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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

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

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

Kitchen Update: Don’t Twist Their Little Necks

by Maggie Battista

If I knew then what I know now, I probably would have never gone through this kitchen renovation. I say this with fatigue as I have just finished a review of the new costs associated with my contractors completing the job. Ugh. In September, my husband and I were idealistic – we figured, “hey, the

Kitchen Update: Little Heart Attacks

by Maggie Battista

I’ve been having little heart attacks all day. In order for me to have a counter top for Thanksgiving, the contractors need to have the cabinets installed by next Thursday. That’s NINE days away. NINE days, people. My kitchen still has no sub-floors and no wiring and no plumbing and no blue boards. It also

New Kitchen: Update

by Maggie Battista

I would have never guessed that deciding to upgrade your kitchen would be this grueling. Fun, but grueling. (My husband is chronicling our process here.) FUN: My dual-fuel convection stove arrived yesterday, along with its nifty hood. It’s very modern, and just our style. Black honed granite. It looks just like soapstone, but is less

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