Kitchen light: before and after

My younger son and husband went shopping for a new hallway light. Once they brought their choice, we thought it would be more appropriate in the kitchen because it held three light bulbs. The hallway really needs only one. We went from this: to having Mr. TellBlast spend a few minutes in the kitchen: To…

Kitchen update

Our kitchen work came to a screeching halt because of …… more water. Mr. TellBlast found mildew on the wall adjacent to the area that he removed back in Jan. 2012. Just opened the cabinet to get something, and whoa! Heart-sickening. All the cabinets were in place. The floor was tiled and looking good. The…

Kitchen update: the microwave oven

July 20, 2012 was my last kitchen update – wow. Long time ago. I came home from work this week to see Mr. TellBlast finishing this project:   My new microwave oven! It’s a Samsung, so it matches our stove/convection oven — I like having matching handles and silver tones. He really wanted a microwave…

The kitchen sink

The kitchen sink has been physically enhanced with a garbage disposal. Our old one still works, but we could not find a collar to fit it to. So here is our new one going in. A few notes from the users manual were nice read aloud to the kids: use cold water when running the…

Kitchen update

Last you knew, we still needed to add the granite countertop. We have now finished that, but need to add the overhanging trim pieces and backsplash: Before we put the granite in place, we tested our new sink and faucet. I really wanted a stainless steel sink. I grew up with one, I’m a fan…