I'm must be weird cause the more 'unevenness' I find...

13 years ago

the more totatally JOYFUL I am! I mean, COMEON'... look at this wild graining on my pantry pullout door. To me, it's just spectacular and I love looking at it. As we unpack more doors, I'm find awesome Rorschach(?) like designs. Perhaps that speaks to my mental state. LOOK!

From Drop Box

And I tried to get the graining on my sink door. It's subtler but wonderful.

From Drop Box

I"m sorry... I will stop posting pics of my uninstalled psychologically unbalanced doors and drawers.

But I do think I see a cloverleaf in one... :-)

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plllog
13 years ago
PRETTY!!!!!
still_lynnski
13 years ago
I see a German Shepherd and R2D2.

Seriously gorgeous...and will be great for party games!
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remodelfla
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13 years ago
Party games! What a great idea!!
craftlady07
13 years ago
Can I just say that I LOVE how much you LOVE them!! :)
research_queen
13 years ago
I'm with craftlady. I think that your doors are beautiful, but I really love how excited you are about them!
xc60
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Beautiful, I see a lynx and a ghost.
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13 years ago
Love the wild graining! Love the bits of lighter wood. And I agree the best part is how much you love them.
pinch_me
13 years ago
If you think you're giddy now.....wait until it's far enough along to cook in! Just tonight I was grinning when I pulled out the drawer of frying pans. There they were! Clean! Together, not basement and garage. I feel just like you do! I'm just as tickled today as I was 11 months ago.
cj47
13 years ago
I love it! It's got character and you'll smile every time you look at it. I bet in a year, you'll still be finding something different every now and again! Gorgeous, just gorgeous.

Pinch_me, I'm glad to hear that the 'magic' hasn't worn off for you yet. I hope I feel the same next year as well--it's an awful lot of fun. :-)
remodelfla
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13 years ago
I'm very very grateful. As many know, I've been working on this for 3 years. No KD, no designer ('cept our GW'er designers), everything I bought piecemeal and held on to it for over a year. Much work we did on our own or GC'd it. DH was hands on even with the work we hired out like electrical. I had the picture in my head of what it would look like and walked through against blank broken down walls how it would function. I"ve been living out of suitcases going back and forth between my house and this house for work. So I really didn't know how it would turn out. DH couldn't picture it and just had to trust me. Hopefully Florida JOshua comes on Monday to install the soapstone and then the sink can get hooked up and DW. I then have a REAL functioning kitchen.

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prill
13 years ago
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flwrs_n_co
13 years ago
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remodelfla
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13 years ago
I promise all the "carp" will be out of the spare room by then prill and you'll have a comfy, cozy, clean place to sleep!

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