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what ever happened to site with finished kitchen photos?

6 years ago

Hi, a few years back when I was redoing a kitchen, I lived on this site and was TKO - and there was a related site with photos of completed kitchens - does that still exist?

thanks

L

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6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

Nothing stops a poster from posting infinite detail pictures to their Houzz account. With great and copious details and comments. Other than they just don't want to. Just like Starpooh found out. You can't force people to share.

Houzz has made the FKB obsolete.

But, there needs to be the Official Nag, to get people to start the photo albums of In Progress and Completed Pictures, with all of the details keyworded. People want to see Ordinary Kitchens. But, it seems that folks with Ordinary Kitchens don't really feel like putting them on display.

If everyone with a completed kitchen and an old Photobucket account would put those pics of their remodels on their Houzz account, that would be a start. And then, moving forward, remind posters in the planning stage to create albums for their project, that would also be a start.

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cluelessincolorado
6 years ago
http://finishedkitchens.blogspot.com/?m=1
cluelessincolorado
6 years ago
http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2402805/finished-kitchens-blog-for-archiving-your-beautiful-kitchens
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beachem
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It was never kept up. I was planning to take over that chore but been busy with my kitchen. Hopefully soon.
Buehl
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Beachem -- have you been in contact with StarPooh?
beachem
6 years ago
I have no idea how to reach her but I did a search and I think Kompy got her to reply while I was gone from GW. Did you reach her?
Buehl
6 years ago
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Houzz obsoleted it.
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6 years ago
The last I heard from StarPooh was in February 2016. She mentioned she didn't have much free time anymore and that it was discouraging to her that people weren't granting permission to post their finished kitchens -- it seemed everyone wanted to look at kitchens, but they didn't want to add theirs.
southeasthouse
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I would love to see the Completed Kitchens blog updated!

I don't think Houzz has made it obsolete. There's just no one "in charge" of updating it. It was never connected enough to Gardenweb for Houzz to remove it.

If you mean they have "obsoleted" it by performing the same job better, then I would also disagree. Houzz posts beautiful pictures of designer kitchens, but the finished kitchen blog provides all the nitty gritty details that were are really after. It's mainly the clever storage solutions that I love. A Houzz decorator might include 2 or 3 details shots of their drawers in a kitchen. A Kitchen Blog poster shares all the clever ideas they shoved into the space. Plus the sources for everything and feedback on how well it has worked for them.

She mentioned she didn't have much free time anymore and that it was discouraging to her that people weren't granting permission to post their finished kitchens -- it seemed everyone wanted to look at kitchens, but they didn't want to add theirs.

That is so strange to me. People were willing to post their kitchen pictures to a heavily trafficked forum, but they didn't want them shared on a blog that was trafficked by just a fraction of the users of the initial forum???
beachem
6 years ago
I don't think that Houzz has made FKB obsolete. Houzz is here to sell things and the services of pros. Anything you post on Houzz becomes their property to use as they will to support their business.

If not for the community on GW, I would never post on Houzz or share any information.

I do have most of a layout done to host a finished kitchen blog. I've just been sideline a lot by hospitalization.

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