1. Finish Staining the 15" cabinet
2. take down spice racks
3. clean out 18" cabinet
4. Move stove out of the way
5. Take down range hood

About twice a year, I tear the house apart in order to fix it up.

It doesn't seem right.

The kitchen is a disaster.  Not as bad as the floor project last year, but definitely it is in state of disarray.

The Stove is pulled back out.  A cabinet is missing.  There is a gash in the wall where some Jack-hole used a hammer to bash out a channel for the ( Read more... )

1. Finish Staining the 15" cabinet
2. take down spice racks
3. clean out 18" cabinet
4. Move stove out of the way
5. Take down range hood

Well, I have started.  I of course did not do the easiest thing first.  Pull out the Stove.  Nope haven't done that yet.  Probably will tonite.  I did however cut the nails that are holding all the trim on.  Removed the 2 side pieces of trim (the crown molding is staying).  And I started work on the range hood.  I loosened the screws and pulled it ( Read more... )

1. Finish Staining the 15" cabinet
2. take down spice racks
3. clean out 18" cabinet
4. Move stove out of the way
5. Take down range hood

I must say the air seems a lot more dust free.  And my pockets certainly feels lighter.  While they wre working they kept tripping the circuits on the house.  So when they tripped the circuit in the office...it blew my wireless router.  So I had to fix that with a new one.  Otherwise it was a pretty positive experience.

I worked in the yard pulling ( Read more... )

And it smells funny.  I think it's the chemicals mixing with all the bleach.  You see when I tore it down a couple of weeks ago, I took all the insides (rock, plants filter) and put them in the tub with a bunch of bleach.  I needed to kill all the algae and blek that was growing on it.  I may not have gotten all of it (the bleach) cleaned off.  So ( Read more... )