I'm in remodel Hell.....

So, I told my wife that I would remodel the kitchen WHEN she saved the money to get it done. ALL of it.

Knowing that she saves money like a whino at Party Barn, I figured I'd NEVER be doing the kitchen.....NEVER.

Well about a week ago, she presented me with a rather significant chunk of money, with a budget, and a project list. Needless to say, I'm in hell.......sheer hell.

3 days of Wallpaper stripping, and wall prep.

4 days of prepping and staining cabinets, and I'm not even 1/4 way through.

Yea, I will be remodeling for about 8 weeks, but ****, it will look good.


Here is a list of what I'm doing:

* Refinish Cabinets ( Hardwood Maple refinished in Cherry)
* New Cabinet Hardware.
* Strip/patch walls, repaint.
* New Granite Countertop
* Rebuild, manage Bar Area
* New Fridge
* New Sink/Hardware.
* New Oven, replacing single Oven with Dual Oven.
* New Laminate Floor......

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two can do a job twice as fast as one, the lady is the only one that can be seen working. just a little humor there Geo, I've been there and done that, so I think I may have a tip that will make the wall paper removing a little easier for you. if you haven't tried using white vinegar, get you a gallon and pour it in a bucket and a small towel dunk it in the vinegar, and wet the wall paper in about a 4 foot square at a time. and think about fishing while you work, it makes the time pass faster.

[QUOTE=GeoFisher;516100]So, I told my wife that I would remodel the kitchen WHEN she saved the money to get it done. ALL of it.

Knowing that she saves money like a whino at Party Barn, I figured I'd NEVER be doing the kitchen.....NEVER.

Well about a week ago, she presented me with a rather significant chunk of money, with a budget, and a project list. Needless to say, I'm in hell.......sheer hell.

3 days of Wallpaper stripping, and wall prep.

4 days of prepping and staining cabinets, and I'm not even 1/4 way through.

Yea, I will be remodeling for about 8 weeks, but ****, it will look good.


Here is a list of what I'm doing:

* Refinish Cabinets ( Hardwood Maple refinished in Cherry)
* New Cabinet Hardware.
* Strip/patch walls, repaint.
* New Granite Countertop
* Rebuild, manage Bar Area
* New Fridge
* New Sink/Hardware.
* New Oven, replacing single Oven with Dual Oven.
* New Laminate Floor......

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Awesome man! Nothing like a good remodel to stash some points in your favor!! :)

Hope you get a USA made fridge and not the Korean made.

[QUOTE=Catfish Bob;516178]Hope you get a USA made fridge and not the Korean made.[/QUOTE]

I'm having a HELL of a time finding a wall oven that will "work" and "work well".

I have a 25 inch oven today........and I have a 27 inch cabinet that it needs to go into.........I believe there is NO WAY to get a 27 in that cabinet, so I'm going to have to back down to a 24, which will be smaller. That doesn't bother me, but the opening that is already cut for a 25 is smaller, and will need to have some "work" to make it look good.

No idea exactly how I'm going to work that yet.

Later,

Geo

[QUOTE=GeoFisher;516180]I'm having a HELL of a time finding a wall oven that will "work" and "work well".

I have a 25 inch oven today........and I have a 27 inch cabinet that it needs to go into.........I believe there is NO WAY to get a 27 in that cabinet, so I'm going to have to back down to a 24, which will be smaller. That doesn't bother me, but the opening that is already cut for a 25 is smaller, and will need to have some "work" to make it look good.

No idea exactly how I'm going to work that yet.

Later,

Geo[/QUOTE]

Well.......I simply could NOT make the wall oven work quite "right" so I pulled the plug and purchased new cabinets.

Here are some more pictures.

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And some more.......

Like I said I pulled all the old cabinets, since they simply would not work and purchased a CRAP TON of new ones. Went over budget on my kitchen by DOUBLE due to the new cabinets, but it will look great.

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My good friend Bo Bowers from American Handyman is handling most of the heavy lifting.

Later,

Geo

Impressive! That's much more than I would get into alone. Of course if I had a friend who had that kind of experience and could be the expert I would jump in and do whatever I am told.:) It's good to have friends like that!!

Here are the cabinets all in............

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[QUOTE=GeoFisher;516962]Here are the cabinets all in............

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Very nice!!

well done sir !