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Tag Archives: kitchen
When the cat’s away
The spouse was away for a couple of days this week, which gave me a chance to uncover a few more things, if only to prove to myself that we actually will move in one day. I washed windows, scrubbed … Continue reading
Tiles and other stuff
The backsplash came today, or at least the first stage of the backsplash, before the grout makes it melt together. If it looks good now, just think how much nicer it will be tomorrow, when the tiler finishes work and … Continue reading
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Tagged backsplash, bathroom, countertops, heating, home renovation, in-floor heating, kitchen, powder room, renovation, tiles, vanity
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The latest (longest) laundry list
I don’t think I’m flavor of the month with the spouse right now after seeking a possibly unattainable move-in date. I’m getting itchy feet in our temporary home, and I want to enjoy the new place. What about December? Early … Continue reading
Beige, beautiful beige
The last time I mentioned the word beige in connection with the word paint I got flamed for even thinking of such a thing. So imagine my distress when the spouse suggested painting our mahogany porch pillars beige to match … Continue reading
We have a kitchen (almost)
There have been several turning points in this long renovation/transformation game. But walking in the front door of our house today and seeing the golden kitchen in the fading evening light was a wonderful reality check that at least some … Continue reading
Talking tiles
I fretted a while back that I wasn’t happy about our tiling choices, so I dragged the spouse back to the tile store to try again. The first store had nothing that grabbed my attention, so we meandered across the … Continue reading
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Tagged bathroom, cabinets, countertops, kitchen, tiles
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Whining about wiring
We seem to have reached the “nothing happens here today” stage of the reno, and while a lot is happening, it’s not very visible, so it doesn’t feel that way to me. The wiring experts are busy drilling holes and … Continue reading
Red snakes, white snakes, yellow snakes
One of the luxuries I wanted when we started doing up this shell was heating under tile floors, and if I’ve humored the spouse on his wish for the solar hot water and the hrv, he’s humored me on that … Continue reading
Countertop conundrum
If I thought the kitchen was hard, the countertop, which will be visible from every part of the first floor of the soon-not-to-be a shell, is turning out to be like one of those multi-leveled puzzles, where each time you … Continue reading
Pipes and pipe dreams
Stop press: The plumber is coming this week. It clearly means we’re making progress, but it also means it’s decision time on a load of issues, from tub to taps to everything in between. You can’t just put a water … Continue reading
