first fit 24/01/23

Paint matches the seats well! Just need to trim away some of the base to resess unit towards the window. Will fit a spacer at the back as if unit up against wall we'll loose most of the space on the bottom ! The joys of wheel arches! 

OS unit to build and ordered a 1200 wall unit. 

Nearside Unit 23/01/22

First Cabinet finished

Hassles with the plastic trim, along with company only sent me one pack of it for 2 units!

All fitted well, mostly ! But when trim fitted to doors they do not shut properly in corners! 

So had to sand out about 2mm  in a couple of corners! 

Also where the hinges are attached to wall part of the hinge sits very close to the edge of panel which then interferes with the edging again! Doors shut but the edging is raised a little. So will need to remove a small amount of the " tongue" so the the edging sits flat!.

Next up get it into van to see what needs removing around the wheel arches.

First cabinet build

Went together fairly easily, instructions supplied were basically generic covering several of thier units in particular the 3 cupboard one. 

So had a few head scratching moment ! In particular by the drawer, one side of the cabinet had a wooden extension to allow drawer of runner, but no mention of left side! It wasn't till end of build that I found a random piece of ply, which had 4 punch marks for screws. Which thankfully was the width and depth needed to bridge gap for second drawer runner. 

Took a little be fettling to get it all to work but got there! 

Next up prime and paint the unit and fit that black trim around drawer and cupboards as well as the panels. At this point looks a bit tight but we'll see! 

Managed to get a couple of litres of matched Paint (to the leather of the seats ) 

It going to take a few coats, although I'd sanded the wood panels there is still grain/ imperfections showing  which is a little annoying! 

16th January 2023

Building the first unit: 

Still think it's rediculous that it's cheaper to buy flatpack kit including all sundries than make your own! 

Bought 2 the same, one for cooking, one for clothing etc. Adapted to our needs if needed! 

First one finished, but no interior shelving! I've some MDF same thickness that I can make a shelf with fortunately. 🙄

Finish is reasonable but edges need sanding and instructions are for a larger unit so some guess work was needed. 

I followed instructions but had to move the centre partition over by an 1" to accommodate the drawer.

Giving it a undercoat of paint , as going to match units to the seat leather to brighten up the back a little. Trip to B&Q tomorrow methinks!