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The Kitchen Must Die!
The cat urine smells bad, but it doesn’t trip me out to think about it. The crap that got left on the kitchen counter, though, that kind of trips me out. I don’t think I took a picture of it though as...
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The Kitchen Plan
I’m nowhere near done taking stuff out of the kitchen — there’s a pile of cabinets still, tiles still, walls full of glue, etc. Anyway. Once all that’s done, though, this is sort of the plan. Comments...
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Of the Chisel and Gritted Tooth
I’m thinking of titling my blog posts like titles of Jack London novel chapters. Goal for today was to get the kitchen to a point where I could put it away for a few days while I work on getting the...
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Kitchen Plan II: Revenge of the Kitchen
Kind of hit a setback in the blogging department when my laptop’s video card went south on Friday night and stayed there. Laptop is currently north of here, at a shop, getting fixed. Supposedly. It...
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Many Hands Make Plumbing Work
My parents came out to visit last week. Was good to have some company, especially company that wanted to spend their time in Pittsburgh working on my house. Here’s a list of some of their...
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Meanwhile, Back in the Kitchen
The kitchen has been opened up. The new gaping hole isn’t finished off at all yet, but still: the kitchen has been opened up. Makes a much bigger difference than the photos can convey — a lot more...
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Kitchen Plan an IKEA Fan Made for Me
I think this is what I’m going with. Turns out my kitchen is small. I’m probably not going with the doors shown here, though. They cost extra. I’m probably going with these instead. Yep. Yeah, so I...
View ArticleRemoving Vinyl Tile: A True Story
Maybe it’s just factual, not so much true. Anyway: here’s a video of me removing a vinyl tile from the kitchen floor. I think the video captures 85 to 90 percent of the tension and raw emotion of the...
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Installing the Kitchen Sub-Floor
And underlayment. The problem with this overall house renovation project is that it’s mostly finish work, which is no fun. Finally got to do something that wasn’t finish work. Now I want to go and...
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Kitchen Floor: Slated
Still needs to be washed another 30 times and then sealed (twice? we’ll see), but otherwise it’s done. Enjoy the photo retrospective. Or not, whatever works for you. What the in-store sample tiles...
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This Is What the Kitchen Looks Like Now
Some calm, boring day in the future I’ll do a retrospective video slideshow that I’ll never want to watch again. In the meantime, for those living vicariously, here’s what the kitchen looks like as of...
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And the Kitchen Sink As Well
Cabinets, counter top, appliances, sink, faucet, garbage disposal, and dishwaser: I think that’s officially a functioning kitchen. Water lines by Rube Goldberg, aka what happens when you tell the guy...
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (-Style House): Kitchen Update
You know, I was thinking that I didn’t want to be talking about all the many, *many* major things I’d done in the house on the blog for concern that professors from school might be haunting this space....
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