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Catching up - Play kitchen!

Posted May 10th, 11 at 6:34 pm by fisheggs (Matt and Ro in Ithaca)

Hi all! I miss you guys - perhaps someday after I get through the tenure crunch/baby phase, I hope to be more active again. And get more Ikea in my house!

Jeanne is now 18 months old, and I just completed a play kitchen made from scrap wood and the old set of cabinets that used to go...
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Why Lansa handles rock!

Posted Jul 27th, 10 at 11:55 am by fisheggs (Matt and Ro in Ithaca)

One of the littler Ikea Fans, enjoying her Fagerland kitchen with Lansa handles:

Standing assistance...

Now, back to my regularly scheduled programming of work/sleep/play! Miss you all!
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Backsplash done! (ish)

Posted Jul 23rd, 09 at 9:31 am by fisheggs (Matt and Ro in Ithaca)

Hubby and I finally got our act together (since we only have 15 weeks or so before the baby arrives and we never have energy again) and put up the backsplash this weekend.

We used a mix of slate and schist tile from Lowe's that was on sale when I bought it a few months ago. One plus...
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Review, six months in.

Posted May 5th, 09 at 9:38 am by fisheggs (Matt and Ro in Ithaca)

I wanted to quickly put in a review of how our cabinets are holding up, six months after we got everything "finalized", where I'm defining that as having countertops and running water. We don't have our backsplash put in yet, and still have to tweak something with our above-fridge cabinet....
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Mostly installed trofast...

Posted May 2nd, 09 at 6:48 pm by fisheggs (Matt and Ro in Ithaca)

We need to run to the store for wall anchors (for the wall and tall cabinet+changing table, but most of the setup is now together and in place:

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