Let's Talk Remodeling

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Hey, when do these larger threads get locked? I just realized how large this one has gotten.

Is it 3,000 posts?

 

[Hixski]

Hey, when do these larger threads get locked? I just realized how large this one has gotten.

Is it 3,000 posts?

I think it was 2500 posts. I'm not sure but that number sticks in my mind. But I am starting to get menopause brain so don't rely on me.

I love seeing everyones projects. We are starting back on our basement again but it will be slow going since we are doing most of it ourselves.

I guess you will just have to start a new thread when we get to that point. I know this thread will run out before we are done with our projects.

Binny: Your nook looks great!!

 

[Ranatra]

binny, Your nook looks wonderful!! Great job on the curtains for never having sewed before!!

AMITY, Your palm is gorgeous! I wish I had a palm in my yard!! (Or that I lived somewhere warm enough to have a palm!)
But we do have all kinds of hills in Pittsburgh, we live in a suburb called Penn Hills. There's hills everywhere! Makes it challenging for biking sometimes!

Our backyard/patio project has been almost 3 years long so far, so I am very anxious to get it done this year. DH had started it in the fall 05, was starting to build the stone wall, and had to put it on the back burner for a bit and have back surgery for a herniated disk.
This will be the last leg of our Remodeling project that we actually started in 2004 with the gutting of the main floor of the house and an addition.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

I think it was 2500 posts. I'm not sure but that number sticks in my mind. But I am starting to get menopause brain so don't rely on me.

I love seeing everyones projects. We are starting back on our basement again but it will be slow going since we are doing most of it ourselves.

I guess you will just have to start a new thread when we get to that point. I know this thread will run out before we are done with our projects.

Binny: Your nook looks great!!

We''ll probably be on the tenth incarnation of the thread, before we even start demoing our bathroom. I'll probably be 50 by then.

binny, Your nook looks wonderful!! Great job on the curtains for never having sewed before!!

AMITY, Your palm is gorgeous! I wish I had a palm in my yard!! (Or that I lived somewhere warm enough to have a palm!)
But we do have all kinds of hills in Pittsburgh, we live in a suburb called Penn Hills. There's hills everywhere! Makes it challenging for biking sometimes!

We live right on the border of two zones, one of which certain palms can't make it through the winter. That thing though - I think my husband would pray for it to just die, every time he had to prune it.

You should have seen his face when the pool guy (who also owns a palm nursery) told him what it was worth. I think my husband has a new respect for the palm now. I told him that I didn't want to have to look out the window later and see him out there hugging it.

Our backyard/patio project has been almost 3 years long so far, so I am very anxious to get it done this year. DH had started it in the fall 05, was starting to build the stone wall, and had to put it on the back burner for a bit and have back surgery for a herniated disk.
This will be the last leg of our Remodeling project that we actually started in 2004 with the gutting of the main floor of the house and an addition.

It's flat as a pancake where I live, but if you drive about ten miles north of me, rolling hills start. I've got hill envy.

 

[shovan]

We''ll probably be on the tenth incarnation of the thread, before we even start demoing our bathroom. I'll probably be 50 by then.



We live right on the border of two zones, one of which certain palms can't make it through the winter. That thing though - I think my husband would pray for it to just die, every time he had to prune it.

You should have seen his face when the pool guy (who also owns a palm nursery) told him what it was worth. I think my husband has a new respect for the palm now. I told him that I didn't want to have to look out the window later and see him out there hugging it.



It's flat as a pancake where I live, but if you drive about ten miles north of me, rolling hills start. I've got hill envy.

Just tell a man that his tree is worth lots of money & he starts to love it!

Now you know that is exactly what I thought when I saw that yard! I just couldn't come up with a way to say that I was jealous of a hill! HILL ENVY!!! Of course! You know how flat it is over here & I have to drive much farther to find anything that remotely resembles a hill! No levees do not count as hills!!!

 

[shovan]

Ok I posted another topic about it but here is what the after look like of the kitchen nook.



I had a friend cut some plywood for me and I tore apart the old seat cushions. I added new fabric and stapled it onto the boards, I painted the nook, painted new hardware, and most importantly sewed the curtains!! Another friend helped me figure out how to do the sewing but I did the rest of it myself ( I have never sewn before!)


Whew!


Ok here is the before...

After!

Binny, I am so impressed with your curtains! I can't believe you've never sewn before! Gorgeous! I love the toile & the classic french colors in the room look great!!! A ceramic pitcher filled with sunflowers would be so perfect on your table! (like you need anymore projects right?)

 

[mickeysgal]

We live right on the border of two zones, one of which certain palms can't make it through the winter. That thing though - I think my husband would pray for it to just die, every time he had to prune it.

You should have seen his face when the pool guy (who also owns a palm nursery) told him what it was worth. I think my husband has a new respect for the palm now. I told him that I didn't want to have to look out the window later and see him out there hugging it.

If someone told my husband that a tree that we had was worth $5000, he'd hug it once and then would find a buyer.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Just tell a man that his tree is worth lots of money & he starts to love it!

Now you know that is exactly what I thought when I saw that yard! I just couldn't come up with a way to say that I was jealous of a hill! HILL ENVY!!! Of course! You know how flat it is over here & I have to drive much farther to find anything that remotely resembles a hill! No levees do not count as hills!!!

You're below flat there!

That's what's strange (or unique) about Texas; you can go from piney woods, to desert, to rolling hills, to foothills, to prairie. You can see water, snow and tumbleweeds. And if you don't like the weather one minute, just wait, because it'll change in the next.

If someone told my husband that a tree that we had was worth $5000, he'd hug it once and then would find a buyer.

Well, we were also told it probably weighed no less than 10,000 lbs.

 

[mickeysgal]

Well, we were also told it probably weighed no less than 10,000 lbs.

We had a local nursery in town whose signature tree in front of the shop was a giant, perfectly shaped, Crepe Myrtle. Can you believe someone wanted it so bad that they were paying upwards of $15,000 for it with most of the cost going into the digging out and transfer of the tree. No joke - the owner told me this. So, I guess it can be done...

 

[shovan]

I think I've finally found a comforter set that will work in the new bedroom. I'm thinking I could keep those curtains, draw them back & get some curtains to hang underneath (like sheers but heavier) that match the gold in the bedspread. What do y'all think?

I found this set at Sam's for a pretty good price, almost $200 for a Croscill nine piece set. I still have one more sham, I didn't have a pillow for! And I'll have to get creative,(and do some sewing ) to see if I can make the bedskirt fit on the antique bed.

 

[Ranatra]

oooohh, I'm loving that Gold!!! Very rich looking!

I think the curtains look just fine with that new bedspread!! And I also like your idea of putting sheers underneath.

I'm still waiting for the guy to come and install my glass shower doors so I can say my new bathroom is officially done!

 

[shovan]

oooohh, I'm loving that Gold!!! Very rich looking!

I think the curtains look just fine with that new bedspread!! And I also like your idea of putting sheers underneath.

I'm still waiting for the guy to come and install my glass shower doors so I can say my new bathroom is officially done!

Thanks!

That's been quite a while waiting on those doors, hasn't it? Are they coming today?

 

[binny]

Shovan, its perfect!!

I love it

 

[Hixski]

Shovan, its perfect!!

I love it

Ditto!!!

 

[Ranatra]

That's been quite a while waiting on those doors, hasn't it? Are they coming today?

I'm waiting to hear when he's coming to install them. Last I heard, they were finished.

 

[shovan]

Thanks Everyone!!! So glad y'all like it! Finally, it took me long enough to find the right one, didn't it?!

Now I'll just have to look for the curtains in the right shade.

Ranatra, I hope they call soon!

 

[SplshMtn99]

Hi everyone!
My backsplash finally was grouted yesterday. Weeks after it went up. That's what happens when you rely on neighbor. lol The grout dried lighter than I would like. I'm hoping it will darken when we seal it again. Does grout darken? I know the travertine did after we sealed it the first time. They sell a grout stain I guess I could look into if needed.

We also raised the microwave cabinet 1.5" instead of 3". So now instead of microwave hanging 1.5" below cabinet bottom, it will now hang flush with cabinets when we get it hung back up. I'll now have 18" above stove to microwave bottom instead of only 16.5". We were going to go 3" up, but it didn't look right. 1.5" will work nicely with the size of molding we picked too.

And my cabinet molding came in from Home Depot weeks ago. It was too big, so we returned it & ordered a smaller crown molding. That is now sitting on my floor waiting for me to try to match the stain.

DH does computer repair work for a local contracting family. I don't know why it never occured to us to call them to do the backsplash. I guess maybe because it was such a small project. Anyway, DH did some computer work for them this week & I suggested maybe they could put up our cabinet molding in exchange. They will. I feel better about them doing it than my neighbor getting involved. Neighbor isn't very good with details & how things "look" if you know what i mean. They tile job has many flaws in it but I can live with it & call it the "rustic old world" look & hide it with items on the countertop. I just don't want my molding to look that way.

I'll see if I can get some pics today after I wash off the haze.

 

[shovan]

Hi everyone!
My backsplash finally was grouted yesterday. Weeks after it went up. That's what happens when you rely on neighbor. lol The grout dried lighter than I would like. I'm hoping it will darken when we seal it again. Does grout darken? I know the travertine did after we sealed it the first time. They sell a grout stain I guess I could look into if needed.

We also raised the microwave cabinet 1.5" instead of 3". So now instead of microwave hanging 1.5" below cabinet bottom, it will now hang flush with cabinets when we get it hung back up. I'll now have 18" above stove to microwave bottom instead of only 16.5". We were going to go 3" up, but it didn't look right. 1.5" will work nicely with the size of molding we picked too.

And my cabinet molding came in from Home Depot weeks ago. It was too big, so we returned it & ordered a smaller crown molding. That is now sitting on my floor waiting for me to try to match the stain.

DH does computer repair work for a local contracting family. I don't know why it never occured to us to call them to do the backsplash. I guess maybe because it was such a small project. Anyway, DH did some computer work for them this week & I suggested maybe they could put up our cabinet molding in exchange. They will. I feel better about them doing it than my neighbor getting involved. Neighbor isn't very good with details & how things "look" if you know what i mean. They tile job has many flaws in it but I can live with it & call it the "rustic old world" look & hide it with items on the countertop. I just don't want my molding to look that way.

I'll see if I can get some pics today after I wash off the haze.

Glad you've found a contractor to do your molding!! Can't wait to see the pics!

 

[SplshMtn99]

The list is getting shorter!

Still to do:
seal backsplash
re-hang microwave
re-hang tv under-cabinet
extend outlets & put faceplates back on
stain & attach molding
paint touch ups
hang sign over stove
artwork for dining room
buy water filter & faucet & install
apply coat of finish to all cabinets

Today, I finally put things back onto the countertops & got them off the dining room floor! Feels better already.

SORRY SO LARGE!!! Ooops!

Grout isn't as light as it appears here. Hoping it will darken when we seal it. I have a glob to test it on first. Otherwise, I'm going to look into a grout stain. I didn't want so much pattern showing. Wanted focal point to be the Silestone quartz.

Raised the microwave cabinet only 1.5" instead of 3". It looked better with the small molding we've purchased. 3" looked odd. Now bottom of microwave will be 18" above stove & hang flush with bottom of cabinets. It was VERY easy. Unscrewed screws until it was loose. Slid cabinet up & screwed back into place.

Ordered from Home Depot. Unfinished Kraftmaid oak molding that I need to stain. First molding I ordered was larger (2.75"?) & was just out of scale for small kitchen.

This is how the molding needs to end & return on side cabinets since we didn't bring microwave cabinet forward.

Getting there!

 

[crz4mm2]

Splash,
Looks GREAT!!
I know the feeling, I am STILL trying to get the kitchen put back together (still have crap sitting all over the place).
The door was hung last weekend and we are FINALLY getting the trim in place.
All that is really left is the floor!!!
I am loving it.
I do have a wine rack ordered for the new wall. It looks to bare the way it is.

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