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Kitchen remodel finished like soap

hoisumguo — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:10:22 +0000

All kitchens must have soap, and our kitchen is no exception. It is 99 99/100% finished. There are a couple panels and one errant drawer that needs to be replaced, but other than those pieces landing and being installed, it is all done. Now we begin the process of moving back in and deciding where [...]

Kitchen remodel the appliances have landed

hoisumguo — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:36:00 +0000

It seems to be a law that the closer to the end of a project it is, the slower the project seems to go. The appliances have at finally arrived and have been installed. Unfortunately there is some complication where the back stove shelf is neither available nor apparently will it fit even if it [...]

Kitchen remodel green glass subway tiles

hoisumguo — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:50:00 +0000

Initially the choice was 3×6 inch steel blue glass subway tiles with a light blue accent tile. But somewhere in the mix we decided that the primary walls would be green and that the green glass subway tiles with a light green accent tile would be a little more lively. The Fusion quartzite island had [...]

Kitchen remodel you can’t ‘handle’ the truth

hoisumguo — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:48:49 +0000

Handles handles everywhere, to grasp to hold to stop and stare. It’s a wonder what a handle does, as it lets us open things, just because. So exactly how many pygmies did that bad poem kill? Unsure, but definitely more than one hundred. Today was the realigning, and installing of many unseen soft close hinges [...]

Kitchen remodel Isle of view

hoisumguo — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:35:43 +0000

“Ahoy”, said the sailor, “Island off the port”. The kitchen island has arrived. It took a little over an hour to bring in the ‘fusion quartzite‘ counter-top in to the kitchen and install it. The island turned out a bit darker than I thought, but the island lights still need to be installed. Although there [...]

Kitchen remodel granite countertops oh my

hoisumguo — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:29:01 +0000

After a small pause during which the new wood floor coatings dried, the first set of granite countertops has arrived. The Emerald Pearl countertops with sink were installed today. The island slab is due to arrive tomorrow. The island has been prepared with extra base and reinforcing bars for support, as the design has no [...]

Kitchen remodel And then there was wood floors

hoisumguo — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:02:42 +0000

Initially I thought there wasn’t anything done today, as had been for the previous hand full of days. The majority of this misconception was due to laziness, as I chose to peek through the small hole in the dust barrier instead of simply opening the door. From the perspective of the peep hole, one cannot [...]

Kitchen remodel cabinets galore

hoisumguo — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:06:19 +0000

Yesterday was cabinet install day. The cabinets were delivered and stored in the kitchen and some amount of installation was done, but it was difficult to take pictures due to the excess floorspace being used as storage. But as of today all the cabinets are up and installed, as well as the center island has [...]

New age of Hipstamatic

hoisumguo — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:11:52 +0000

My friend recently introduced me to an iPhone app called ‘Hipstamatic’. This is an app that mimics the old style cameras, with interchangeable lenses, and film borders. So far it’s been quite a bit of fun, and produces quaint photos. One of the only drawbacks of the operation of the app, is that the momentarily [...]

Kitchen remodel paint by numbers

hoisumguo — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:06:22 +0000

So today the first coat of paint went up and the room is finally starting to define itself. It’s the first room of color that we’ve had in the house, as we are a very white wall family. But despite our antiseptic tendencies, we are very much liking the new look. Hopefully the rest of [...]