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… So what is the most intimidating part of building your own kitchen cabinets?  Apart from the huge scope of the entire project, I'd … 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 … Read More
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… We are inside the Momplex. I cannot believe I just typed that! Nearly a year and a half … piece of Alaska land, we are finally working on the interior of the Momplex! Now we won't be getting to the really fun stuff - furnishing the Momplex! - for a little while - we've still got utilities to run in the … Read More
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… Crazy Idea It's hard to believe that just a few months back, the Momplex was just a crazy idea , a distant dream really, full of more … Momplex enclosed, we will spend our winter doing things like building kitchen cabinets, dining nooks, and painting walls; creating a dream sewing room for Grandma-that-likes-to-sew and a dream kitchen for Grandma-that-likes-to-cook. And if we can't?  We will. We … Read More
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… else first.  You need to meet the REAL business mind behind the Momplex, the General Contractor will all the smarts. This is the Momplex as we last saw it (then sans rebar caps, thanks Tsu for caring … by it every time we go to town. This spring, we broke ground for the Momplex.  This spring, they broke ground for the Dentist's Office. … Read More
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… So let's just say you got a team of two building a kitchen, and one hates painting and the other can't paint. Well, it's … ... or anything else than painting.  So when we decided the first kitchen for the Momplex would get painted white, the Ram immediately started … Read More
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… long post. But it was quite a long, long day for us working up at the Momplex. After we got the first truss up at the Momplex , we wanted to have the next 22 trusses set by the end of the … truss was put up on the far side, we move the common trusses over the Momplex and into position.  It's a little trickier because not only does … Read More
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… soon on how we hung the cabinets - so stay tuned for that! … 21" Wall Kitchen Cabinets - Momplex Vanilla KitchenRead More
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… Are you having Momplex withdrawals? Guess what? We are too! Winter is here to stay this …  So we are pretty happy with being darn close to a fully insulated Momplex. In our last Momplex post , we foamed all gaps, cracks, doors and windows in the … Read More
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… noticeably less light each day, winter is fast approaching up at the Momplex. We have been blessed with a beautiful fall (THANK YOU for your … because these are the projects that I love. I already have the kitchen cabinets made in my head, and let me tell you this, the days of paying as much as a car for kitchen cabinets are OVER. I can't wait to show you how I build … Read More
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… I found these corbels at Home Depot, they are the 9” x 12” ones … Kitchen Island with Open Shelving … Read More
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