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02-17-2016
Very nice work in the kitchen, sirdaft.:clap::clap::thumbsup:
02-17-2016
Wow, this thread makes me that much excited to get my own house.

(I'm 21 as of today) lol
02-17-2016
I did a pretty major remodel recently, but since I did very little of the work, it is weird to post as mine. All I did was hang fixtures (oh, and the demolition - which was fun.)

Edit: Especially after all the great work I see that you guys are actually doing!
02-17-2016
I upgraded and bought a new washer machine Saturday lol.. Does that count?
02-17-2016
Sara504 wrote
I upgraded and bought a new washer machine Saturday lol.. Does that count?
Totally... got new Washer and Dryer coming on the 20th too. Nice! Gotta keep those clothes looking good.
02-17-2016
jtodd_fl wrote
Totally... got new Washer and Dryer coming on the 20th too. Nice! Gotta keep those clothes looking good.
Which dryer did you get? I need to upgrade mine too. I need to get a gas dryer.
02-17-2016
Mr Tonka wrote
Your kitchen remodel looks great. Like straight out of a magazine. :clap:

We built our house new in 2009. I got to design all aspects of it which was fun. I only have a few shots of the kitchen, none of them fully finished.

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Man that under cabinet lighting makes all the difference in the world. Great taste!
02-17-2016
jtodd_fl wrote
I did a pretty major remodel recently, but since I did very little of the work, it is weird to post as mine. All I did was hang fixtures (oh, and the demolition - which was fun.)

Edit: Especially after all the great work I see that you guys are actually doing!
Need pics!

Sara504 wrote
Which dryer did you get? I need to upgrade mine too. I need to get a gas dryer.
Curious as well... We're in need of both as well!
02-17-2016
Sara504 wrote
Which dryer did you get? I need to upgrade mine too. I need to get a gas dryer.
I cannot get a gas dryer where I live, because... Florida. We got the LG set - whatever the current model is called - Front Loader... fully automated shit. Something like this...
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Then, the matching washer, and they even have a "mini-washer" pedestal that goes under it ... for small loads. Crazy.
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02-17-2016
sirdaft1 wrote
Need pics!

Curious as well... We're in need of both as well!
Okie dokie. These are before the final fixtures were all in... but nearly complete. Lot's of neutrals and glass tiles on walls, porcelain on the floor. The one (desk) photo with the handle - they were not installed sideways.
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02-17-2016
jtodd_fl wrote
I cannot get a gas dryer where I live, because... Florida. We got the LG set - whatever the current model is called - Front Loader... fully automated shit. Something like this...
4fe89595-c823-408c-82eb-6759591160dd_1000.jpg

Then, the matching washer, and they even have a "mini-washer" pedestal that goes under it ... for small loads. Crazy.
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Wow thats awesome. I love the mini loader. I wish I had two washers at once. My daughters clothes are so small I just wash all of hers in one load. Would be nice to do them at the same time I wash mine.
02-17-2016
jtodd_fl wrote
Okie dokie. These are before the final fixtures were all in... but nearly complete. Lot's of neutrals and glass tiles on walls, porcelain on the floor. The one (desk) photo with the handle - they were not installed sideways.
I WANT A WHITE KITCHEN!!!!! I LOVE THAT. Omg.
02-17-2016
jtodd_fl wrote
I did a pretty major remodel recently, but since I did very little of the work, it is weird to post as mine. All I did was hang fixtures (oh, and the demolition - which was fun.)

Edit: Especially after all the great work I see that you guys are actually doing!
Post it up!

All i did was design the kitchen. Well, and all the tile backsplash work. We're getting ready to tile most of the walls in the laundry/exercise room now that there is a treadmill in there. Gotta sweat proof the walls. :(

It was pretty fun getting to draw out and design a house from scratch. Have a few regrets, mostly in regards to shrinking a few areas to save money. One of which being the garage. People think i'm weird when i tell them i'm pissed about shrinking the garage, but that was a stupid idea. :slap:
02-17-2016
sirdaft1 wrote
Curious as well... We're in need of both as well!
Sara504 wrote
Which dryer did you get? I need to upgrade mine too. I need to get a gas dryer.
CR ratings if it helps. May as well get some usage of my annual subscription.
02-17-2016
Mr Tonka wrote
Post it up!

All i did was design the kitchen. Well, and all the tile backsplash work. We're getting ready to tile most of the walls in the laundry/exercise room now that there is a treadmill in there. Gotta sweat proof the walls. :(

It was pretty fun getting to draw out and design a house from scratch. Have a few regrets, mostly in regards to shrinking a few areas to save money. One of which being the garage. People think i'm weird when i tell them i'm pissed about shrinking the garage, but that was a stupid idea. :slap:
Could never shrink the garage bro! You don't have basements way up north where you are do you? I personally shrunk the living room (the one no one uses, not the other one) by moving the back kitchen wall 3 feet into it. Needed way more kitchen space (I love to cook) - double ovens, 42" fridge... c'mon people...

Need to know: How does one sweat-proof the walls? Converting said recently-shrunken living room into workout room. Thanks.
02-17-2016
GATORB8 wrote
CR ratings if it helps. May as well get some usage of my annual subscription.
Thanks. For those who looked at the LGs, my wife does hours of online research before we buy anything. Those were highest rated at the retailers' websites.

Good to see CR agrees (almost). We had a Samsung prior and didn't love it. The front-load washer ended up "dribbling".
02-17-2016
TBN54 wrote
Wow, this thread makes me that much excited to get my own house.

(I'm 21 as of today) lol
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Hope you have a great night. :party0030:
02-17-2016
dmikhael619 wrote
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Hope you have a great night. :party0030:
If he has pro skills, he went out last night and started drinking at midnight. That's what I did (of course, I lived in a smallish town at the time.)
02-17-2016
jtodd_fl wrote
If he has pro skills, he went out last night and started drinking at midnight. That's what I did (of course, I lived in a smallish town at the time.)
Lol unfortunately no, had work the next morning.
02-17-2016
dmikhael619 wrote
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Hope you have a great night. :party0030:
Thanks man. Doing something with the family this weekend and then something else with the gf tonight. :thumbsup:
02-17-2016
jtodd_fl wrote
Could never shrink the garage bro! You don't have basements way up north where you are do you? I personally shrunk the living room (the one no one uses, not the other one) by moving the back kitchen wall 3 feet into it. Needed way more kitchen space (I love to cook) - double ovens, 42" fridge... c'mon people...

Need to know: How does one sweat-proof the walls? Converting said recently-shrunken living room into workout room. Thanks.
Don't feel *too* bad for me just yet. The garage is just under 1500sf, but i shaved 2' off of the depth and 2' off of the end. Just stupid. It's still 22' deep, but the extra 2' would be useful at this point in time. With stuff lining the back wall, shelves, bikes, cabinets, etc.... i have to use a parking bump to ensure my front bumper is only 2 or 3" from the garage door. This gives about a 4' walkway between the rear bumper and cabinets.

Well, you have a couple of options. Use a few coats of gloss paint, cover the walls with fiberglass reinforced panels, or tile the walls. Since i'm a flooring guy, i'm going to be tiling the walls. Going to use some white subway tiles on the larger wall and glass mosaics on the cabinet wall. The dog dish is in there so i had already made a doggy dining backsplash behind where he eats with the white subway tile. Figure this will pull it all together and make for easy sweaty clean up.
02-17-2016
I had a set of really useless closets removed from my garage to gain ~3ft in length. Gave me enough space to have a really nice workbench built. Sadly, though, the bench is now stacked with junk moved from elsewhere in the house.:sigh: