That is so great to have all that nailed down in your head and be able to find it in the store!!Originally Posted by rosarugosa
That is so great to have all that nailed down in your head and be able to find it in the store!!
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Yay!
We redid most of our house a few years ago. New paint, new floors, new furniture, etc. Made a world of difference in how I view my house. I would rarely dust or vacuum because it felt like "polishing a turd". Now I have a set weekly cleaning routine and my house stays spotless. I am "guest ready" at all times!
agreed, it is so much nicer to clean a house that you can make sparkle!
We did our kitchen 5 years ago on a pretty tight budget. No regrets really other than the granite counter top. It chips quite easily around the sink edge. Main thing I have liked is having a very deep, one bowl sink after years of divided ones. We have a Moen simple lever pull out faucet after years of having it at another house and liking its simplicity.
Klunick: "Polishing a turd" is exactly how it feels to clean my current kitchen, but I never could have stated it so eloquently! I like the rest of our house, and it is indeed much more satisfying to keep things neat and clean in the other rooms.
Pinkytoe: That is interesting, and not in a good way, about the granite countertop chipping. I hadn't heard about that being an issue with granite counters. We are doing a deep one bowl sink. We especially need a highly functional sink since we don't have a dishwasher.
we’ve only had this granite countertop a year and a half, but there have not been chips.
We had our quartz countertops for several years, and there were no chips.
I must have a double bowl sink, it’s one of the main things I asked for in the kitchen.
Today we are going to order our appliances. They will be pretty simple, stainless steel. I'm a little bit sad because our current stove and refrigerator are 2003 Kenmore appliances that have never warranted a single service call in 20 years. I know that we will never see that quality and longevity again. On the other hand, they are yellowed and ugly, and I know they would not be satisfactory in a brand new kitchen. This all makes me feel rather petty, shallow and preoccupied with appearances, but I admit that aesthetics are important to me.
My research does tell me that we are likely to get better results with a top-freezer, non-icemaker, no water or ice dispenser, non-computerized refrigerator, which is exactly what we want.
Our contractor has given us a start date of 2/5. I am both anxious and excited.
RIP, your Kenmore, 20-year-old appliances.
We just bought a new refrigerator that is a top freezer. No icemaker, no water dispenser. I didn’t specify no computer chips because I didn’t know I had to. The old refrigerator was added to our stable of refrigerating and freezing units which now number five total in this house.
in our old house in the city, I tried a bottom freezer refrigerator and I hated it. Foods constantly got stuck in the back of the refrigerator behind the drawers, and I had to pull out apparatus all the time to get out those things. Hated it.
Have they started making your cabinets? Do you have a delivery date for them?
rr, while new appliances will be nice, if you REALLY want your old ones, you can paint them! It's a "thing" and you can google it.
2/5 will be here quick!!!!
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