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Kitchen Project – Home Stretch
I can’t say we’re done yet, but we’re mostly done and boy are we happy with how it looks. Just to refresh, below is a side by side of before and after. What a difference!! I put together our new kitchen table from Ikea today too and it also looks great. Trying to get the…
Read MoreKitchen Project – Weeks 2-3
Weeks 2-3 were relatively uneventful as not too much noticeably changed since the previous week aside from the refacing going from in progress to completed. But that doesn’t mean that nothing noteworthy happened! The most exciting thing for me was the removal of what we like to call in the family “Helena’s Inheritance”. If you…
Read MoreKitchen Project – Week 1 – 2
Well, as we could have guessed and should have known the kitchen is coming together slower than we had hoped and slower than we were promised. Has anyone ever hired a contractor that was accurate with their time estimates? The first couple weeks of the project have mostly involved taking things apart and sanding down…
Read MoreKitchen Remodel – Days 1-3
The great kitchen remodel of 2010 has begun in earnest. We started Monday and are down to plywood floors, 2 small plywood counters, no cabinet doors, and bare cupboards. We are definitely ready to get our kitchen back but excited to be making some progress. The majority of the kitchen is in other rooms, which…
Read MoreRisk Reward and Paint?
We haven’t taken too many risks with the paint colors we’ve chosen for our House. But we decided to go bold in our master bedroom and we were quite pleased with the results! Now if only the furniture will get here we’ll feel even more grown up. Below is a video that I put together…
Read MoreTribute to the Plow – Oh How I Hate Thee
Me and whoever is driving the vicious plow that patrols our neighborhood have gotten off on the wrong foot now that winter has officially begun. Every time he drives by a cacophony of four letter words just flies out of my mouth. I’m not sure, but I think I might have even had a dream…
Read MoreHope You Like Zucchini!
It’s been awhile since we had some sunshine, but we took advantage and got out to inspect our garden this morning. As you can see, despite the rain, it is really doing well. The one nice thing about the rain is there are very little weeds. But that could just be because of all the…
Read MoreCatching Up
It’s about time that I posted an update here. Christine and I have had a busy summer as usual. She has already traveled to Prince Edward Island with family for week with a stop in Acadia National Park for good measure. She took about 1 million pictures give or take a few and we have…
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