Kitchenette & Pantry Shelves at the DIY Off Grid Cabin

Alright I'm back here at the cabin and I want to finish framing up the kitchenette frame here so I can get at least the bottom shelf in. I've got the bottom shelf right here. I wasn't able to get the countertop ready in time for this trip but I should have it ready for my next trip. But I need to finish framing it up with these cross braces and then I will be able to get at least the bottom shelf in. And I also, I got these shelves in over here. Let me turn some light on. But that was just a matter of just placing them over here. The bracing was already up, just needed to set them on top so nothing film worthy of that. But I got those on there and then I just put a bunch of stuff on it. So yeah that's working out nice. But I need a little bit more prep work before I can get this one on and hopefully it fits. You know I made this one back in Utah just based off of measurements that I took and that always makes me a little nervous. But that's what I want to get to so let's get started. All right well another thing that I need to do is I need to get my Woodhaven sign installed somewhere but there really is not a lot of area for me to hang it. I figure I can put it up here above the light over the window or I can put it over here above the door. That's really about the only two places where I can put it. So I'm gonna let you guys decide. Leave a comment let me know what you think would be the best location above the light over the window or above the front door. And next time I come out that's where I'm going to mount it. All right I guess the easiest way to do this would be to flip it on its side. I know I'm six feet across so I want to put the center one in three feet. I'll just double check. Six feet. Okay so we'll put the first one center it right here. All right let's flip this up. Let's see how it fits. All right that's a pretty good fit I'd say. It's not perfect but yeah it's a lot better than I thought it was going to be. I'll take that. All right great now I've got the bottom shelf so with that in I can go ahead and install my top braces. All right so these I'm going to do a little bit different. I'm going to put one right here and I'm going to have them flat rather than like this. That way I can attach the countertop to it. Then I'll put one here in the center and then one against this edge as well. And that should leave plenty of room between the center brace and that brace to install the sink because it's it's not that big of a sink. So let me get those going. All right I only have to mark my center point because I'll be going up against the edge on the outside. Okay just need to flip her around and do the other side. All right got the bottom shelf in and the top shelf is ready. I might put another brace here I don't know. I definitely need to leave this open because that's where the sink's going. But we'll see if I need one. I don't know. I'm not sure if I'm going to need one but I might put one in there. I can always put it in after the fact as well. But yeah that's ready to go. And over here I've got my hinged one and that works great. And then I've got you know these next two shelves in. So all my shelves are in and I also have this garbage can which will fit right here under the countertop. So that'll be a perfect fit. It's nice having a garbage can. I might move I might move the kitchenette over a few inches just to leave a little extra room over here for the ship's ladder. Yeah that should be plenty of room. So I think that's where I'm going to put it right there. And just for kicks let's see how close to level we are. It's not bad. I'll take that. All right there's one last thing that I need to do. Now that I've got a top on my battery compartment I need to install a couple of vents. And I do have two vents that are you know vent screens left over from my solar generator build. So I'm going to use these. I'm going to put a vent on either end near the top because hot air rises and I know that the battery box that's in here has a fan on both ends. It pulls from one end blows it across the components and comes out the other end. So to help facilitate that I'm going to do the same thing with inside the battery box. I did have to drill a hole in the corner there so that I could get my solar wiring through. And of course I forgot my battery operated shop vac. So that's going to have to just stay there until I come back and bring the shop vac. I was able to get that bottom shelf in pretty good fit and I look forward to coming back and installing the countertop. So that's going to do it for this video so I'll talk to you guys later.