As it turns out my personal distaste for granite and maple, the “staples” for any kitchen renovation over the last couple years could turn out to be beneficial in more ways than one. I made the decision to break the mold, by choosing Corian for our counter-tops, and white doors from Ikea for the cabinets, [...]
Categories: Chicago, Life, The Green House
Tagged: corian, countertop, granite, kitchen, modern, radioactivity, radon, Real Estate
It has been a while since my last post, but here is a quick tip for all those new to home improvement. Keep a record of all the paint you purchase. Take the two seconds to do it now, put it in a spreadsheet keep track of date of purchase, color, and most importantly finish! [...]
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: drywall, kitchen, painting, Real Estate, tips
We had our kitchen counter tops installed almost 4 months ago, and since then there really hasn’t been a whole lot going on. A new light here, a new bookshelf there, but nothing big. I have been dreading the installation of the upper cabinets for a couple months now, because we decided we want to [...]
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: do-it center, electrical, Home Depot, kitchen, local hardware store, lowes, Real Estate
Upon finishing the countertops not a whole lot of work has been done around here. Mostly I have been busy with other things (work and waiting for my credit card balance to move out of the danger zone), I have enjoyed some time lazing around on the couch. While the last month away from rehabbing has been [...]
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: +365, drywall, electrical, ikea, kitchen, lighting, pendant light, Real Estate, track lights, WAC
I took some time off around the holidays with a few goals in mind. One was to spend some time with family, which was awesome. The other was to knock off a bunch of things on my checklist around the condo. I had almost an entire week, and I think I did pretty good.
The big [...]
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: corian, counter tops, electrical, garbage disposal, kitchen, plumbing, Real Estate
The new Corian countertops were installed on New Years Eve and there was still a lot of work that had to be done before we were ready for them.
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: cabinets, diy, ikea, kitchen, Real Estate
We went to Ikea the other weekend, for the 3rd time in almost as many weeks, to pick up everything we needed for the second Stage of 3 for our kitchen. The third and final stage, should becoming just in time for christmas, involving countertops, backsplash, and the upper cabinets.
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: cabinets, ikea, kitchen, Real Estate
We hit the Jackpot on Craigslist again last week. This time in the form of a dishwasher to round out our set of stainless steel kitchen appliances. We picked up a 3 year old top of the line, Bosch 800 series dishwasher for $400.
The woman we purchased it from was remodeling a 3 [...]
Categories: Chicago, The Green House
Tagged: criagslist, dishwasher, electrical wiring, kitchen, plumbing, Real Estate, the condo