My Kitchen Project

Yo Dude,that came out outstanding--I love the top on the island,along with everything else--when are you & Momma going to have all us people that contributed ideas on this project over for a nice Brunch

yeah!! looks fantastic

at brunch I could whip out some SS cleaner and get those pesky fingerprints off the fridge too...

i like the idea of brunch. And the SS cleaner. I didnt realize the fridge had that many finger prints till I looked at the picture enlarged

thank all of you for the help and ideas along the way!

Great Job!
Excellent value the two of you created.
Having installed a full range of high end appliances for a local company Twinkle is the best by far SS cleaner you can get.

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Great job, it looks fantastic. I especially like the way the flooring turned out. May I suggest a couple of lessons learned for the next project......

Your only problem now is your success on this project will cause the wife to boldly go onto newer and bigger projects!! You need to work some failures and recoveries into your projects, stretching out the pain involved in these upgrades!

Of course the other thing to learn is that no project is worth doing unless it involves the purchase of a new tool....so you have to work that into the planning as well.

There are some great projects here. I love seeing projects others do. It gives great ideas and I also love to see that I am not the only one who bypasses the call a contractor route. Actually every time I did call a contractor I was not happy with the way they did it. If you want it done right ...do it yourself.
I know how you all love pictures so here are some of my latest project.
My son is getting married in June. He bought this old house last July with the understanding that dear old Dad could give it some TLC. The kitchen needed it. What originally was going to be a face lift turned out to be a transplant. Why did it take so long???? This house is 1.5 hours from mine and we can only work on it each Saturday. One day a week makes it take a long time.
This was a super project because not only did we make them happy with a nice kitchen we also did some family bonding. We got to work with the in-laws and build family ties even before the wedding.
Just a note of pride. My son was able to do this because he saved his money and by age 25 he had 20 grand set aside to use for this home improvement. he has around 10 grand in the materials with the labor being free. His ability to save will pay off handsomely some day.

titleist1 wrote:
Of course the other thing to learn is that no project is worth doing unless it involves the purchase of a new tool....so you have to work that into the planning as well.

I forgot I did buy a senco air compressor with brad gun. that was 140 dollars. But my mom told me she would pay for that for me.

When we purchased the cabinets from my wifes uncle, he also gave me a 500 table for helping him out and sold me a dewalt biscuit joiner, porter cable oribital sander, Milwaukee plunge router, dewalt laminate trimmer, drywall T square, 2 bessey corner clamps for building cabs, and some other small things all for 100 dollars.

Iceman wrote:There are some great projects here. I love seeing projects others do. It gives great ideas and I also love to see that I am not the only one who bypasses the call a contractor route. Actually every time I did call a contractor I was not happy with the way they did it. If you want it done right ...do it yourself.
I know how you all love pictures so here are some of my latest project.

Your project turned out great. Looks like you can do some nice work!

Iceman,that came out real pretty.I have enjoyed working w/ my son in law in a 150 yr old apple orchard main house in Bethleham,Pa.(Lower Saucon)--families don't get to do all that stuff much anymore,everybody seems to be on the move--one comment on your sons job--don't you yhink you were a little lacking in the lighting area outstanding job

Yes BRCKWLT isn't it great to get new tools?
This project also gave me unarguable excuses to my wife to get some super new toys ....I mean tools.

I think it came out great. You kept the old looks to the kitchen with a few newer updates.

I never liked the idea of buying an older home and gutting a kitchen just to give it an ultra modern look. Whats the point in buying an old home if someone is going to butcher it like that?

Again, great job.