As usual progress was made although it was a bit slow. I thought I was going to take that loose window out and board it up but the person who volunteered to help never came so I went ahead and continued with the wall demo. Looking at the photos I did not accomplish much at … Continue reading
This house is a 2 room log cabin hand-built by Georgia Gates and her husband…later added on to and logs covered this was then… this is now: then: now: then: Now: Continue reading
Well I got a lot accomplished with the help of a friend and it went much faster. I think I can have this kitchen tore out by the end of next weekend. The status of things now: I took off the frame for the door and I gained 4″ in the doorway! That is perfect. … Continue reading
I am going to get me one of those portable storage units and put all my kitchen stuff in it and get it all out of my living room and all over the house. I was going to try and salvage some of the kitchen cabinets but I see that as a problem because of … Continue reading
I took the window trim off the window (except for the header trim) Now I know how the weights look and how to access them without doing a lot of damage. I have some with the ropes painted in other rooms that I was procrastinating to pay someone to fix….now I should be able to … Continue reading
The window people was supposed to be here at 8, they came at 7:30. That worked. The electrician was supposed to be here are at 7 no show no call and this other lady was supposed to be here by 8 and she did not show up. I hate for someone to make an appointment … Continue reading
Okay so I opened the wall and there was a pipe where I was seeing the damaged wall. That water damage had to be left over from the roof leak and the water was running down the pipe OR the pipe was sweating. In any case I am safe from the termite scare and I … Continue reading
Okay so far I have had no fear in this project. I first had the job of taking off the tile border around the counter. That is a simple enough job with my 5 in 1 tool and my hammer. I should be able to get all the tile and the border up with no … Continue reading
Electrician coming at 7 in the morning (or so he says) and I told him that I was going to have the wall torn out before he got here. Well I haven’t even started on it. I got the hole by the sink finished finally. That styrofoam you see on the top section is for … Continue reading
I got a call from my pastor today checking in on me. In the conversation I happened to mention my kitchen rehab project. When I said I knocked out some of my wall I could have heard crickets in the next county chirping. LOL. Then when I mentioned I might be building my own cabinets … Continue reading
I am a homebody so my house and it’s ambiance is important to me. I can’t stand a messy place unless I am in the middle of a project, then I don’t mind it being messy because it reminds me that I am in the middle of a project and that makes me feel good. … Continue reading
Okay so I have this kitchen in my 1940ish house. It has to be the smallest kitchen you will ever see in your lifetime in a house. As you see the dimensions are 8.5×10 and all of the walls are broken up by SOMETHING a wall or door. sighhhhhhh. Problems: No ventilation for cooking and … Continue reading
Today I feel like some progress was made. I did wind up demo’ing a wall… or a part of it anyway. I am going to put in some between the studs shelves. I thought that would be cute especially if I paint it all white and then have some glass doors made that match my cabinets. … Continue reading
Yesterday I was in Lowe’s and I finally found a deal on a floor model fridge that I couldn’t pass up. They delivered it today. So how do you get a fridge in and out of this house? Why you have to rearrange the WHOLE house of course. LOL I am serious about that and when … Continue reading
Hi everyone,Thank you for checking in on me. Everyone always loves to hear my stories of renovations, some good, some bad, most are funny. Look, if you know me you know I am not scared to try new things, not scared of color, not scared to rip my house apart and somehow I always manage … Continue reading
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