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Thanks Jenn and Vanessa.

Yep it's a huge difference...and it's not even finished yet....remember upper cabinets need put in(when we can afford them), handles and knobs for the drawers, baseboard heater needs put back together, over the stove ventless microwave needs to be bought. But all in all I can really start to move some stuff back in and decorate a little with all of my kitchen stuff. We had to make about 20 trips to the basement last night lugging all of his tools back downstairs.....He must've had every single tool he owns up in the kitchen....LOL

One other good thing is when he gutted the kitchen the wall behind the stove didn't have any insallation at all, so he put some in----hopefully it'll help it stay warmer in there....There isn't any heat in the kitchen because it's all baseboard heating and there's no room for it around the bottom of the walls, but there is some in the dining room, and all the other rooms in the house of course.

You can get those rooms done!!! I know you can!!! Do you have a timeline of when you'd like to start them?

Last May!!!!!!!

loz tell the head burke he did a excellent job and he can come help scott on our floor lol

Hey there twit!!!! Glad you stopped by to check out the kitchen pics......everyone say hi to my friend Mel, she's my bestest bud! We graduated high school together and went to college together....she was my partner in crime during college....he he he.

The floor went quick and was really easy actually.....He just tapped the pieces in places with a rubber mallet and a piece of wood.....

Don't be a stranger, now you have a house and some plants come in here and talk to us all!

loz, it is wonderful! Mark did one terrific job on that floor, too.

Can't wait to see the final version, when you have all your doodads in place...



Merme

Thanks Merme....Mark has worked soooo hard....he hasn't really had a real day off in weeks between his job and the kitchen.....he did a great job on the floor, I must agree....it looks really nice and will be so easy to clean.

I can't wait to get all of my doodads in there...I'm itching to get it done!!!!LOL

wow that's looking excellent loz! you're husband is certainly a handyman!! you caught yourself a great one :-)

Wow Loz, that looks amazing! I want hardwood flooring, but Steve really thinks we'll need it professionally done. He doesn't want something like our floor messed up from his inexperience. :rolleyes: Well, he kinda wants ceramic tile, but I am thinking otherwise. I haven't fully decided what kind I want, but I do want the carpet out of the living room upstairs, cuz it's nasty, and Alex's room, cuz of her allergies.. and may as well do the hallway while we're at it..lol. Our room, & Marissa's room, we aren't touching. Can't get the stuff out of Marissa's room, no way no how. It's not moving, till *we* move! And our room is just packed full of junk. Ya can't hardly get around the room, and you can's get in the closets. :rolleyes:

Meg

Thanks you 2.....Mark has been amazing, grouchy at times from working so much, but still amazing.....I'm proud of him.

Meg, that floor was so easy to put in...and actually it's not real hardwood...It's that Mohawk flooring from Lowes--that floating floor stuff that locks together in planks like real wood....only it's some kind of laminate on the top--but it looks like wood! It's supposed to be a lot more durable, so we decided to go with it since it's a high traffic area.

I could use new flooring...we have this thick brown stuff in the living room....I don't feel motivated enough though to have to move everything in there....LOL It's a pretty big living room.....with a ton of stuff in it. So brown carpet it is, at least until I work up some motivation again!!!LOL

GOOD JOB MARK!!!!

Are those "solid surface" countertops...i.e. corian,avonite,surell,gibralter?

G-Mom

No, they're just laminate.....This is a kitchen remodel on a shoestring budget...LOL We tapped into some of our savings, but we don't use credit cards at all--so everything is paid for in cash.....When we started the kitchen though we didn't think we'd be tackling the dining room so much too......that's how it works though.

I think the fake wood floors are nice...you don't have to worry so much about messing them up....

Mark might actually come in here and read this post......yesterday he had me pull up the post and show him the pictures I took.......

George has been following this post...being a remodeler he couldn't resist it!

We were betting on your countertops this morning I was going for a solid surface and George was going for Granite. You fooled us both

If you want to make the floors really shiny put straight Future floor wax on them. I do it every couple of months...2 coats and they are like a wooden mirror(speaking of which...they're overdue :p )

G-Mom

Ooo, thanks for the tip.....I'll have to remember to get some of that.....does it make it really slippery???

LOL--at least the laminate must look pretty good to fool you both......Actually I like it...we both agreed on the dark laminate since the walls are so light....I originally wanted ceramic tile because I like that fact that you can set your hot pans on it....but when I was thinking about cleaning all of that grout I changed my mind....

The cabinets are those premade ones from Lowes that you stain yourself....They've turned out pretty good considering.....I just can't wait to get the rest of them!!!LOL Getting those saved us a ton of money...We splurged a little on the sink and the faucets though.

Mark still has to trim up where the walls meet too, I forgot about that...and then the opening between the 2 rooms--which is basically just a big room now....Well Mark wants to cover the inside of that with wood trim matching the cabinets.....

BTW, do where do you buy that wax at? Do you go to Walmart for it? Tell Geoge I said hi---and that I'll be posting a picture of my Jeff Gordon collection just for him.......LMAO

He said "Send'em ON...I've got Photoshop and I'll fix them up for her"

ROFLMAO!!!!!!

Alex is now yelling "GORDO"!

G-Mom

Oh,sorry,yeah,your question...I buy it at Grocery stores and Wallyworld,it's with the floor cleaning stuff. Costs about $5 a bottle.

G-Mom

Hi Laura!
I took a look at your kitchen pictures- looking great! Lots of hard work and patience has obviously paid off!

Oh, my mother bought one of those "wheelable" dishwashers when i was a kid (back in the 60's, lol). Is it old? I wonder if they still make them...lol I'm sure your new one is quieter and much more efficient!
Thanks for sharing the pictures and i hope you enjoy your new kitchen!

We are getting floods here in SC from tropical storm Cindy and now they are talking about Dennis...

I'm trying to get a foundation in. It's just a "mud hole" now.

Hey Gmom----tell George he wouldn't dare touch my beloved Gordon photos because he knows deep down that Gordon is the man!!!!LOL

Thanks for the heads up on the floor stuff...I'm going to look for it next time I'm out in wallyworld.....

Thanks Bob--and that wheelable dishwasher is probably from the 60's, or 70's.....It's old, but you know what? It worked great! And built a lot sturdier than they are nowadays....but it is awful nice to have a built in dishwasher----can't wait to get rid of that old one, it's sitting in the living room right now....LOL

You'll probably have a mudhole for a while, especially with Dennis possibly tracking up this way......

Love the kitchen remodel and all of the pictures. Cannot wait to see it all put together.

I have all my stuff back in there, but I'm waiting to show pictures until it's really finished....upper cabinets, hardware for cabinets, and trim......once it's all done I'll share a lot of pictures....I can't believe it's the same kitchen.....When I'm out there I keep saying that to myself....LOL I can't wait to share finished product pics with you all! And thanks Triss!

loz...you're so lucky to get a kitchen remodel.
There's nothing worse than trying to cook a meal in a kitchen that you hate. That's what me and Les (shamrock) were discussing last night while I was trying to make us some sketti and salad. There was no room on the countertop to do anything.
This house is huge, with a tiny, little kitchen.
Don't make sense to me.

I know, and trust me I HATED that kitchen with a passion....My brother couldn't believe how different it is....He was telling me that their kitchen is even smaller than mine was before the wall was knocked out.....I couldn't believe that a kitchen could be smaller than mine....lol

I have a little extra counter space now, but we're going to get an over the stove microwave to free up room on the counter....that'll be some extra room!

Could you knock out any walls to make your kitchen bigger?????

I would get great pleasure in knocking some walls out here

Cindy

Our kitchen is tiny too with virtually no dining room. Makes for a tight squeeze when you are trying to get 8 around a table. Cannot wait to get the dream kitchen.

What's up with that?
Is it because men designed our houses and thought, "Hmmm...I guess I HAVE to put a kitchen in the house :rolleyes: but I want to make sure I have all the other rooms big enough for the super-huge televisions so I can watch re-runs of Gunsmoke over and over and over...let's see...that leaves a little bit of space here, not much, for the kitchen."

Must be because our living room is HUGE. I would so love to be able to redesign this house. I'd knock out several walls.