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Kitchen Remodel May 2012

We've been buying parts & pieces for a year to do a full blown kitchen make over. We finally got the last of it and got started. If all goes well it will be done in 12 days. I hope :o)

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Before tear out --- 8 AM, May 24
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Before tear out --- 8 AM, May 24
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Before tear out --- 8 AM, May 24
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Before tear out --- 8 AM, May 24
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Before tear out --- 8 AM, May 24
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Before tear out --- 8 AM, May 24
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Making tea the redneck way, on the back porch with the gas grill
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Making tea the redneck way, on the b…
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Started at 9 AM --- end of first day at 3 PM
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Started at 9 AM --- end of first day…
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Started at 9 AM --- end of first day at 3 PM
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Started at 9 AM --- end of first day…
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Started at 9 AM --- end of first day at 3 PM
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Started at 9 AM --- end of first day…
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End of day two !!! 9 AM to 5 PM. Whew !!!! Thank God for Vicodin or I'd have never made it through. My sons did most of the hard stuff. Sheetrock hung, taped & mudded in ceiling, Started skimming walls till we ran out of mud.
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End of day two !!! 9 AM to 5 PM. Whe…
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More skimming tomorrow then sanding Monday.
Taking Sunday off. Gotta have one day of rest.
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More skimming tomorrow then sanding …
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End of day three. Spent most of the AM skimming sheetrock.
Sanding & priming cabinets in PM. I NEED A DAY OFF !!!!!
Perfect finale for a rough day. Burgers from the grill, supper on the porch and a bottle of 100 proof. :o)
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End of day three. Spent most of the …
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Ahhh, the joys of sanding !!!! Glad I'm not doing it !!! My kids hate me :o)
All those little dots are dust the flash picked up.
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Ahhh, the joys of sanding !!!! Glad …
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Were moving the stove to the opposite wall so I needed to relocate an outlet. I cut the wall down to the floor and ran the wire under the wall. This outlet will be sealed off.
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Were moving the stove to the opposit…
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I fished the wire up inside the wall to the new outlet location and installed a new dual outlet.
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I fished the wire up inside the wall…
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Yard bird on the grill. Yum Yum !!!!!
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Yard bird on the grill. Yum Yum !!!!…
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Primed the walls & ceiling today. EVERY flaw showed up. I doubled coated the parts where cabinets wouldn't cover. Some touch up and final paint tomorrow.
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Primed the walls & ceiling today. EV…
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Primed the walls & ceiling today. EVERY flaw showed up. I doubled coated the parts where cabinets wouldn't cover. Some touch up and final paint tomorrow.
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Primed the walls & ceiling today. EV…
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Primed the walls & ceiling today. EVERY flaw showed up. I doubled coated the parts where cabinets wouldn't cover. Some touch up and final paint tomorrow.
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Primed the walls & ceiling today. EV…
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Painted. Wall cabinets next.
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Painted. Wall cabinets next.
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The bottom half where there are no cabinets will have a beaded wainscott.
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The bottom half where there are no c…
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Old floor ...
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Old floor ...
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Started new oak laminate floor ...
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Started new oak laminate floor ...
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New oak laminate floor finished ...
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New oak laminate floor finished ...
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Cabinets hung and pantry in place.
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Cabinets hung and pantry in place.
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Base cabinets just set in place. I need to drill plumbing holes before permanetly attaching them. The hole on the left is for the dish washer.
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Base cabinets just set in place. I n…
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New stove plumbed, wired & ready for cooking.
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New stove plumbed, wired & ready for…
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New Granite counter tops and sink installed and plumbed
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New Granite counter tops and sink in…
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New Granite counter tops.
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New Granite counter tops.
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We had an antique Hoosier cabinet that had seen better days so I dismanteled it, repaired it and painted it.
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We had an antique Hoosier cabinet th…
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We had an antique Hoosier cabinet that had seen better days so I dismanteled it, repaired it and painted it.
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We had an antique Hoosier cabinet th…
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Repaired and repainted antique Hoosier cabinet & wood cook stove.
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Repaired and repainted antique Hoosi…
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It's finished other than some trim molding, some quarter round above the cabinets and hanging the ceiling fan.
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It's finished other than some trim m…
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It's finished other than some trim molding, some quarter round above the cabinets and hanging the ceiling fan.
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It's finished other than some trim m…
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It's finished other than some trim molding, some quarter round above the cabinets and hanging the ceiling fan.
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It's finished other than some trim m…
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