Tuesday I tried to work on the sink. I have to tip my hats to plumbers. Why? Because the job is not easy and it’s messy as hell. I don’t mind getting my hands dirty but I have to clarify I don’t mind certain kinds of dirty. I don’t like sticky greasy stuff on … Continue reading
Last night I was on a roll painting my kitchen. I was taking the doors off my cabinets and discovered that I have a freaking leak!! The bottom of my cabinet was soaking wet. I never go under there so how was I supposed to know?? The one thing that can freak me out is … Continue reading
I have forever been complaining that my house is too dark and I have no space for anything and it looks too cluttered. In searching for ideas on my enclosed porch I found a photo that I think can change the whole feel of my house. See, what happened was, I asked my decorating adviser (aka Google) … Continue reading
I changed the uses of each room in my house. The bedroom is the kids room (which is where I am planning on making the master), The livingroom is being used as the master bedroom, the diningroom is being used as the livingroom and the porch is being used as the kids game room. And … Continue reading
I am supposed to be working on my bedroom right? Well every time I pass these extra sample bottles I purchased (and are now just siting in my laundry room), I hear this pleading ” Find some place for me to be loved pleeeeease”. I felt sorry for them so I buckled in and decided … Continue reading
Thank God I’m cheap!! A new thrift store (TROSA) opened last month where the Walmart used to be and I was so excited about a gigantic thrift store being here but the first time I went in there I did not understand their pricing structure so I was a bit appalled at the prices. During my first visit … Continue reading
This was going to be a Moroccan kitchen but it is the beginning of my eclectic Moroccan, Indian and country kitchen…in various stages of progress… I still have to put the Moroccan lanterns up and the flip up table…and some curtains in the bay window…and something to cover the doorway between the living room and … Continue reading
I worked on my table this evening. I still have to put the glass like coating on it and then mount it to the wall. Just another step closer. Monkeys and leaves are put on with Modge Podge. I was apprehensive about this stuff but I am liking it a lot!! There will be a … Continue reading
In my kitchen I used EC LOCK floors it is a grip strip vinyl plank and everyone who has seen it thinks the floor is wood. It looks good and for the kitchen (110 sq ft) it only cost $70 but thats because I got my two boxes from a surplus warehouse. I got the Chestnut finish. In Homedepot they sell the Allure brand but it costs a little more. I had a sample of the floor I used with me and it looked exactly the same.. Continue reading
As I started putting things away in my kitchen I felt as if I was moving in all over again. I have so much stuff and I swear I must have some gypsy in my blood because I am not one to enjoy a lot of empty space. For some reason I feel like I should fill every single available nook and cranny and when I have company they are always looking around distracted when I am trying to talk. The comment I always hear is your place is so interesting. LOL Not sure if that is a nice way of saying hoarderish and/or junky but I hope not as that was not the goal. I did throw a lot of things away so I KNOW I am not as bad as those ppl on Continue reading
I will post photos later but right now I am putting tools away. I went from 4 small tool drawers in the kitchen to 3 big ones. LOL. It feels like heaven!! I went to put some things in the tool box and hmmmmm, I found a Dremel. I been searching the Internet lately looking … Continue reading
I wanted to put two lazy Susan’s in my kitchen but I was 2″ too short on wall length for that so I had to get a lazy Susan for one side and a blind base cabinet on the other. Have you ever tried to reach into a blind base? Nearly impossible to get all … Continue reading
I finally put my window doors up. I am trying something new and sometimes my ideas turn out okay and sometimes not. We will see how this works out. If you remember a few weeks ago I found some Valspar crackle paint on sale from $7 to $1.99 at Lowe’s. I never tried this but … Continue reading
Okay project one…put up the pot rack. Step one…I needed the toggle bolts as per Curt’s recommendation. I went to Lowe’s and told the guy what I wanted. He asked me why those specifically and I told him Curt told me to buy them. He said well okay if “Curt” said so you better go … Continue reading
I am getting up and ready to work on this frigging kitchen. I had a dream last night about a great idea and I have to do a little demo to implement it. I know, I know, 50 steps forward then I take 2 backward…that’s my life story, so don’t judge me…You should know me … Continue reading
Okay I know everyone is wondering what in the heck happened with the kitchen. It’s almost finished but still such a mess and frankly I am tired of sharing my mess with the world. The contractors finished but I haven’t been doing well physically. I was bedridden for a couple of days so I just … Continue reading
OMG this is killing me but I have to do my school work and keep on top of that then I still have to work, of course. The contractor finally came over to give me an estimate on my kitchen. When he walked in his exact words were “OMG What happened in here?” I told … Continue reading
I could not work on the house today and I probably won’t get back to it until Friday. I have school I have to deal with and staying on top of that is a priority. So is the kitchen but school is a higher priority. In the meantime I went to World Market today getting … Continue reading
Okay so I decided to go ahead and do the floor today as well. I really wanted to have the demo finished but the electricity going out for 4 hours hurt me. Bad… Okay so the floors I had were those tile looking vinyl. It looked really pretty but in spots the top layer peeled … Continue reading
9:15 AM Silly me in thinking this was only going to be 2 steps backward. I started work at 7:40 this morning. Not exactly the crack of dawn as I said. Right now it is less than 2 hours later and I got all the drywall down, the cabinets down, the rangehood box dismantled, and … Continue reading
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