Monday, January 31st, 2005
posted by K | filed under Paint | 3 Comments
The “open plan” built into all the new McMansions has its benefits, but I’m finding more and more reasons to love our compartmentalized old house.
When D wants to watch TV in the living room, and I want to listen to the radio in the dining room, we can close the pocket doors and both […]
Saturday, January 29th, 2005
posted by K | filed under Kitchen, Paint | 5 Comments
This trimming-the-doors thing is turning out to be a fiasco. One issue is that each hinge is slightly different, so you have to make sure you put the right hinges back on the side you measured them for. Also, the doors only needed to be shaved a total of 1/8 inch. D shaved off […]
Thursday, January 27th, 2005
posted by K | filed under Kitchen | 4 Comments
I was hoping to have some more information on wood countertops by now. I called a custom cabinets shop in Eutaw, and they do make wood countertops. So that’s good to know. But the dude who knows about them hasn’t called me back yet, so I don’t know anything about types of wood, price, […]
Tuesday, January 25th, 2005
posted by K | filed under Kitchen | 8 Comments
Last night we sat down and came up with a plan for the kitchen. Now, you might be thinking, “Hmmm, wouldn’t it have been better to make a plan BEFORE starting the work?”
Maybe you would be right, but that’s not the way I do things. I get impatient and charge forward, only to […]
Monday, January 24th, 2005
posted by K | filed under Misfortune | Leave a Comment
I apologize to anyone who might’ve tried to read or comment on this site this weekend. I altered the template on Friday and was so thrilled with my new design. But apparently I got my source data from the wrong place (don’t remember what I did or what I was thinking) and ended up […]
posted by K | filed under Family & Friends | Leave a Comment
As you can imagine since we had guests this weekend, we didn’t get any work done on the house. I did sew a tiger-print cavegirl outfit for my Magic Attic doll, though.
Friday night I went to a scrapbooking party and finally got our honeymoon page finished. Hey, it’s only been two years and seven […]








