This Death Star Is Fully Functional!

Joining the Imperial forces with a finished Death Star, we have a "finished" kitchen. It's got little nail holes that need to be filled. Cover plates for some electrical sockets. Bits and pieces of things here and there, but this kitchen is fully operational (and this is all BB-Before Baby). Whew!!

Here are photos to prove it. Before and after as usual, will be provided.

Here's the end of the process. Click on it to see what we now have.
See below to see how we got there.

We'll go in stages.

First, countertops.

Without.




With.








My man, Brian, layin' some sweet tile. I actually HELPED do this. I was actually more than a hammer holder on this project. I tiled. I cut tile. I mixed mortar. I cemented. I GROUTED. Yes. Grouted. It was not pretty, but I did it anyway. I grew emotionally as well as painfully.


Brian discovers that mortar tastes like chicken! Mmmmm good.


These little crosses are spacers that help keep the tiles...uh...spaced. So that the lines look straight in your floor. We (and when I saw we I mean Brian) did a good job of making sure everything was straight.




A thing of beauty.


The fully grouted thing of beauty here.


This, my friends, is a WET saw. Not a DRY saw...a wet one. I didn't even realize they existed. The water keeps the blade from exploding into a million pieces.



I am looking on the border of my new tile floor. There is a slight 1/4 inch bump that will cause massive stubbing. What will we do?


Well, alert construction master Jeff says what we need here is a TRANSITION. I should have known that. You can find these in the flooring section at Lowes. About $14 for the piece I got. It actually matched the kitchen cabinets...and I can assure you THAT was an accident.


Really close now.


We ate our first meal Easter morning. Hometown cookin'.

The Art Of Construction

I just took pictures...I can't claim anything else (ok...I DID paint a lot).

Anthony, our electrician/plumber/cabinet guy, did this.


I was personally responsible
for leaning THAT ladder against the wall.
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The tile that we very well
might use in our kitchen.


Behind the washer, the magic happens.
This is the thingy that the water
goes into and out of.

Cabinets Almost Finished!!

Pictures forthcoming soon and stuff.
Yippppeeeee!!

Oh, wait. That means we still have to figure out counters and flooring...DOH!

Here are those forthcoming pictures.
By the way...to DO all of these things it sure helps to have a Gramma that can watch the boys...thanks Gramma.




Ok. Here are the cabinets stage 1. Click for bigger pics.

AFTER

BEFORE