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Last 2 cabinet doors in. Whuf.

Posted Oct 30th, 09 at 5:27 pm by RubrikGreen (RubrikGreen's Blog)
Well, yesterday, after the termite inspector left ... I finally put on the last 2 doors, on the over-fridge cabinet.

W/our new fridge being +2" taller, we had to cut down the cabinet by 2" - making it 13"tall x 36" wide.

I also broke apart 2 -15"x18"...
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Oy vey... Last 2 kitchen doors still waiting

Posted Oct 12th, 09 at 2:31 am by RubrikGreen (RubrikGreen's Blog)
While I was at home waiting for the appliance recyclers to come pick up our old fridge, I finally got the 2 over-fidge-cab. doors cut down.

We took 2" off our cabinet, making it 13" tall, to accommodate the much higher new fridge.

I wrassled with various door options...
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New Fridge came - yay! No more excuses.

Posted Sep 27th, 09 at 2:35 pm by RubrikGreen (RubrikGreen's Blog)
After a delay of several weeks, we took delivery of the new 36"w black Samsung french-door fridge on Thursday.

I spent *many* hours cleaning out the garage the night before, and that morning, with the belief that the shortest, straightest route would be the best.
Nope......
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Floor: D-O-N-E

Posted Aug 18th, 09 at 3:44 pm by RubrikGreen (RubrikGreen's Blog)
Yeah. So. Overwhelming feeling of ... "eh".

The floor guy ("Mike") recommended putting a final coat of sealer on top of the low-gloss finish to try and knock down the shine. So I did that last night.

Eh. A very slight difference, but not really noticeable....
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Kitchen floor -- one more coat

Posted Aug 17th, 09 at 3:37 pm by RubrikGreen (RubrikGreen's Blog)
The mission is nearly complete.
"Finishing the Kitchen Floor"

I really decided that I wanted a matte finish - you know, NO gloss. Guess how easy it is to find matte-finish floor products for vinyl? How about -NOT-?

After stressing about it for a couple of...
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