posted by K | filed under Kitchen | 3 Comments

Hurray! Hurray! The day I’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. D put up the first pieces of trim on the cabinets Saturday night, using the handy dandy Black & Decker cordless nailer I got for FREE! Another handy tool was the Midwest Products Easy Cutter. I bought it last year to cut trim for [...]

posted by K | filed under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

We have finally moved on to the bottom half of the kitchen. D took the doors and all their hardware off last night, and I filled the holes on the cabinet frame. This morning, D left bright and early to go fishing and I’ve been slaving away on the kitchen by myself. I think my [...]

posted by K | filed under Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Last weekend we took three – count ‘em three – old house tours and gave two impromptu tours of our house. I was pleasantly surprised as I looked around at my own house and wasn’t too embarrassed by it. No underwear lying about. No dishes in the sink (for once). No pairs of shoes under [...]

posted by K | filed under Kitchen | 9 Comments

Who knew curtains made such a difference? Our kitchen looks positively transformed. Every time we go in there, we’re pleasantly surprised. I love the windows in our house because they’re tall and let in lots of light. But the two windows in the kitchen were hidden behind vinyl roll-up blinds with avacado and rust-colored, glued-on [...]

posted by K | filed under Auction, Eutaw, Tours | 1 Comment

My time off had a way of disappearing itself … the way time off tends to do. I began coming down with a sore throat/cold on Wednesday evening, and now I’m feeling miserable sometimes and OK sometimes. In the OK times on Thursday I got a lot accomplished. I finally took the ornaments and lights [...]

posted by K | filed under Auction, Finds | 8 Comments

I am taking some much-needed time off from work. Thursday and Friday I’ll be home working diligently on the kitchen instead of sitting behind a desk daydreaming about being home working on my kitchen. I am NOT allowed to spend half the day reading blogs and tinkering with the html on my site. On Saturday, [...]

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