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My latest accidental demo, anyone else have one?
Comments (16)CG, I'm glad you don't have MY luck! If it had been me - that door would've landed on me. Seriously - it would have waited till just the right moment, then SMASH! I'm literally an accident waiting to happen. (Really - I had wind, the only "gust" that day, blow a full sheet of plywood onto me.. Hit me in the back of the head!). I'm so glad to hear that I'm not the first person to do this type of thing - thanks, all - for sharing your stories. Carol - I read about your flooded house in another post - I'm so sorry for you, glad it was a rental & not your home - but a disaster is a disaster, taking your work, time & money that I'm sure you have other plans for. Brickeyee - that's exactly what I'm worried about! I only know enough to know that I don't "know enough". This is going to be... Interesting, at best. Oh well, ceiling needs painted anyway. I've never finished drywall, & I realize the texture-matching is going to be a bear. I'm (almost) 5'3", so a ceiling is the LAST place I'd choose to start learning. However - it could be worse. I could've actually broken my femur... & it could still be too hot for jeans, forcing me to explain why the entire back & side of my thigh is black/purple, to perfect strangers that would inevitably ask. (& I would start making up different crazy stories, each time, but it'd be hard to come up with a story more crazy than the truth - I fell through the ceiling? Who'd believe that?)....See MoreHas Anyone Had an island 14 ft or longer and used only one slab?
Comments (21)Bookmatching happens when two slabs are cut in sequence, so the pattern is identical, then they are opened up like the facing pages of a book, and those are the surfaces that are finished, the surfaces that were originally together. So you get a mirror image of the pattern on each slab. Then you just lay out the two pieces of the template such that where the seam will be, the pattern matches up, vein for vein. It doesn't have to be an edge, but each piece of the template has to be placed in the corresponding location on the two slabs. I'm not explaining this very well. Do you sew? It's like matching stripes when you lay out a pattern. You can get chevron patterns when the veins are going diagonally up on one piece and down on the other, and they meet in a "V" formation....See MoreKitchen photographer - anyone used one?
Comments (12)Are you in an area that has a Master Builders or Home Builders Association? Often times, they have a listing of subcontractos, suppliers and trades people that work in the industry. The lists may and sometimes do include other trades that rely on the homebuilders for their work, such as designers, realtors, advertisers and photographers. Or, you may call a few of the builders in your area and see if they can give you any recommendations. The cost will depend on what you want, how many shots, the way you want the finished product - digital or paper format, etc. The builder I work with most, has a photographer who sets up and does the shot for in the $200-600 range, provides digital files afterwards, however, we do all the "staging". GOOD LUCK! Sounds like a great idea! I look back at the photos and video of our previous home quite a bit! Brings back wonderful memories of all the hard work we did... Another idea, if your new home will be renovated also, hire the same photographer (maybe they will discount the second location) to take professional before pictures of the spaces you are going to work on - even if it's several years off. Who knows, you may want your project published someday!...See MoreSliding backsplash - has anyone used one?
Comments (30)I think capturing backsplash space is a great idea, because vertical space is too often ignored. Ever since women entered the workforce, the kitchen industry has lost a lot of interest in cooking efficiency; it now defines efficiency as snacking, drinking soda and loading the DW with maximum speed. However, to pal's point, I'd be leery of things that disappear behind walls or cabinets. Once they break, they're very hard to fix....See More- 8 years ago
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