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Friday, July 29th, 2005
posted by K | filed under Lists | 9 Comments
When people visit our house for the first – or fifth – time, they tend to get a little lost. When my dad was helping us move, I’d say, “That goes in the front bedroom,” and he’d go to each bedroom in turn and say, “This one?” No, Dad, the front bedroom. It’s not like [...]
Tuesday, July 26th, 2005
posted by K | filed under Extreme Temps, Mysteries | 6 Comments
Oh boy, we have a mold problem. I noticed it yesterday afternoon – an unbearably hot day in a week of unbearably hot days – when condensation on the transom window over our bedroom door caught my eye. I went over for a closer look and noticed black spots of mold all over the white-painted [...]
Tuesday, July 19th, 2005
posted by K | filed under Kitchen | 4 Comments
I’ve had a request for comparison photos of the two different brands of hex tiles I’m considering. Here are the tiles from American Universal, $7.95/square foot for 1.5-inch: And the Iron Gate ones from Meredith Tile (sold at SubwayTile.com), $19.20/square foot for 3-inch: I don’t see much difference between them from these photos. I wish [...]
Monday, July 18th, 2005
posted by K | filed under Kitchen | 12 Comments
Happy 24th birthday to me! OK, now that that’s out of the way, I can tell you that I made yet another math mistake. But this one actually worked out in my favor. I had been doing all that tile calculation from work (naughty, bad me), so the 29 square feet of tile needed for [...]
Friday, July 15th, 2005
posted by K | filed under Kitchen | 5 Comments
Turns out I was a little off on my numbers for the tiled countertops. The only place I can find 3-inch hexagon tile is SubwayTile.com, or a local place that sells the same brand, Iron Gate by Meredith Tile. These are awesome tiles without cushioned edges (so they’re more like the originals), but they cost [...]
Wednesday, July 13th, 2005
posted by K | filed under Kitchen | 14 Comments
I know we’ve been over and over this countertop issue, but now I have new evidence. Last night I went to Home Depot to poke around the cabinet department. There I found two shades of black granite, one black Silestone and one charcoal Corian. They all looked nice, but they all cost $55-65 per foot, [...]