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We have to remodel the kitchen. Actually remodel might be a misnomer - there is no kitchen right now, as we had to rip it out when we redid the floors.

I just finished with the cabinet shop. I have no complaints about the service or their pricing structure (we got others to compare) but oofah the price. No parts for the TR this month thats for sure.

Remodelling is SO overrated. I feel like Tom Hanks in the money pit...
 
alana, i feels for ya bro, two and a half weeks ago my wife set our kitchen a blaze with a grease fire weve already ordered the "custom" cabinets and spent yesterday looking at granite for counter tops, tile for the floor, sinks, glass tile for oven back splash, new french doors,lighting fixtures, appliances and skylights, im a contractor and do this kinda stuff for a living so i get very good prices on material but man im doing a complette engine and trans. rebuild on my bj7. and really didnt need the extra expense or the work right now seeing how this is my busiest time of year /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hammer.gif
 
Here is a shot of one of my projects from my remodeled Kitchen. This is my great room. It is one of many projects I am in the middle of and I am a weekend warrior. My reward it to work on the cars during the week but all weekend I do the house stuff.
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Looks like "home" to me, Vince!

Did the floors with tile right to the gunwales a few years ago, kitchen was next. Still not finished with the cabinetry overhead. Three doors to go. Did countertops and a short bar then tiled one of three bedrooms. Still in the "fix-I-go" stages. Piles of ~stuff~ all through the place. I don't see an end of it.

I hate working with wood. Gimme stuff made of metal and I'll be happy. No new appliances yet, either. feh. Home ownership.
 
I actually like doing this stuff but I did so much of it I got burned out. We started the renovations pretty much today 7 years ago and are still doing it. We figure when we are done, we'll have to start over.
Here is what we were trying to finish up all day yesterday. I converted 3 rooms into one nice open room. See the list sheetrock dusties flying about. Ick.
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Hey Alan- Nice looking so far. Interesting how you
rotated the view 180 degrees.

Where did you hide the fridge? Or are you going
the 100% fast food routine take home?

I know some folks who bring home all their meals.
The keep a wine cooler for cold drinks.

Nice project. I'm working on Wendy's leaking sink, myself!

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Dale, if you look on the RHS where the toaster oven is, the fridge is the little thing underneath it.

It's my beverage dispenser from the garage (DocE would call it a CAB holder), so I'm understandably keen to get this show on the road, so I can have it back!

We're BBQing, eating out or eating takeout quite a lot right now. I hope the cabinets will be here in less than 5 weeks. We'll see.

Oh and I rotated the view to show the appliances. We had to throw them out when we moved in. The fridge had had stuff rotting in it for 3 years. You'd be hard pressed to find a worse smell - and that includes the obvious dead body joke...
 
We have redone 2 kitchens so far. They can be fun, but time consuming. We actually started our kitchen three years ago and are now in stage three of the renovations (scraping the "popcorn" ceilings and re-texturing)
Here are the before and after of the first stage....
 

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Hard to argue your decision to bin the entire contents!

YOU have ~square footage~!!! My jealousy has no bounds.
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Took down the wall too. Nice & open.
 
anthony7777 said:
alana, i feels for ya bro, two and a half weeks ago my wife set our kitchen a blaze with a grease fire weve already ordered the "custom" cabinets and spent yesterday looking at granite for counter tops, tile for the floor, sinks, glass tile for oven back splash, new french doors,lighting fixtures, appliances and skylights, im a contractor and do this kinda stuff for a living so i get very good prices on material but man im doing a complette engine and trans. rebuild on my bj7. and really didnt need the extra expense or the work right now seeing how this is my busiest time of year /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hammer.gif
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Aaaacckkk! I FEEL for YOU Tony. I know what a grease fire can do! My wife did the same about six years ago, but did it right!!! We had to live in an apartment for almost a year while the place got rebuilt (the silver lining was that the old homestead had to be brought up to current code so lots got revamped!) We got a new kitchen, new AC, new paint throughout, upgraded electrics, all new appliances etc. Still need to redo the floors though!
 
DrEntropy said:
Hard to argue your decision to bin the entire contents!

YOU have ~square footage~!!! My jealousy has no bounds.
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DocE - What you don't get a sense of from the picture is the fact that the bottom cabinets suffered from the water damage that caused the house to be sold off cheaply in the first place (they were made from pressboard, and it doesn't react well to standing H2O). The house itself inside really isn't much bigger than the old place, it's just laid out a lot better. Most of the area on the ground floor is the kitchen and the family room, and that works out really nicely.

Oh btw: the old base cabinets are now installed in the garage. I have an awesome workbench down there now. If I saw it in someone else's garage, *that* I'd be jealous of /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif The uppers are going there too just as soon as I have time to move them. Probably the only upside of this whole fiasco...
 
alana said:
DrEntropy said:
Hard to argue your decision to bin the entire contents!

YOU have ~square footage~!!! My jealousy has no bounds.
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DocE - What you don't get a sense of from the picture is the fact that the bottom cabinets suffered from the water damage that caused the house to be sold off cheaply in the first place (they were made from pressboard, and it doesn't react well to standing H2O). The house itself inside really isn't much bigger than the old place, it's just laid out a lot better. Most of the area on the ground floor is the kitchen and the family room, and that works out really nicely.

Oh btw: the old base cabinets are now installed in the garage. I have an awesome workbench down there now. If I saw it in someone else's garage, *that* I'd be jealous of /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif The uppers are going there too just as soon as I have time to move them. Probably the only upside of this whole fiasco...
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Low lying area cause the water damage? You must live down by the Hudson.
 
WOW- just the encouragement I need as we get into the final planning stages. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif Our rehab will include raising the roof on the breakfast room 9" along the house wall to give it some slant and a chance to eliminate a water leak. The room is an enclosed outside porch, and we've decided it "needs" a 9 ft x 5 ft garden/greenhouse window with 4 skylights above. Should make it look like a wall of glass. But...price one of those suckers in wood & it makes good cabinets look like a blue light special. And even tho the house is 100+, we are under recorded covenants that prohibit the use of vinyl on the exterior.
And of course we will need appliances, in the right color...can you say VIKING???
I'll never be able to get the #849 car done. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cryin.gif
 
vping said:
Low lying area cause the water damage? You must live down by the Hudson.
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Nope, vandalism. We're well above the Hudson. Couldn't afford waterfront in a million years...

The house was a repo. It stood empty for 3 years. Kids broke in, kicked in the toilet in the half bath behind the first picture. This ran for about 6 months (because the house was empty). Ruined the ground floor and the basement. A lot of expensive rehab later, the house is getting liveable.
 
Wow:

I can't believe so many of us are redoing our kitchens.

Alot of take and BBQ here as well.

Pat
 
Mostly BBQ here. Acrylic counter-tops and laminate were a BITE even doing the job meself. Now it's down to 'motivational' issues. The three remaining doors are curved (8" radius) and need to be built like aircraft panels. gah... me an' my bright ideas. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif
 
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