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I'm so sick of winter I could scream!!
Comments (6)Well, the snow storm is over with, for now. They're saying we might get more tonight tho. We had a power outage around 1am and it came back on after 3:00. Unfortunately I'm a very light sleeper, and I can't sleep without my "noise-maker" fan running at night. Only got maybe 3 hrs sleep. Went to work, and stayed 2hrs and came home. Power is out all over town. Trees have fallen and transformers blown. I work at an Ace Hardware store, and the backup generators only keep the registers going, so we had to use flashlights all over the store. People coming in to buy batteries, flashlights, kerosene, lanterns, stuff like that. But I decided to go home. They only wanted a skeleton crew anyway. Power's not supposed to be back on in that part of town til later today. Here's a couple of pics out in front of my house this morning. It's melting like crazy already, but it was about 4-5" last night. Oh, Bustopher, I'm in Northern CA up in the lower Sierras in a town called Paradise, which is near Chico (the college party town). And no thanks, I can do without tornadoes!!! I'll take our earthquakes over those anyday! LOL Front yard Upper side area above the driveway My new flag... I love it! Looks my backyard squirrels!...See MoreI am SO mad I could scream! WWYD??
Comments (26)We actually met with our stainer, who is also our painter, after work today. Since he has worked with this stair builder before, I showed him my cabinetry & flooring samples and asked him what Jake meant by "dark maple" in his experience. He told me that stairs he has sprayed previously for Jake in dark maple are more of a walnut color and even if he just used a natural stain, he was honest enough to tell me it wouldn't look good with the ginger maple I have selected. He also told me that Jake "is a nice guy" and he's sure we'll be able to work something out. DH is leaving tonight OOT on business for 2 days so I have to work this out myself with him tomorrow. I will definitely be taking all of your advice and ensuring we have all bases covered 100%. We did actually consider painting the trim of the stairs, but I guess because our curved stairs are also open (ie: no risers) our designer wanted full wood. However we're going with satin chrome spindles that really dress them up & give them some splash. The more I think how dark that is, the more I get sick to my stomach and shake my head wondering what on earth he was thinking??? We don't have a large house either, that dark would look awful. Oh well. Wish me luck tomorrow please, I really hope I don't need it but could use all I can get. And thank you again for all of your advice, this has been very gratefully appreciated....See MoreI'm with Kelntx, I'm ready to scream!!
Comments (12)I really don't want to be a whiner! I went out to mine 3 times today just to see WHAT was getting done. To GC's credit, he's busting his hump finishing all HIS stuff. The marble guy was there all day long and all he got done was the tub surround. Not sure if he OD'd on turkey, or what, but he's moving a little slow. Okay, so kel, on the bright side, I think I mentioned this before--we must believe that WHEN all the subs do as they should, that things will happen very quickly. Honestly, if you think about it, most subs like plumbers, electricians, really only need a few days to do their thing. SO, if all the stars align and the planets are in their houses...OR WHATEVER!!!!!!!! HAHA! I told DH I think the thing that really upsets me is I don't like being lied to. I don't appreciate subs making up excuses for why they didn't do their job when they were supposed to do it. If you ain't coming, just say, "I ain't coming". Don't make up some lame excuse why! UGH. I also have slowly, but surely, figured out that if a sub should be at your house and he's not, he sure enough isn't going to answer the phone! My build really has been okay up until now. I have found the whole process pretty gratifying, actually. But now that we're down to the wire, we just don't have the luxury of take our sweet time to do things and I'm exhausted. Living in chaos is such a drain and I'm ready for things to calm down and get back to boring ol' family life! I will say a prayer for all of us and hopefully sleep tonight, knowing that tomorrow is another day...full of promises....See MoreDoes formica scream 'I'm on a budget!' ?
Comments (68)There are loads of great-looking laminates out there nowadays, with all sorts of colors, textures, and patterns - ranging from ultramodern to retro and everything in between, including many looks that would be hard to duplicate using other materials. It is not just the choice for the financially unendowed. My main beef with the material is that (a) is is nearly impossible to intergrate an undermount sink or other transition where there won't be a dirt-catching, space-stealing ledge surrounding the sink, and (b) the material can't be rolled both vertically and horizontally. That is, if you have a curved cabinet in the corner or at the edge, you'll have to either to have telltale seams at the countertop edges in front, or have a bullnose or other shape made of another material fastened to the front of the countertops to handle the curves. I've used laminate countertops with rolled edges rather than seams and few realized it was even laminate, since they're used to seeing those black seams on the top and bottom of the edge and between the countertop and backsplash....See More2ManyDiversions
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