The kitchen remodel project is extensive because it involves making the cabinets, replacing the floor, removing soffits, drywall, new counter tops and anything else that pops up along the way. This post shows the before and after of the project and other posts detail some of the construction. We started planning the project in January 2013 and completed the project December 2013, nearly a year later. Check out the blog posts for more information.
After living in our home for over 20 years, we decided to fix the place up now that we’re heading into retirement. Marilyn has been nagging me about our main bathroom for years because it was so dated with hanging light fixtures and yellow tub and toilet (yuk). I have been equipping my wood shop…
Our kitchen is sadly outdated so 2013 is the year we are doing a major renovation. The pantry had dark louvered doors and we wanted the new ones to match the cabinets I will build soon. We love the look of oak and it’s reasonably priced so that was our choice of material. I took…
After the kitchen remodeling was completed, Marilyn wanted a backsplash behind the stove and stove counter tops. Off to The Tile Shop to learn all about tiling. They have an enormous selection of tiles in a wide variety of materials and all of the stuff to make them stick to the wall. They also have…
It’s been nearly a year since I began the design phase of our kitchen remodel project. The summer was consumed with cabinet construction and finishing and the fall was spent doing demolition, reconstruction and shopping for floors, counter tops, lights, plumbing fixtures, and hardware. With any large scale project, you run into surprises that must…
