Kitchens
The Cabinets in Kitchen #1
Installing Laminate Countertops
We got kitchen cabinets built,
then we DIYed a laminate countertop,
Now it's time to install them!!!
Most countertops are just glued down, but remember us? And our overbuilding, do-it-right-the-first-time issues?
Yeah, glue just not going to be enough for us. I know it would work just fine .... but why not add some screws too? Help us.
Operation Microhood
Microhoods to me are like toilets or power lines or my big toes.... function over form here, especially when space is at a premium.
The good news about every microhood I've been a part of installing is they come with pretty darn good instructions and hanging hardware.
The tem
Back Burner
Subway Tile Backsplash Install
Wood is my medium of choice. I love how easy to cut wood is, how naturally beautiful it is. I love how it smells when you work with it, I love how functional it becomes when you use it. I love that wood is renewable, and while it renews, it renews our air. I love working with wood.
But while taking on a Momplex, we've had to work with alot of other mediums. Styrofoam blocks, poured concrete, and drywall. &
Momplex Kitchen Reveal
Remember the Momplex kitchen?
Poor Man's Marble
I'm admitting, straight up, that I like laminate countertops. As an owner of a granite countertop, and a busy mom, here's why:
- Laminate is softer and more forgiving. The granite (and I imagine marble or tile or other hard surfaces) is so unfo
Mosaic Glass Tile Backsplash
I'm so delighted today to share with you one of my favorite sawdust-free projects with you that we've done on the Momplex. Of course, I'm partial to all things made of wood - but really, the same basic skills that help you make wood projects nice, translate to other mediums - like tile!
We've been working hard a
Kitchen Cabinet Drawers - Metabox Installation
Apart from the huge scope of the entire project, I'd have to say building and installing easy to use drawers can seem very intimidating. Kitchen drawers get used dozens of times a day, so you want drawers that are both easy to use and will hold up over years of use.
For the Momplex white kitchen, we decided to use a drawer side/slide combo system, call Metabox drawers by Blum.
Painting the Face Frames
Well, it's not that I couldn't paint. They say occassional painting in a well ventilated area is fine for pregnant women.
But up here in Alaska, in the cold winter months, working inside a poured in place concrete building, with no ventilation, where your full time job is to build and paint or stain furniture, it's not occassional and it's not well vent