs) - yay! - sounds like a motor home. - well, it's like 6:30 at this point.

i don't know why, we'rejust not moving fast today. - let's recap; what did we accomplish? we bought a car, we cut out a roll cage, we made an engine run. an engine that was already in a car, wired, plummed, ready to go. so yeah, tomorrow david reallyneeds to pick up the pace, you know, hold up his end of the bargain. - [david] at some pointin our mania, we realize

the carborator is complete crap. it's totally clogged,and we're not fixing it. - yeah, this carborator hasbeen sitting outside forever. there's so much, like,llama hair in it and stuff. - [david] probably llama spit too. - [mike] so we ran into town and burned up the rest of our budget to buy a brand new carborator. - we kind of want toget on the road today,

and parts is parts. - gauges are installed. - [david] i like it. hold on. - i don't want to half-assthis installation. - there we go. - [david] this thing runsway too quiet for us. - it's quiet. - maybe it'll get louderwhen it overheats.

- it runs all right. well, we could put the seats in. - yeah, it runs good enough to keep going. - fix the wiring, and thengo to the parts store. - fix it on the road. - [mike] well, our $28,000 mopar has turned out to be apretty good car; it runs. well really, that's all it does right now. we don't know if it stops,we don't know if it shifts,

we don't know if it steers, we don't know if it drives straight. so we're going to put headlights on it, cause that's what you do next. - have you even, like, grazed your foot across the brake pedal yet? - nah, there's no reason to do that. - it's an automatic; don't need brakes. whoa.

that's right, you keep walking. is he coming back, no? all right, cool. - so, technically it should run right now. - [mike] yeah; so what you got here is the very finest in redneck engineering. this is a free, not quiteinstalled, battery mount. these are switches we bought for about $4, combined with a whole bunch of wiring we probably paid too muchfor, all zip-tied together.

that's the ignition,that's the headlights. you want yourself someleft or right turn signal, you're just a click away. oh, you got to stop,you want to warn people? put 'em together, there'syour brake lights. (mike and david laugh) - i think we're finallyready to leave in this turd. we have to run, put some tires on it, and hopefully get a front end alignment,

because it's all changedup for circle track racing. - all right. let's do this. - let's roll. - fires it right up. runs good. - it works. - uh-oh. - the brakes?

- yeah, something's rattling. - [david] uh-oh, something's rattling? (rattling) - what is that? - that's the drive shaftfalling out, is what that is. - that doesn't sound right. - yeah, that's the driveshaft hitting the floor. - whoa, okay, right. right turns are no goodfor the drive shaft.

- yep. - [mike] it smells like aretirement home caught on fire. - oh wow, there's somebody behind us. - i feel better not knowing. - oh, that sounds bad. - oh, first gear. (engine stalls) - okay? - we just ran into the rental car.

- we did, because our car doesn't want to go forward anymore. - i got nothing. we never checked thetraining fluid, did we? - [david] nope. - come on, darling. try and get it over there, i guess. - [david] the spool is not helping. that is going to smoke it fast.

we lost all transmission gear, so either we have no fluid in it, or that little arm, - this thing? - the throttle valve, look down on the transmission at the arm. oh dude, not good. - oh, there's no fluid in there. - poor transmission; ready?

- no traffic? - no, we're good. - good. we're on closed circuit tv. - [mike] hold on, stop it, stop it. - [david] for a federal offense. - [mike] holiday weekend;feds don't work holidays. - and stop. - okay, now let's go get some fluid.

- how far do you thinkwe got? two, three miles? - [david] oh, nah; one. - one? - [david] so the challenger's stranded, and we have a dented cameracar just sitting there, so we jumped in that thing, ran into town, bought some more trainingfluid just so we could limp the challenger back tojamie's and fix the drive shaft. - this is the stenchof victory right here.

- [mike] we're back. must have been that cockyburnout i did at the beginning that really screwed us carmelized. (guitar strums) - [david] that was fun, and brief. at this point, we are way behind schedule. we should have alreadyleft, so we're praying the drive shaft is any easyfix, and we need new tires. - there are these weirdimitation faux drive shaft

safety loops made out of, looks like, three eights all thread,that are basically touching the drive shaft rightnow, so that's the noise. (hammer bangs) well, we yanked the drive shaft out, cause we honestly didn't know how much of the yokewas in the transmission. it seems a little wobbily,so i pulled it out. you can see the shiny part,

that's where it's going on the seal, so we've got at leastthat much engagement, which is good enough for a roadkill. so we're just going toput it back in there, grease the zerk fittings on the u joints, and, god, i hope we hit the road. give me the heaviest, blackestwheel you can give me. - [david] i was worriedthat they were going to be white wagon wheels, so this is a thrill.

(david groans) yes. cooper is, of course, our sponsor, and i love the cooper cobra radial gt. but most importantly, iget to put on the wheels that finnigan hates, and remove the wheels that finnigan loves. doesn't it look much meaner now? - just couldn't stand to have

chevy parts on a crysler, could you? - this thing had thecircle track alignment for turning left, which means it had tons and tons of camber on this side. and so we just sort of eyeballtook that out of there. probably in the completely wrong way, but at least better than it was. (pounding) - [david] nice!

that's bodyworked, way better. oh man, it's like awhole new car; let's go. (david and mike laugh) - [mike] the next day, we hadto make a few more pit stops before we hit the road, andfor some reason it just seemed like this is the townthat will not let us go. - [david] remember when we tooka lowrider out in the desert and we drove, like a quarter mile, and we called it a victory,

and we could still seeour hotel in the distance? - yeah, but that was acasino, and this is a... - that. - median western. - [david] so we got hardware to put all four bolts in eachseat, which will be new. (mike imitates car horn) - we're not at a pump, right? - are you not allowed to pump?

- no; where's the sign? - really? - yeah, we're in oregon; they pump. - we went from the hotelof the auto parts store, then from the auto partsstore to here at a gas station that won't sell us gas,and now we're going from here to a chevron down the street. - [mike] in a car with no seat belts, no windshield, no registration,

no insurance, no title, no shame. - think we are running out of gas. - yeah, we're running out of gas. - okay, we're out of gas. - we can't get out. it's like a horror moviewhen you can't leave town. - it's 10:00; we've beenat this for two hours now. - yeah; and we'll stillhave to now go get gas. - so let's see, we've driven about,

wouldn't you say 15 milesand we ran out of gas? - we haven't gone 15 miles. - i'm keeping it positive. - okay, we filled up the gastank at the side of the road, and we drove 100 yards to the gas station, they filled it up for us. now we're attempting to leave town again. this whole street's oneway, but can we go through? no right turn; we definitely are

not getting out of this town. - we're done. - [mike] no, no, we're good. - [david] we're definitelynot leaving this town. what i want to know is howdid that cop not pull us over? i feel like that's dereliction of duty. i feel a sense of relief; ithink we might have done this. the no windshield thing is overrated. - [mike] want to put a windshield in it?

- [mike] after 100 miles of sucking it up, pretending we're lumberjacksand ignoring the cold and the bugs, we finally gave up and built a proper windshield. do you think it was thecarbon monoxide from the cuda that made us forget what would happen when we blocked off the front windshield and left the back window wide open? - to me, this is way worse.

the exhaust fumes coming into this just... i mean, i feel like i'mhaving a heart attack, and it has only beenlike a mile and a half. we had air flow before; now we just have carbon monoxide, and it's bad. so we're going to have to do something about the open areas hereat the back of the car, so we're taping it up. i figure if you're goingto die, die happy; ready?

- are we out of gas? - we can't go five feetwithout running out of gas, getting lost, or breaking down. - no, we can't. this is going to be a long day. well, at least we won'trun out of gas for a while. - no, we just get to huff it for the next half hour till it evaporates. - i'm feeling giddy;maybe that's what happens

right before death on carbon monoxide? - yeah, you're about to pass out. - [david] do you want totake the windshield back out? - kind of. - i'd like to think i'mgetting better at this, but the truth is, i'm not. - [david] we weredriving down the highway, and all of a sudden, whenhe was getting on and off the throttle, therewas a really bad noise,

that i initially thoughtwas the rear end blowing up, but then it sounded like the tire rubbing. if it has, like, an axle coming out, or something crazy likethat, we need to know. - it might be the rear end; idon't see anything touching. you think they put fluid backin it after they welded it? - that's an awesome question. - the forest grove tractor beamis a little slacked onto us. - [david] yeah, we got to go back.

- [mike] that's going toforce us to go all the way back there to get a new rear end. - i think our only chance is, or really our only choiceis, to just drive on, get to the next town, let it cool off, and attempt to fix it. - pour beer all over it? that would fix me right now. - that's really bad.

(rear end howls) - [david] rear end'showling, and the thing is, we let it cool downback there when we were fiddling with it, and allof a sudden it was fixed. and then we went back out on the road, and did some wide open throttle blasts, because that's what youdo, and it heated up. - that's how you getthe trans in third gear. - it is how you get thetrans in third gear.

unfortunately, the... yeah,that's a whole different thing. - [mike] we've got a howling rear end; that can only mean one thing. slow down and limp all theway to la at 10 miles an hour, or drive fast and have thething explode much sooner. decisions, decisions; so, wejust start babying this thing, driving slower and slower and slower, and stopping every halfhour to let it cool off, because there's no fluid in it.

yeah, we probably should've checked that. ♫ 96 bottles of beer ♫ you take one down, you pass it around ♫ 95 bottles of beer on the wall ♫ 95 bottles of beer ♫ 94 bottles of beer on the wall ♫ - [mike] well, i don'tknow if we've officially lowered our goals yet, but we did a whopping 30 miles an hour for,

oh, 60 or 70 miles yesterday, so in total, i think we did 150 miles yesterday, which sucked, and most of that was because that right there is busted in our car. - the rear end is toast,and it's memorial day, so we figured we weregoing to have no chance to actually go to a shop to get it fixed, so i made a post onfacebook, and all these fans responded to us and were helping out.

we got a crowd here today, one of which brought a new centersection for our challenger. - okay, there's nothing in this. - [mike] there is nothing in this. - that is totally, 100% empty. - [mike] hey, the good news is we're not going to ruin the parking lot. - not even a little. - perfection; that guy knewexactly what we needed,

and brought exactly the right thing. and then left, so that we couldn't even thank him and give him credit on camera. - mopar guys, they'reweird, but resourceful. - well now when somebody says, "how far do you think thisrear end will go with no oil?" like, 156 miles, at 30 miles an hour. "how do you know?" "trust me." (fans shout)

- not quite record speed, but close. (fans laugh) - boom goes the dynamite. - yup. - car started. - [david] sounds good! - [mike] there's a point where you've got to reevaluate your goals. i mean sure, our goal wasto drive this challenger

back to los angeles, butwe've done that lots of times. and, knowing that we're probablynot going to make it anyway, building our own dirt trackin the middle of nowhere and having a race between frieburger and i seemed like a much better idea. - [david] the locals whohelped us out with parts to fix the challenger alsohooked us up with, like, 600 feet of open land here;it's a mud drags course. but we're allowed to do whatever we want.

- monster trucks drive here. - do they? - yeah, so it's perfect for our car. - [mike] so we walked around the field and agreed upon a course; the conditions? unlike anything i've ever encountered. we were racing on grass, witha little bit of dried out mud. how could this not be awesome? this is cool.

mr. frieberger, are you ready? at your leisure. (suspenseful music) - it's just so peaceful here. - come on, number 10. - [david] supposed to come outthe other end, just like it. - whoo-hoo, sliding right into the tree! (engine roars) - [david] it isn't supposedto go way out here,

not again. - [mike] dude, that was rad, i thought you weregoing through the fence. - [david] i did too. - your time completelydepends on how far out in the field you go, i mean icould cut a bunch of time off if i wasn't going as widefor the action down there. - i promise not to cheat you on that. - oh, okay.

- all right, time to beat is120.72 seconds; easy to beat. all right, ready for this? - [david] that's somedistance; what's your plan? - i got strategies. - execute them at your will; ready to go. - [mike] go baby, go! whoo-hoo! oh boy, this is kind of fast. oh here we go, up the hill; whoo-hoo.

concentrate. oh, brakes, brakes, brakes, brakes. pushing, pushing, pushing. come on, traction baby,traction, go go go! whoo-hoo, oh! go, go, go, go! oh, oh boy! - [david] much better. oh, and now it's overheating really bad.

- how'd i do? - [david] 102. - oh, a new track record! - but there's nothing leftof the cooling system. - [mike] oh. doesn't even float the valves;this thing's impressive. - [david] i know, it's fun. let it cool down and go again? - [mike] yeah.

- [mike] the dirt trackchallenger is never going to win a car show, probablynever win a drag race. it's not sexy, it's notfast; but, we had as much fun as you could have giventhe amount of money we put into that thing, andthe smiles are priceless. (majestic music) but best of all, we've still got the car, and you'll see it again on afuture episode of roadkill. want the parts we used to build these cars

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