New kitchen cabinets, part three

Sunday, February 8th, 2009
New kitchen!

New kitchen! The final step in finishing the kitchen project was to put a new counter top on the cabinets. We ended up buying Roman Stone Noce porcelain tile. It is manufactured, but is designed to have a natural look, so there is some variation in it, which gives it a nice texture. Once I [...]

New kitchen cabinets, part two

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Taking out the old old counter top and cabinets by the sink

Taking out the old old counter top and cabinets by the sink Once I had the cabinets assembled and installed on the side of the kitchen opposite the sink, I was ready to tackle the sink side. This meant we would be without a sink for awhile, which meant we couldn’t cook very much. Per [...]

Phase 2 complete
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Vanity installation finished

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
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This past weekend we finally finished the vanity installation. We worked on it a bit almost every night of the week. the countertop tile is down Monday night we got home around 6:15, and brought pizza with us, so we could get working on the tile pretty quickly. I started mixing up the mortar, and [...]

Surprise! termites
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Installing the new vanity

Saturday, March 8th, 2008
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Halfway done removing the old vanity This past weekend we set out to install the new vanity in the bathroom. I was figuring it would take a total of 3 or 4 days, including some waiting time, since we were planning on tiling the new countertop. Friday night after getting home from work I eagerly [...]