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So How’s That Kitchen Planning Coming Along, Eh?

Posted on18. Feb, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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Kitchen planning? What kitchen planning?
I thought so!
Ugh. I haven’t even mapped out the room onto graph paper or made an electrical schematic yet. I’m working full-time right now, and also trying to keep up my blogging ventures. Wow.
I do see the entire room, all in my mind’s eye! I have one small problem [...]

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Kitchen Shelving To Replace Cabinets

Posted on21. Jan, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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I’m not 100% sold on installing kitchen cabinets when we renovate this spring. They are so darned-tootin’ expensive. Even the least expensive I can find will cost me about $2000. That’s a good chunk of change, and I loathe to part with it. I like cabinets, but why are they so costly??
I’ve pretty much set [...]

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Paint Colors for the Kitchen

Posted on18. Jan, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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I’m STILL working on a schematic for the electrical and plumbing for our Kitchen Renovation, well, actually, I haven’t started it yet.. :-S … but I can’t help flipping through the home magazines and color swatches, trying to envision what color my kitchen will be.
I hate white. It WON’T be white!
When we moved here, everything [...]

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A Countertop Coating System?

Posted on16. Jan, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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I was flipping through my latest free magazine from Lowe’s, Creative Ideas, and spotted an advertisement for “Countertop Transformations.” This stuff is amazing! It’s an epoxy/colored chip/epoxy resin-type coating for your existing laminate countertop. It’s called Countertop Transformations; Lowe’s sells it for $250 a kit. I recently helped prep and paint a garage floor, and [...]

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Laminate Countertops

Posted on12. Jan, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

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I’d probably win a contest for the world’s ugliest kitchen. I wish I would, actually…because it I did win, I wouldn’t have an ugly kitchen for long!!
Well, contest or no, I’m getting rid of this horrible kitchen. I’m still in the process of planning everything out (when I have a spare moment or two), and [...]