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Upper Cabinets Part 2- Painting and Mounting
Just a quick update this week as we continue our work on the two upper cabinets. I know what you're thinking "you only have two upper...
Michelle Dittmer
Feb 9, 20222 min read
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Kitchen Cabinets Part 11- the Final Fronts
Before you get too excited, our kitchen is not done, BUT we put together the last pull-out cabinet and built the fronts for the corner...
Michelle Dittmer
Dec 15, 20215 min read
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Kitchen Cabinets part 8
Last week we put two coats of paint on the front of the doors for our lower kitchen cabinets, so this week we focused on the back. We...
Michelle Dittmer
Nov 9, 20214 min read
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Kitchen Cabinets part 7- Drawer Fronts
This week we tried to zero in our focus on finishing the cabinets. I am easily distracted by the next "shiny" project and attempted to...
Michelle Dittmer
Nov 2, 20213 min read
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Kitchen Cabinets Part 4- The Sink Cabinet
This week we continued with the painting of the face frames we started last week, adding two more coats of paint and sanding between. We...
Michelle Dittmer
Oct 5, 20210 min read
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Kitchen Cabinets Part 3- Face Frames & Toe Kicks
This week the countertop company came to take measurements for our countertops. I have no idea when they'll actually be installed; we...
Michelle Dittmer
Sep 26, 20210 min read
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More Adventures in Crown Molding
Last week we finished up the trim in the boys' room and moved all the storage stuff back in there. I don't have a photo because the room...
Michelle Dittmer
Jun 21, 20214 min read
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The Second Guest Room
Before I dive in, I do want to provide an update on the sprinkler leak from last week. The "leak" we had after the sprinklers were turned...
Michelle Dittmer
May 23, 20214 min read
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Inside Out
I have super exciting news that I truly did not realize I would be so thrilled to share! Drumroll please.... WE HAVE GRASS!!! Since the...
Michelle Dittmer
May 16, 20215 min read
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The Second Guest Room
After the mad dash to (mostly) finish the island last week, we took it easy this week, catching up on our netflix/Hulu shows throughout...
Michelle Dittmer
May 9, 20212 min read
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Photo Updates & The Island
Full room update photos accompany the latest progress update on our kitchen island build!
Michelle Dittmer
Apr 19, 20214 min read
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The Island continued
Work on our kitchen island (affectionately deemed the "Continent" by Scott's Aunt :)) continued this week. We picked out the paint color...
Michelle Dittmer
Mar 28, 20214 min read
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Trim Part 2
There wasn't much progress this week in terms of heavy lifting/hard labor, it was a lot if baby steps. Last week we cut, sanded, routed,...
Michelle Dittmer
Feb 28, 20213 min read
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Guest room flooring
This week we focused on getting the second bedroom (our guestroom, my craft room, and affectionately deemed "the girls' room") in shape. ...
Michelle Dittmer
Jan 18, 20216 min read
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Tearing down and building up
We are officially under 3 weeks until we can install floors, which means under three weeks til Christmas as well! I don't know where this...
Michelle Dittmer
Dec 6, 20205 min read
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Cache-ing Fish
This last week brought the smooth sailing and nice, easy progress. That's not to say we didn't work hard, just that (thankfully!)...
Michelle Dittmer
Nov 23, 20206 min read
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Move in and our first guest
To say this week was a whirlwind would be an understatement. Scott and I have been running a hundred miles and our to reach our move in...
Michelle Dittmer
Nov 1, 20204 min read
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Progress!
Week one is complete!
Michelle Dittmer
Oct 18, 20204 min read
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