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Kitchen Reno: The Reveal (The AFTER!)

On March 18, 2013 · 11 Comments · In home improvement, kitchen makeover

The time has finally come. More than 13 months after it first began, I’m sharing the official “after” photos from our kitchen renovation. (If you didn’t see the before pics last night—or last year!—you have check ’em out.)

The majority of the work was done by ourselves, hence why it took so long. […]

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Kitchen Reveal: But First, The Before

On March 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In home improvement, kitchen makeover

It has been well over a year since I first posted about our kitchen, and our plans to renovate it, mostly by ourselves. What can I say? We embrace DIY.

We started demo in February 2012, redid the drywall in February and March, primed and painted the cabinets in March through […]

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Adventures in Homeownership

On August 13, 2012 · 6 Comments · In adventures in homeownership, kitchen makeover

It’s been an interesting (and busy) couple of weeks, as far as our house is concerned. As I mentioned in my Ketchup Post, we scheduled our new cork floor installation for the week of August 20, and we have a number of preparation steps to complete before that happens. I’ve actually FINALLY painted (two coats) […]

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Ketchup Day

On August 2, 2012 · 3 Comments · In family, ketchup day, kitchen makeover, olympics

It has been a really, really long time since I’ve done a “Ketchup Day” post. But as I sit here and think about what it is that I want/need to write about, it is a hodge-podge of stuff so I was having trouble coming up with a title. Then it occurred to me–it’s Ketchup […]

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Kitchen Floor Debate: Part II

On July 17, 2012 · 18 Comments · In kitchen makeover

It’s actually ridiculous, how hard this floor decision has been on us. I feel like I am being slowly tortured!

I asked, and you answered. (Thank you.) I remained neutral in my last post so as not to influence anybody one way or another. And we received lots and lots of comments about our […]

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