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Wet Bar Rehab

When the wife and I moved into our current house it had a wet bar. A nasty brown affair with four large mirrors and glass shelf back splash. A sink in the hallway! For us, this was a very pointless addition. Everything else about the place was right, including the price and so we dealt with it. We ignored it. And for four years it worked. But last year it was too much.



We'd finally had enough. So I set off to build my largest project to date. A set of kitchen style cabinets. I don't have a before, but I do have an after. With my two new oak cabinets and a huge 55 gallon fish tank. No more eyesore. A lovely wet bar rehab!
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