Finished Remodel People Check In Here; How's it Going??

kitchenkelly

16 years ago

Hey, how are you doing? Aren't you glad you are one of us?! We are finished. We are cool. We need a song.

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gneegirl
16 years ago
Totally agree on that last piece of molding that doesn't get done. I had to go away to see about my "parents" that had to both be hospitalized at the same time suddenly. My neighbor was doing the finishing touches for me but since I had to go away I told him to pick out a paint color. Well, when I came home, I found he had picked out the worst color - PINK!! My granite is full of a salmon and gray! Plus I had hung red checked valances on the french doors, and had begun to decorate arount them. It was so nicely planned. Now, I'm so through with this kitchen that I couldn't care less about the pink. It may stay that way - 99%!! Maybe I'll fix it in about 5yrs! But, again, I'm so in love with my kitchen, so much so, I'm still lurking and posting here too -looking for somethng else to add.
mysterymachine
16 years ago
hah hah... too funny. All I have left is a peice of trim above the window and inside a closet and fixing some drywall that the contractor broke when installing some shelves. The last little things are taking forever. can't complain too much though I still owe a couple thousand dollars and the amount left is hardly worth anything.
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kitchenkelly
Original Author
16 years ago
Yes, if you read the club charter it says "any kitchen that is at least 95% complete."
spinmom
16 years ago
I like the 95% min. requirement. My backspash was finished up yesterday and I'm sitting here waiting for the painter! All that will remain for the kitchen will be selecting the glass for the cabinet doors. Yay!!
fnzzy
16 years ago
I think I'll be joining you by Wednesday of next week...I'll be 95 by then! If I write a song will you let me in?

I only have one verse:
(to the tune of "Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas")

I'm beginning to see a finished kitchen
Everywhere I look;
There's paint on the kitchen walls
Trim in the entry halls
And cushions on the banquette in my nook.
kitchenkelly
Original Author
16 years ago
OK buffettgirl, you are IN! When you get here we will show the secret hand shake. AND good song. (Even though I expected it to be in the tune of a Jimmy song?)
cat_mom
16 years ago
Wasting away in GW-kitchenville.....?
kitchenkelly
Original Author
16 years ago
...looking for my lost thread that I post
fnzzy
16 years ago
...some people say, that I've got faucets on my brain...
...but I know, I'm just so TKO..

or
Why don't we get drunk and stew?
I just bought an Aga stove
Big enough for a pan or two

oh don't get me going. LOL. This is what happens in my brain all day long. My kids are forever rolling their eyes because I'm always singing them silly songs.
igloochic
16 years ago
Celebrate new paint, come on! (Let's celebrate)
Celebrate gas fumes, come on! (Let's celebrate)

There's a kitchen goin' on right here
A granite haven to last throughout the years
So bring your good wine, and your contractor too
We gonna celebrate your kitchen with you

Come on now

Habitation!!!
Let's all celebrate and drink some good wine
New Taxation!!!
We gonna commiserate and drink til itÂs fine

It's finally come together
Have a seat on my banquette made of pleatherÂ

Everyone around the web
Come on!

Yahoo! It's a celebration
Wood Glue!

Celebrate new cabinets, come on!
It's a celebration
Celebrate my sink, come on!
Let's celebrate

Habitation!!!
Let's all celebrate and drink some good wine
New Valuations!!!
We gonna commiserate and drink some good wine

Baby...

We're gonna have a good time tonight (Ce-le-bra-tion)
Let's get goofy on the gas stove, it's all right
We're gonna have a good time tonight (Ce-le-bra-tion)
Let's cut some lemons on the marble, it's all right

Yahoo!
Chicken Poop!

Celebrate working faucets, come on! (Let's celebrate)
Celebrate the fridge, come on!
It's a celebration!
Celebrate morgue drawers, come on! (Let's celebrate)

Come on and celebrate, chilled wine, tonight (Celebrate with wine, come on!)
'Cause everything's finally done all right
Let's celebrate
Let's celebrate

Technically it's four kitchens because the kitchen in the carriage house is a complete disaster (a squirrel lived in the stove). So there :oP
fnzzy
16 years ago
ROFL igloo!!! I'm dying "Let's get goofy on the gas stove, it's all right "

hahhaa

and uggh valuations. I'm sure my nosy neighbors have already called the city multiple times to make sure I get properly assessed. lol. yes, I have THOSE neighbors.
cat_mom
16 years ago
i-chic--YOU ROCK!!!!
kitchenkelly
Original Author
16 years ago
ROFLMAO!!!

Let's cut some lemons on the marble, it's all right?!

OMG.. You crack me up something terrible.
huango
16 years ago
Too too funny!

I'm never going to get into this club (since I haven't started, and I can't sing nor write a song).
:(
ksfaustin
16 years ago
Oh, Buffettgirl and Igloochic! I love your songs! You really made me laugh.

I've been 99% finished since the first of December 2007. I love my new kitchen, but I've been really *blah* since finishing. I guess it's a normal reaction to the stress of remodeling and the letdown of finishing such a large project. I've had trouble finding the energy to finish the last few minor details - installing the shelves in my recharging cabinet, making some custom drawer dividers using those channel thingies from Lee Valley, installing my under-sink towel rack, etc. And taking pictures for the FKB. I can't get the lighting in photos to look right, although the lighting in person is just fine.

Also, since my kitchen is open to my family room, we had everything repainted. Naturally we took down all the window treatments for painting, and I haven't put them back up because I kinda want to change the color scheme. I bought a new sofa, and I need to buy a couple of new chairs (or have my old ones reupholstered.) So although I'm done remodeling, I still have a lot of redecorating and other "home work" to do.

That's what's up with me. :-)
mommycooks
16 years ago
My question? What constitutes 95% done? We lack paint (an ongoing project depending on energy after work as we are DIY) and finished floor (happening next week) and backsplash . . . oh never mind. The list sounds better when I don't itemize it! One of these days . ..
kitchenkelly
Original Author
16 years ago
Well, mommycooks. I just looked at the club charter and I think that you do not qualify. I think you are technically at 93.1% complete. The only way into the club is to write a song. Looks like you will need to add this to your itemized list.
igloochic
16 years ago
If it will help anyone feel better...I have the most fabulous french range in the world sitting in my kitchen...and a saw horse. THAT'S IT!!! I'm just haunting this thread because I have goals to be a member someday!
divamum
16 years ago
Ooo....ooo... am I in, am I in? I did buy a new table yesterday (hey, it was ON SALE and EXACTLY the right size!!!!), but the construction part is almost all done so.... can I play?

This is the first construction-quiet days here we've had since October (barring the holiday) and I have to say - we genuinely MISS our builders. They're great, great company and we have become genuinely attached to them in the course of the project. My GC lives literally around the corner (we didn't know this when we first interviewed him), our kids are in the same school system, and his wife is as much fun as he is. As I handed him the last check he actually said, "I'm glad this part's done because now we can just be friends". I still can't believe how lucky we got (and believe me, we did NOT find him via the usual channels or carry out business in the usual manner - heck, our "contract" was a fairly general letter of agreement by email and we did the math as we went along). Amaaaazing luck.

That said, it IS nice to be able to walk around in my skivvies whenever I want to ;)
cat_mom
16 years ago
Well i-chic, if you cook something for all of us in/on that fab range, maybe we'll consider letting you (after all, you did pen that ultra-fab song!!!).
cooperbailey
16 years ago
Iggg-loo!! OMG!! I had to wipe off my laptop- I choked on my diet coke when I was reading your song. I only have 1 count em 1 kitchen I can so join the club cause I am at 95.325% and holding. AND.... I have a rooster in my kitchen. After Princess Igloochicken kept talking and talking and talking about roosters,I got one. Only one. But I did get some awesome fabric with french writing and um roosters in it to make a valance.... oh and an antique creamware dish thingie that does have chickens and roosters... Will work on a song, but I don't think anyone can top Igloochick, in song or # of kitchens. And why didnt we see the carriage house?? I love carriage houses. I wanna see it. Sue
donnar57
16 years ago
This thread has me absolutely LMAO!!! What great lyrics - loved "It's beginning to look like..." AND "Celebrate..."...I was singing along with both!

I'm done (99.9%) with the kitchen, but here's one for you who aren't there yet...

"I'm dreaming of a finished kitchen,
Just like the ones I've seen right here.
Where the sink is working,
And faucets shining,
And hubby is refrigerating his beer.

I'm dreaming of a finished kitchen,
With every GW message that I write.
May your days not be dusty or trite,
And may all your kitchens NOT be white!"
gneegirl
16 years ago
cooberbailey - the FIRST thing I did when I moved in to my house was to REMOVE the roosters from my kitchen. They were yellow, blue and red - OMG!!! When doing this remodel some of the old rooster wallpaper showed up under molding and other places. It was so funny to see it because those things left my house almost 4 years ago!!

igloochic - that song is a hoot! You should pen that to Kitchens Beautiful!!
pcjs
16 years ago
We're another 90% done. I want some recessed lights, and we need to paint. We did the trim finally, but we moved on to other rooms.
mnhockeymom
16 years ago
RFLMAO!! You guys are killing me and I think we all seriously need help, seriously! I've been done since mid-Nov but am still here, pathetically lurking...

Here's a good one for you....as we sat around our dinner table last Wednesday discussing Lent and what we were all going to work on or "give up", my family's main suggestion for me was to stop visiting "that kitchen site"!!!

Ummm, so, since I'm here right now, does that mean I'm going to hell? Lord help me, I'd better go do the stations.....
kitchenkelly
Original Author
16 years ago
lol mnhockeymom, if you get there first make sure you get the kitchen all gussied up for us. We can all sit around and think of more songs. (Actually, hell sounds nice and warm. Today it was almost -40 wind chill in MN.)

It is still amazing how much I still hang around here and I have been done since the summer. I think I am sticking around until igloochic gets her kitchens done. OMG...It could be years until I am out of here.
fnzzy
16 years ago
rofl..yes, we're all going to hell but at least there will be a nice kitchen and we can figure out once and for all if granite is really heat resistant.

with our luck though hell would have 1980's laminate counters with a wood edge and fake brick linoleum floors and those "eurostyle" cabinets.

and not a microfiber cloth to be found for miles and miles.

ROFL.
organic_donna
16 years ago
I'm in too! You all are hysterical, igloochick I love your song. I just finished my bathroom and now I don't know what to do with myself. I have been remodeling for so long. We need a support group for Finished Kitchen forum members. I'm going through withdrawals.
Donna
cat_mom
16 years ago
It got very cold here in NY (outside Manhattan) tonight. I'll join you guys in hell just to keep warm (not that I haven't been hanging around here way too often myself--still!!!). I'll even bring the wine!
kitchenkelly
Original Author
16 years ago
I am sure the first thing that I see in hell will be my old kitchen.
cat_mom
16 years ago
kk--lol!!!
divamum
16 years ago
Donna, I'm with you. The house is SOOOO quiet with nobody here I'm not quite sure what to do with myself - I was starting to set my watch by the sound of the back door opening and the radio being switched on at 8.20 every day as they arrived. Weird, weird, weird.

I COULD get busy with finishing moving the office upstairs and then getting the dressing room fitted out with closets and drawers, but somehow I can't find the energy for that. It's been sooooo long working on the kitchen and attic (3 years of "what if?" on the computer!) that I'm a bit at sea! Fortunately, my professional life gets busy in a couple of weeks so that will give me some new obsessions to indulge :)
loves2cook4six
16 years ago
Ooh, I'm in if it's OK I can't sing or write a song to save my life. Hey, i-chic did such an amazing job on hers - who needs one from me?!

We are almost done. Not sure if we're putting in a backsplash or just leaving it painted and we're waiting for some chairs - other than that all done!!

I'll get some photos on here as soon as I get a new camera. My birthday is in 2 weeks so hopefully then...
lynninnewmexico
16 years ago
I've missed this place! Our total kitchen remodel (gut!) finished up right before Christmas and we've been playing catch-up ever since. That, spending time with the kids on their winter breaks and then heading to St.Thomas for a week to celebrate our 25th anniversary over 1/15 kept us from actually being able to decorate this beautiful new kitchen of ours. We've been enjoying the heck out of it, though. Yesterday was the first day we actually sat down together and tried to decide what decorations we were going to put in here and what we still need. It felt great, though, to see all our dreams (and stress and sweat and tears) finally come to reality. I'm anxious to post pics of our kitchen in Finished Kitchens soon, as I'm really proud of how well it turned out. This forum was a huge reason why it turned out so well, too!
As for enjoying walking thru HD or Lowes' kitchen cab departments, NOT ME!!! I was so glad to finally be finished with all those decisions and choices that I've avoided those departments like the plague!
mnhockeymom
16 years ago
Yes, KK, you sent it all my way, didn't you? We have 50-65 mph winds today w/ a -10's windchill....wanna hear how pathetic I am, though? I'd still rather be in MN for winter....this New England wet, warm, cold, icy, warm again, wet again cycle just S#cks!!!

I think you're on to something...maybe we're all sticking around to watch how many kitchens igloo manages to rack up before she finally finishes one!! ;oP
karenforroses
16 years ago
You know, we finished our kitchen two years ago and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't tell my husband how much I love my new kitchen. I love cooking in it, looking at it, entertaining in it - I just love everything about it. I hope I stay in love with it as long as I have with my husband (45 years)!
cooperbailey
16 years ago
Umm guys? A few of us Maryland people met with Igloo last night over dinner, and she showed pics of 2 more kitchens. That brings her to a grand total of 4! No kidding. Hell just might freeze over before you get there if you are waiting for Igloochic!!heh heh ;) But she has a plan! And they will be awesome. Roosters and all. Sue
beth35
16 years ago
Count me in! 95% finished since October. I think I'm up to about 98% now. (March will be one year since demo.) Two fake drawer fronts, UC lighting and backsplash to go. I'm not concerned about the backsplash, though, because I don't really know what I want. Someday I'll probably do one of THOSE posts requesting help.

I have the solution for kitchen withdrawal--do somebody else's!! Even better--it's not your money. My sister just bought a new house and we started working on it this weekend. She is my official excuse for being back on this website. It's dangerous coming back, though, and seeing lovely kitchens that I don't have, but I have to say I love every single thing that I put into my whole remodel so far. I was looking forward to having a better space to entertain and it worked very well through the holidays.

Thanks for the laughs--I've missed ya'll!
Beth
igloochic
16 years ago
OK for KK's sake...I will have ONE Finished kitchen in 90 days from February 20th! (That or someone will die). I will then write another song to memorilize it before I start finishing number two...and purchasing number three and four....

I'm sick! Really...VERY SICK!!!
minac
16 years ago
After being finished with the kitchen for 2 1/2 years (still no backsplash yet), we are ready to start another project. Either bathrooms and/or a master bedroom addition. When I look at other houses with master suites my DH says "we are not moving!" I think after the addition and kitchen renovation he is even more attached than I am.
organic_donna
16 years ago
beth,
Do someone else"s kitchen, are you kidding! This was the last kitchen I'll ever do for the rest of my life. I have done enough remodeling for a lifetime. I am so happy to be done with all of this daily stress. I had plywood sheets standing up by my entrance door for 3 years. I finally took them to my storage locker yesterday. It's so weird not to see them there anymore. My bathroom remodel was even harder than the kitchen. I love not having to make all the phone calls and trips to the showrooms.
NEVER AGAIN, now my life begins!
Donna
mnhockeymom
16 years ago
IGLOO - OH MY LORD - a FOURTH?? You need an intervention!! You know, MN has all sorts of great addiction rehab facilities....maybe we'll find a good place for you :oP

Cooperbailey - a night out with Igloo? You lucky girl! I hope you plied her with wine and got to the bottom of her kitchen addiction. Any fun igloo stories to share?
cooperbailey
16 years ago
Sorry all, Igloo made us all pinky swear not to tell. :p~~~~
igloochic
16 years ago
(I purchased all of the vodka shooters so they can't tell anything) :oP Man that coop can put down the jello shots!!! (oopppsss that was telling wasn't it???) :o)
cat_mom
16 years ago
Oh sure, you guys got to have all the fun!

Any takers for a southern NY get-together? Maybe we can lure i-chic for that! There are some nice homes for sale around here, too i-chic.....LOL!
kitchenkelly
Original Author
16 years ago
Oh, yes. I can see it now. Igloochic gets sent to Hazelton. Within a week she remodels the place.

cat mom, why did I think you were a southern gal?
igloochic
16 years ago
Cat mom...I thought of New York (upstate?) but sheesh the taxes!!! I wouldn't have money left for a range :oP

You could get really wacky with a nut house kitchen remodel....hummmm maybe a new career move for me!
cat_mom
16 years ago
Wait, kk, you thought I was southern? Nope! I live about 45 min north (give or take) from Manhattan. My parents and now my sister's family, too live in NC, so I guess I could be southern by association!

You are dead-on about the taxes i-chic. Ours have gone up about $3K-$4K since we're in our house (a little over 9 yrs). Ouch! All just one of the joys of living in a suburb of the big city!

FYI, people in NJ call where we live upstate (and my village is right over the border from NJ!), but upstate would really be Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse....
basketchick
16 years ago
I've been 95% done for over a year now! Maybe someday I will get it finished! It was very weird and quiet afterward. And I still find myself watching all the kitchen shows looking for new ideas for my kitchen! LOL.
cooperbailey
16 years ago
There's always room for j-e-l-l-o! and it wasn't the shots so much as the midget. heh heh

And I started working on a song- OH, my kitchennn, it's really b**chennn,
And I love to change it, whenever I cannnn.
Thats as far as I got. Which is probably a great stopping point.

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