If you are handed it, you can handle it.

Ok, some before and afters!

2007-11-28T01:13:32Z

I was going to wait until we were DONE DONE before I posted any pictures of the before and afters but we have run into some issues with the "quick" bathroom renovation and its going to be a bit longer before we are DONE DONE so I am going to post ...

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running water...

2007-11-19T18:01:06Z

this is the last post before the big reveal!!! It's been a while since I posted but mainly that is because the time between the cabinets being installed and the counter tops arriving was filled with small work that might not have shown up well in...

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The paint is on the walls!

2007-11-03T23:19:50Z

We have made a TON of progress over the past week and I am getting very excited. I even cooked a meal tonight in my kitchen. Don't get too excited by cook I mean I steamed a piece of fish and some veggies but it was something that didn't start f...

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now for the cabinets....

2007-10-24T23:58:27Z

this is the part of the renovation project where I sleep alot, where the mess and the clutter and the disorganization in my life gets to be to much for me so I come home and sleep...but we are getting closer! the cabinets are in this week and the...

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right before the cabinets go in!

2007-10-23T00:01:24Z

the cabinets have to be in for Tuesday, so today is a big day! here is some of the work going on before the cabinets go in: my mother working very hard on the sheetrock: some general ones of the room: I bought a GLORIOUS faucet - I can't w...

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Renovation - The cabinets arrived!

2007-10-18T00:05:19Z

There are here and they are GLORIOUS. No pics tonight because it was too dark when I got home to take them but tomorrow they will be here. In the meantime let me show you where we are. Monday the insulation went in - and it rocked b/c now I cou...

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renovation update

2007-10-18T00:01:35Z

things are MOVING ALONG!!!! The cabinets arrived today but before we get to that let me show you what went on last week! Dad got the plumbing in last week when he came back to work. And the electrical All of the insulation was out at thi...

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what 63 yr old man gets appendicities?

2007-10-09T16:52:43Z

you might have thought that I had forgotten to post recent updates to the kitchen renovation? or that I scrapped the project all together and moved to another house??? or that the house fairies showed up one night and finished it??? you would be...

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Day 6: Down to the studs

2007-09-22T20:07:03Z

Today my dad got us down to the studs - here is how the morning started: Turns out when the put the new windows in the left the old window weights in place - cool :) And here is how the house was when I got home! Tomorrow is a big day! We ...

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Renovation Day 5: The bottom comes out!

2007-09-21T20:02:11Z

Day five went well. Dad got the bottom cabinets out and we were able to see the "real" floor. Turns out that underneath the existing linoleum is tile AND THEN there is the same hardwood floor as is in the rest of the house. For a few moments I ...

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