Storage is your friend

I’m compulsively crafty – I knit, make jewelry and do paper craft type stuff. This means that I have loads of yarn, beads, buttons, paper, stamps, diecuts, stickers, embellishments and tools. With the recent move, this meant alot of boxes of stuff, everywhere in our sunroom, which is my new office / workspace. I finally [...]

The joy of finishing rooms once moved in.

I’ve been in the new house in Maryland for a week and a half. We’ve unpacked 95% of the boxes and rooms that only a few days looked deserted are now ready to live in. It’s been fun placing furniture and getting antiques from my grandparents to cohabitate with pieces from Rooms to Go and [...]

Granite loveliness

So, I’ve been back in Georgia for a week and a half. Today, my hubby got to play host to the granite installers at the house in Maryland. The pictures he has sent are wonderful. Shivakashi Burgundy Granite looks like a perfect match to cabinets finished in Cabernet. Next stop is backsplash, which I’ll do [...]

The joy of new kitchen cabinets

So, my wonderful contractors showed up at 1:00 pm on Monday. No phone call, no notice. I had to call the office to make sure they were coming out. These are the same guys whose working day ends at 3:00 pm. Gosh, thanks for making a 2 hour appearance. I appreciate it very much… They [...]

New cabinets… Le sigh….

So, yesterday was a fairly pokey day regarding the kitchen. Had 2 new guys appear at the door at 9:00 and they only worked until 12:00. They put in and moved outlets around. The old kitchen configuration only had 1 outlet on the main stretch of wall. Any modern kitchen needs 1 outlet about every [...]

The kitchen has been destructified

Yeah, I know, not a real word but very fitting. The contractors came out today – a crew of 2 young guys who knew their way around a pry bar and a SawzAll. First, they made sure that the garage full of Kraftmaid cabinetry was what I ordered and that it arrived damage free. Check. [...]

The demolition of a kitchen

We’re in the process of moving from Roswell, GA to Silver Spring, MD. The house we bought is one of those where you say “Oh, it has great bones.” What you really mean is “Wow, there’s alot of work to do.” Since the end of April, we’ve removed carpet, wallpaper, old lighting fixtures, bathroom counters, [...]