Yup, I'm still plugging away at the kitchen! I'm wrapping up trim, and then I'll be able to do After shots of the whole room for you. But I wanted to dedicate a post to this kitchen door project because it's been a lot of work and it made a big impact. The door I'm [...]
Shortly after we moved in, I bought a used IKEA cart from a friend and that's been our toaster and coffee station ever since. It did the job well and looked okay, but it was too narrow to balance out the width of the cabinet above it. I knew I'd want to replace it with [...]
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 [...]
In 2016 and 2017, we rented our home to a friend's production company for the filming of a television show. This extra income was reported to the IRS by the production company, so I figured I should account for it when I filed our taxes, but I had no idea how. It took some research [...]
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 [...]
Project Palermo 