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New Kitchen: Better Photos!

by Maggie Battista
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It’s snowing in New England. We’ve already been blessed with 3-4 inches in the last hour. It’s fairly consistent and determined to fall. This time stuck inside has permitted me to clean my kitchen and take some far better photos of the new construction.
I’m so in love with my kitchen. It’s filled with Ikea cabinets,

My New Kitchen

by Maggie Battista

Finally… what you’ve been waiting for… photos! I took these on Thanksgiving morning, very early… I plan to take a few more this weekend, once I can prop efficiently. Let me add that this kitchen was completed at 6pm on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. I spent all day Wednesday cooking and greeted my lovely guests

Kitchen Update… or Lack of One

by Maggie Battista

I feel remiss for not posting earlier about the status of my kitchen renovation. I’ve wanted to do a grand post all day – full of photos. But the guys are all still here – seven of them! – and it’s a bit of a mess; we’re all walking all over each other. I’ve made

Kitchen Update: I Talked Myself Off a Ledge

by Maggie Battista

I have talked myself off a ledge, have calmed down, and have adjusted to the fact that my kitchen is not ready tonight. All contractors, sub-contractors and my gut tells me it will be done tomorrow. So… Wednesday will be a marathon, Martha-style cooking day – but I will have help from my Mom, sister,

Kitchen Update: I Want to Make Some Damn Toast

by Maggie Battista

You know how you take one good look at something that feels wonderful – like dark hardwood floors – and you’re so happy and feel like you’re really in the home stretch. And then – when you, with your contractor, trick your electrician into showing up to finish his part of the job as discussed

Kitchen Update: Juicy Details to Come

by Maggie Battista

I am back. In my house. My own house that is smelly and musty but also has new wood floors that have been buffed to a satin-like finish. They are just beautiful and I am over the moon. I am currently cleaning the house, with Mom, as the contractors finish up their last 24 hours

Kitchen Update: One Week Left…

by Maggie Battista

In one week from today, I will be cooking in my new kitchen. Come hell or high water or botched stained floors or screwed up HVAC release vents or less than perfect granite counter tops or anything else that could possibly go wrong, I will be cooking in my new kitchen.
Today the wood floors went

Kitchen Update: Day-by-Day Work Breakdown

by Maggie Battista

UPDATED!
I just assembled a draft of the 10 days or so of work needed to make my kitchen happen, and to be ready for the Thanksgiving holiday. Am I forgetting anything? Probably. Oddly enough, I’m not freaking out – yet.
Saturday:

Finish plaster work in kitchen and over fireplace – sub-contractors DONE
Begin installing cabinet drawers, all

Kitchen Update: Thank You, Sweet Brazilian Men

by Maggie Battista

Today was a day for tears. After only 5 hours of sleep (late work night / early to rise due to construction crews), I woke to 8 dudes on my back doorstep. My foreman says, “We had the guys so we figured we’d move everything today.”
Today?
After signing on for the additional work, I knew we’d

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