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09-21-2009, 12:27 PM
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How I Spent My Summer Vaction, By the_Bird
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PROBLEM 1:
Kitchen sucked. Like, sucked balls. Anyone who's been to my house can attest to this fact.
PROBLEM 2:
I'm cheap.
SOLUTION:
Five months of backbreaking labor! And, violation of child-labor laws!
The best I have of a "before" picture.
Helper...
Helping...
Helpers come in various sizes, too.
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09-21-2009, 12:30 PM
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Location: Norwalk, Ohio
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Wow! Look at that kid go!!! 
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09-21-2009, 12:30 PM
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PROBLEM 3: Wall.
SOLUTION: TERMINATE
That's either water or fire damage I uncovered (and fixed) in the corner.
The world's two worst linoleums, evah.
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09-21-2009, 12:32 PM
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we had that same pattern in our old house growing up. it was in the basement, and hidden under the carpet in the upstairs.
are you leaving the chimney bricks exposed, or walling them in?
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09-21-2009, 12:33 PM
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Location: Adams, MA
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Installing my $1,500 cabinets (god bless Craigslist).
Building a peninsula.
Learning to tile...
The damn slate edging cost more than the granite tiles.
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09-21-2009, 12:34 PM
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Floors! Woot!
I'm getting pretty good at this ****.
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09-21-2009, 12:38 PM
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AND... as of yesterday afternoon, about 3:00.... DONE!
I'm tired. My brother helped me the one day of demo (wanted someone more experienced around in case that wall we took down was more load bearing than expected), and I hired an electrician (under the table, wink-wink, nudge-nudge) and a plumber. Other than that, this has been BY FAR the biggest DIY project I've ever even contemplated.
Total budget, I need to do the numbers today, but is within a pubic hair of $10k.
There's a bathroom to be added in the spring, behind the new pocket door. Ran out of time for that to get done as part of the main project.
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09-21-2009, 12:41 PM
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Great work! Nice tile job...especially in the last picture! The room looks awesome!
Last edited by Bopper; 09-21-2009 at 12:43 PM.
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09-21-2009, 12:49 PM
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Drink your beer!
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Upper Michigan
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Wow- what a great job! Which was the worst- doing the work, or living in a house without a kitchen?
Thanks for sharing all those pictures. If you spent about $10K DIY, how much would you guess it would have been if you had to buy the cabinets new and hire out more help?
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Giving beer a leg to stand on since 2006
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09-21-2009, 12:59 PM
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Location: Piscataway, NJ
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Nice. It only took me 24 months for mine.
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