We actually did most of the work ourselves. I won't touch electrical so we contracted that out but we removed the cabinets ourselves, I did the plumbing for the hot and cold water supply and the new drain and my friend Todd (who you can see in the first pic) helped install the cabinets. We work for the same company so we are usually in biz casual or shirts and ties...so it's fun to hang out not all stuffy. anyway he's a hot shot at home improvement-- very skilled (and hopefully beginning his own company doing just that, soon). Anyway, he got the cabinets in with me assisting and they are rock solid-- level, perfect... it's all coming together. I just wish the counter top wouldn't take forever and a day to complete. I understand cutting through stone is likely a difficult thing so I try not to judge but when you don't have your kitchen and you still have dirty dishes and food to prepare for your family... it's a little wearing.
The new floor won't go in until we have the money budgeted-- but the entire main floor of the house will be re-done and it'll a dark wood (but probably bamboo). For now we stick with the old flooring which is very easy to clean and tough. So not so bad there. What you can't see in this pic is the fridge and another really tall cabinet... the fridge now exists where the pantry use to be, and the storage we lost there is made up in those huge drawers you see (not all of them are in yet).
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Build a charcoal oven in your backyard? Make the firing literal?  |
I turned on our grill to do just that...however, I couldn't control the temp well enough (it was a windy evening) and then I realized I couldn't get it cool enough! Much over 310F with this polymer clay and you hit the melting point... as in liquefy and just after that is the flash point (violent burning)... so yeah I'm going to wait for the new oven to go in! LOL
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