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Trust Your Hammer: July 2010
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From someone who learned about renovation along the way. Learn. Collaborate. Inspire. Let the kitchen demo begin! Yesterday was a big day to get the ball rolling. After plenty of measuring, counting, checking, double-checking, and triple-checking, two hours and many questions answered from the helpful staff of a large corporate do-it-yourself store, (and a stop at Sonic for a sandwich and limeade) I came home with new cabinetry and countertop. Let's call this Step 1/2 :). Step 1: Move kitchen sink to adj...
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Trust Your Hammer: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... recessed lighting!
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From someone who learned about renovation along the way. Learn. Collaborate. Inspire. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's. recessed lighting! Look into getting the necessary permits as well - some cities can and will make you re-open your new walls to inspect electrical. As long as the walls and ceiling are open, now is the time to wire all for future needs. Thing exterior lighting, oven venting, lights for the above rooms, etc. In this case, I had 2 separate switches that shared wall space. Its a bird, its ...
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Trust Your Hammer: Fun Fact
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From someone who learned about renovation along the way. Learn. Collaborate. Inspire. An interesting tidbit about this kitchen business: my house lost weight. When you figure the weight per square foot of plaster and lath multiplied by the square footage of the room and ceiling, there was some serious lb's removed. All in all 2 tons of weight has been taken out of the kitchen! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Listen Up, Ladies! There was an error in this gadget. There was an error in this gadget.
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Trust Your Hammer: Listen Up, Ladies!
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From someone who learned about renovation along the way. Learn. Collaborate. Inspire. Listen Up, Ladies! Since I took on this house and all of its projects, many of my female friends have made comments along the lines of "I wouldn't even know where to start" or "how do you know how to do that? The truth is, most of the time I don't know how to do X project. You learn along the way and feel more comfortable and confident each time. Are you thinking this is a guys-only zone? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Trust Your Hammer: Ticky Tacky
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From someone who learned about renovation along the way. Learn. Collaborate. Inspire. The pipe must get out". kind of like "the show must go on". Remember that cruddy pipe? The foil backing is to protect the lath from any flying sparks. The sparks launch around the room. See for yourself. This counted as my arm workout for the day! Then what was left was a totally blank slate. Ready for the next step: move the kitchen sink and install a dishwasher and disposal. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Trust Your Hammer: Preparing Cabinetry
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From someone who learned about renovation along the way. Learn. Collaborate. Inspire. Getting the cabinetry ready can be tedious, but it makes a world of difference in how they look! Just remember: you're going to be looking at your cabinets for a long time. Take the time, do the steps, and you'll have good results! The pre-conditioner already makes the wood look softer. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Listen Up, Ladies! There was an error in this gadget. There was an error in this gadget.
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Trust Your Hammer: Bringing Down the House
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From someone who learned about renovation along the way. Learn. Collaborate. Inspire. Bringing Down the House. The remainder of the to-be-sink and dishwasher wall is down. The plumbing pipes are exposed so the plumber can move and adjust as necessary. This also involves moving the piping in the basement and reaffixing where the pipes attach. Good thing the basement is unfinished! See the old nasty pipe toward the top? No, really, did you see that gross pipe? Onto total demo phase: the ceiling! Considerin...
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Trust Your Hammer: It's Electric
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From someone who learned about renovation along the way. Learn. Collaborate. Inspire. This is the view from above the door space. Since the house was built in 1922, pre-electric and super handy drills, they had to cut. Check out the wood shavings that fell. History at it's finest! Good thing the ceiling came out because it revealed a burn mark in beam. So long, old knob and tube electric! Example of what the potential recessed cans will look like. This is more for placement. AKA, a lot of awesome lighting.
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