I dove into my kitchen makeover this past month and knocked out three things that already have me liking the space a lot more: a new faucet, cabinet hardware, and window moulding. Faucet Our previous faucet had a leak that was getting progressively worse: the water would only shut off when the handle was turned [...]
I am planning a make-it-work makeover of our kitchen. As a reminder, it looked like this when we bought the house: And it looks like this now (“now” = when it’s spotless and I’ve cleared all the crap off the counter): Why not a full remodel? If I were to totally renovate this kitchen, it [...]
No preamble; let’s do this! Here are 3 big things I want to get done in 2018. 1. Fix Up the Staircase You’ve seen this central staircase in previous posts (e.g. our half bathroom). What you haven’t seen in great detail is what poor shape it’s in! The balusters have 100 years of paint glommed onto [...]
I can't believe it's already been half a year since we moved into our house. Sorry I didn't do a great job of keeping you all up to date on changes as they happened over the past six months! So, I thought I would do a shot-for-shot juxtaposition of the first floor tour I posted in August, filling [...]
Thanks for dining at Palermo's Pizzeria! Jarrod's your waiter and he'll be taking care of you this evening while we tour the first floor of our new house. Let's start in the kitchen. It's the best room of the house right out of the box, which isn't to say it's perfect, but it's functional and is [...]
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