Now We’re Cooking With Gas

If you’ve been following our blog you are well aware of the many problems we’ve encountered renovating our kitchen. First, the kitchen cabinet company shipped the wrong sink base cabinet, which delayed the installation of all our kitchen cabinets for three weeks (see Delivery Day). Then the company we hired to install our countertop and [...]

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A Dash of Color

Once the plastering was finished, it was on to painting. After years of living in rental apartments with sterile white walls, we were determined to fill our surroundings with rich color. So what if the dark tones would make our rooms seem smaller? Better cozy and colorful than big and bland. Again we were under [...]

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If These Walls Could Talk

So you may be wondering what our “new” apartment looks like. If I showed you pictures of what the place looked like when we bought it, you might question our judgement. The apartment had not been updated in decades and had been empty for several months. These photos will make great befores for “Before and [...]

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