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Slowwwwww progress

Posted Feb 2nd, 08 at 5:31 pm by drlith (drlith's Blog)

Ok, so I finally felt like enough progress had been made to take some new pictures! We bought trim pieces and I got started staining them I think at the end of November/beginning of December, but the weather turned bad (I was working outside primarily), my freelancing business really started to crank...
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granite polishing stuff of wonder

Posted Dec 4th, 07 at 8:46 am by drlith (drlith's Blog)

After spending the better part of the last 2 months working on turning the salvage-yard granite into servicable countertops, the light is seen at the end of the tunnel (because it's reflecting so brightly off the counter sections that are done so far!) We've got chestnut tan/brown granite, which is...
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a few new additions

Posted Nov 10th, 07 at 10:21 am by drlith (drlith's Blog)

Since my last post, I think the major additions have been (a) installing island vent hood; (b) finishing polishing and dryfitting granite around cooktop; (c) install ceiling fixture; (d) lots of drywall touchups, paint ceiling, and close to finished with faux finish on walls.
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Doors finally here, and installed

Posted Oct 22nd, 07 at 8:24 pm by drlith (drlith's Blog)

After diddling around forever getting my cabinet doors ordered, they finally arrived on Friday, and by today they are all installed except the corner wall cabinet door, which is does not fit! Fortunately, my husband is good friends with the carpenter at work, so he is going to take it in and they'll...
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progress update-over the hump?

Posted Oct 1st, 07 at 9:13 am by drlith (drlith's Blog)

Well, friends, we've been so busy working on the kitchen (and working at my paid jobs in order to pay for it all) that I haven't posted any blog posts about its progress.

After talking and thinking about this possibility for a few years now, back in early August we went up to Pennsylvania...
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