How to hide pink in floors during kitchen renovation
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Comments (13)10 years ago, DH and I did a DIY remodel. At that time we set up our old frige and a microwave on a table in our family room. At the time, we were both working full time and fairly young. I think we pretty much skipped breakfast and would grab a cup of coffee at the office. Lunches were always eaten out before starting the remodel. It was no big stretch for us to eat out for dinner too. Did I mention we were really young? At that time we'd order large dinners storing leftovers in the frige to reheat for dinner the next night. The few dishes we had were done in a utility sink in the garage, where our W/D were located. Our current remodel is also DIY, but this time we have 3 kids, so eating out is not really feasible either money wise or sanity wise, 3 more people with opinions who have collectively never agree on anything. We're not doing a total gut job, but we are doing some structural changes to one wall. Instead of demo-ing all at once, we're taking it apart bit by bit. Our plan is to keep the essentials running at all times. I hope this makes sense, becuase it's kind of hard to describe. This time around we already have our materials, stored in our garage and at a local storage unit. We bought our cabinets and granite from craigslist. We took out our pantry and brought in 2 of our base cabinets to our breakfast nook to store the food. We brought in one slab of granite to span the 2 cabinets. On top of that we've got a microwave and a single induction cooktop I bought at Overstock. We've taking our oven completely out of commission, in fact I just sold it last night on craigslist. So far, we've had successful meals cooked on this induction and/or our grill. I've been trying to make the entree the single hot meal, and have fresh veggies as the sides. This is the perfect time of year for that. DH did frozen pizza on the grill using a pizza stone, yum. Although he did burn the first one trying to get used to the whole set up. Breakfasts are not too different. Cereal, toater stuff. I've got an electric griddle and waffle maker if we want to do pancakes or waffles. We're trying to be really creative as you can tell : 0 ) Good luck!...See Moredepression during renovation
Comments (96)((((iyanini14)))). I feel for you and wish you luck. Some years ago we were building a home and had to run off our builder... fired him. Finished it ourselves hiring our own subs and learning along the way at 1/2 complete. Never again. Uhg. Hmmm. After well over a year since I started packing and we moved all furniture out, 8 months with a temporary kitchen, 6 months now with no kitchen, and living with no furniture except the bedroom, no flooring (Much is DIY)... we are finally seeing the light.. or I should say a glimmer! Flooring is in (and covered with Ram Board, which was a bummer as we loved looking at something complete!). The cabinet maker said they'd start putting cabinets in soon as we finished painting and installing our baseboard (week after next I hope!), but then we've got the vent to install and vent cabinet, a pass-through window to finish, and the glass people (for the cabs) are special ordering, so that's a while away. Still, we have much electrical, plumbing, and purchases to do. I'm still hoping for June. Ha! I hate all the purchases! First you have to figure out what you want, then you have to pay for it! Good heavens, I see now why faucets and pulls are called "kitchen jewelry"! My sanity has been pretty good despite set-backs. The two things I love are cooking and gardening. Without a kitchen, no cooking, but we simultaneously started working on our landscaping (older 20 year old home, dire need for re-do everywhere). While the yard has put us behind, I love working outside : ) All is good here, but it's just rush-rush, exhaustion, soreness!...See MorePost-It Label Roll Tape is the BEST helper during the renovation
Comments (7)Spread the word, lol! I remember reading how much contractors hate customers posting notes and markers all over the place. They will just love this! Personally, I think it's an easy and effective technique. If they pay attention to them. I have generally not found them to pay attention to much, whether it be in verbal, list, drawings or post-it note form. Especially with the foreign laborers that get sent in, who would probably read them if they could. What a waste of time and energy trying to communicate. You just get whatever they wanted to do, The way they always do it. Which is usually in their own special way....See MoreProtecting furniture from dust during renovation
Comments (5)My home is small so I moved all my furniture as far from the work as possible. That way no one could bump into it. I bought some 9 x 12 ft vinyl drop cloths for less than $7 each with tax that are supposed to stay put better than plain plastic, but I have nothing to compare them with. Another thing that can be done is to tape plastic in front of openings to other rooms to keep dust out. Remember that a central heat/AC system could pull dust through it to the rest of the house. If you can't isolate the kitchen while the work is being done it's best to use a better or best quality filter and change it weekly so as to catch ultra fine dust. Hope that helps....See Moreqam999
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