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General Category => Discontempt => Topic started by: The Geek on May 27, 2009, 09:53:11 PM
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I started with the shitty tile tonight.
(http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/106/l_c3f5b85bc5cb46ac9a03be08543cb284.jpg)
Yep! That's tile from the 70's.
More pictures of this monstrosity known as my kitchen are forthcoming. In a few weeks you'll see Zoomie's finished product!
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Stepping from your living area into your kitchen requires a pitchfork and a length of rope. Good luck Zoomie!
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yeah yeah, its bad! I know. One room at a time. So far I've done:
Siding, Windows, Doors, Studio, Studio Bathroom, Upper Bathroom, Master Bedroom, Parlor.
Next is Kitchen, Hallway, Office/Guest Room and THEN garage into another studio.
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Can you put in a hanging cat cage for next time I come to stay.
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(http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/108/m_54699177dbdd4a699b4a9ab5fc03b232.jpg)
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(http://www.bfapocalypse.com/modules/My_eGallery/gallery/props/PostCage2.jpg)
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(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bhmXkpCpx_I/SOuEECIhY5I/AAAAAAAAAps/IfSnb3eviWM/s400/funny-pictures-bird-cat-cage.jpg)
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I am glad you have Zoomie
to use to redo your kitchen! :D
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hahahahaha
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I could only hope someone would use me...
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Mello - Can you send more pics as this goes on. I'm keen to follow this latest renovation!
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I could only hope someone would use me...
Dave's always available...
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we recently had our kitchen renovated. custom cabinets and all new stainless steel appliances. right down to the toaster and coffee maker. a nice peninsula, prep sink, stove top separate from the in-wall oven. it's great. i hope yours makes food making easier and more enjoyable.
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I could only hope someone would use me...
Dave's always available...
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Thanks Sarah - I really think that it will. The current kitchen is fucking PAINFUL.
Nick - I plan to!
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A good kitchen is essential. It'll be the focal point of my house, whenever I buy/build one.
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I think if I had a kid my parents would get me a house with a nice kitchen. I guess I will never have a nice kitchen. zing!
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Cleaned most of this bitch out. Doors came off today, too.
(http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/108/l_bb2590a60a3c4ccd9fe5b57328200221.jpg)
The trash (shit from the cabinets)
(http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/66/l_5c1ba24e3adc4c56b03054095976b2ee.jpg)
here's my beautiful old countertops *vomit* to be replaced with butcher block
(http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/104/l_96b6154fc5c54fbf8a7bfc23160febe2.jpg)
Demo pics soon!
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Cleaned most of this bitch out. Doors came off today, too.
(http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/108/l_bb2590a60a3c4ccd9fe5b57328200221.jpg)
The trash (shit from the cabinets)
(http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/66/l_5c1ba24e3adc4c56b03054095976b2ee.jpg)
here's my beautiful old countertops *vomit* to be replaced with butcher block. yes, friends! That's gold flecked laminate!
(http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/104/l_96b6154fc5c54fbf8a7bfc23160febe2.jpg)
Demo pics soon!
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Find anything interesting behind the tiling, Geekster?
I helped retile the kitchen at my grandparents' old house. They'd lived in the area as children prior to existence of the house they later bought and when we took up the tiles there were old newspapers underneath from the town at the time the house was built. There was a newspaper article that mentioned my grandmother and my great aunt by name, detailing a debutante ball they had attended as young girls.
Then when my parents rebuilt a wall of the house I grew up in, they found a bottle of wine from the 60s that had been entombed since the house was built. Still potable.
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not yet - but my house was built in the 70s so i dont suppose anything cool might come out of the walls. When i redid the studio i wrote on the foundation a ton of things. Who I was, what I did, what year it was, what was happening... ect. I figured someone would love that down the line.
The stuff you found sounds awesome
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Call or text me with a status report. I'm now a day behind in Chantilly with all the rain but I intend to head to Philly next Fri around noon.
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planned on calling you sat with an update.
friday is TOTALLY fine as my kitchen is fucking god knows where and Im trying to get to the delivery company to scream at someone.
My only problem is I have a gig on sunday June 14th and cant help
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not yet - but my house was built in the 70s so i dont suppose anything cool might come out of the walls. When i redid the studio i wrote on the foundation a ton of things. Who I was, what I did, what year it was, what was happening... ect. I figured someone would love that down the line.
The stuff you found sounds awesome
I found 2 cans of soft drink in the wall spaces of my house. I can date when they were done by the kind of cans they were and by the measurments printed on the label.
The cans were made of steel, and had fl oz's, meaning that the work was done pre 1974. Metric was introduced in Oz is 74, and settl cans were phased out by the late 70's.
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did they taste good with bourbon?
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So long as everything is in place by noon Friday, I shouldn't need you Sunday. It will be down to details by then.
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did they taste good with bourbon?
Pffft bourbon.
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(http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/66/l_5c1ba24e3adc4c56b03054095976b2ee.jpg)
Don't let her fool you ...
That's "booger" ...
Apparently his idea of reconciliation isn't the same as yours ...
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Please! I wouldnt waste the time cutting him up!
Kitchen is scheduled to arrive by 9pm Monday. Demo is coming along. Detroit is going to take down cabinets tomorrow!
And old cans, I found a FULL can of schlitz beer -pull tab- in my garage. Krsna, you want it? You might be able to drink it and taste your youth, old man.
<3
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No thanks!
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pussy
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Pulltab??? That would be like before the MOVE bombing.
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Ah, Mayor Good. How have we survived without you?!
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Almost all of the cabinetry is out, and the tile is coming down now. Pics of the mayhem tonight!
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I'm really excited about this. More pics and less emo please!
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Here's a week ago, last Sunday, when we started emptying everything out. I started by loading everything onto my beautiful gold flecked laminate countertop and then stopped to take this photograph
(http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/81/l_a48ecba7dd37440a96413d56ae9ee739.jpg)
Isn't she a beauty? I wrote all of the measurements on the doors and cabinets, just in case you were wondering what the writing was about.
Here's how it looks today:
(http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/77/l_62e4a267671c4a81affd94f9e657e6a3.jpg)
We worked on getting the wall cabinets down, and the front panel under the sink. We then took all of the tile down. That was only fun for a couple of minutes, however it took more than a couple of minutes to get all of that crap down. God I fucking hate tile.
What's left: The base cabinets, and the floor. Then we'll start cleaning up and construction! Pics to come tomorrow.
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OK step it up. I'd have paid a Salvadoran an HOUR'S wage to do what you've done in a week.
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Hitting things with a sledge hammer is fun.
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Here's my color scheme for the kitchen
Walls = Robin's egg blue
(http://www.sassyscrubs.com/fabric_images/1369.jpg)
Ceiling/Trim = Creamy white
Backsplash = Stainless Steel
(http://www.specialtystainless.com/images/backsplashes/ss_750.jpg)
Appliances = (when the current die) will be replaced with black and stainless steel
Floor tile = porcelain tile. Here they are! Just came in last week. The picture does no justice as they look like laminate, but they are indeed porcelain. Got a good deal on them too
(http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/78/l_3a7b080a9dde404aa85814724b2dd5c4.jpg)
Cabinets = Birch
(http://www.fencefabric.com/_images/gallery/wood/birchwood_lg.jpg)
Countertop = Oak Butcher block
(http://www.butcherblock.com/images/midsized/RedxOakxButcherxBlockxCornerxBBWWWx2004.jpg)
handles/hinges ect = Stainless steel
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Too bad I can't cook as deliciously as your south american workers
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looks great.
I need to buy a house and turn it into a work of love
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fixing your house is part fun, and part torture.
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Old Contractor Joke Warning (and I'm an old contractor).
A man dies and finds himself at the entrance to hell. He didn't live a very good life. The Devil himself steps out and motions him over.
The Devil smiles and says, "You have the choice of two; Door number one or door number two"
"What's behind door number one?" the man asks.
"Fire and brimstone and great suffering for an eternity," the Devil answers.
"What's behind door number two?" the man asks.
"You live in your house while it gets remodeled."
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fuck isn't that the truth
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You could change the punchline of that joke to just about anything:
"Groundhog Day: Jonas Brothers version"
"A full-time job at Fox & Friends"
"Bagman pleasuring himself with his own rubber penis"
And so on.
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Old Contractor Joke Warning (and I'm an old contractor).
A man dies and finds himself at the entrance to hell. He didn't live a very good life. The Devil himself steps out and motions him over.
The Devil smiles and says, "You have the choice of two; Door number one or door number two"
"What's behind door number one?" the man asks.
"Fire and brimstone and great suffering for an eternity," the Devil answers.
"What's behind door number two?" the man asks.
"You live in your house while it gets remodeled."
SO. TRUE.
I've done that, and I've also done the "live for a month in my mum's spare room while my house gets truly remodeled and extended" thing. Both suck.
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The only thing you can do in that situation is get stoned every day until it's over.
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Yeah but I do that anyway.
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Detroit and I found that the pipes were ROTTING underneath the sink! It was a matter of days or weeks before they burst and destroyed the floor boards. The sink had already been leaking for some time, and ate through the bottom of the cabinet. Delicious! We are working now on getting the water off. It's harder than you think!
So far today: All cabinetry is removed, working on shutting the sink and getting the countertop out. Im expecting to overhaul floors tomorrow night. Sometime between now and 9 my new kitchen is scheduled to arrive. Detroit is at Lowes now and wants to report that he was nearly run over by two Italian broads in Daddy's Mercedes. Welcome to South Philly!
I HATE HOME CONSTRUCTION. After this BS I want a whole lot of NOTHING for a while (but that's totally not going to happen. After the kitchen we have to overhaul the garage into a second studio.
Kill me now?
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Wait til I crack a whip on that ghetto onion...
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Kill me now?
For your free reading?
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(http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/65/l_9535849734294735bc7020485e055481.jpg)
Everything and the kitchen sink?
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Oh thank the good Lord that you posted that picture of your sink. I was thinking to myself, I really hope Mello updates her home remodeling thread. I hope she posts a picture of her sink. That would make my day. I have no life to speak of, you see. You are infinitely better than me. I have no job, no life, no friends or family. I live for these pictures that you share with us, of your sink and your Topsy Turvy. I hope the next picture you post is of your tomato plant.
And for this, I thank you Mello, for giving me a reason to get out of bed in the morning.
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Oh thank the good Lord that you posted that picture of your sink. I was thinking to myself, I really hope Mello updates hjer home remodeling thread. I hope she posts a picture of her sink. That would make my day. I have no life, no life to speak of, you see. You are infinitely better than me. I have no job, I live for pictures of your sink and your tomato plant. And for this, I thank you for giving me a reason to live.
You'd feel better if you had a job.
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I'd feel better if Mello posted a picture of her new tile.
Oh yeah, and underclass you quoted before my edit. dammit.
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Oh thank the good Lord that you posted that picture of your sink. I was thinking to myself, I really hope Mello updates her home remodeling thread. I hope she posts a picture of her sink. That would make my day. I have no life to speak of, you see. You are infinitely better than me. I have no job, no life, no friends or family. I live for these pictures that you share with us, of your sink and your Topsy Turvy. I hope the next picture you post is of your tomato plant.
And for this, I thank you Mello, for giving me a reason to get out of bed in the morning.
That made me ROFL, keep up the quality funneh!
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I'd feel better if Mello posted a picture of her new tile.
*chants*
Tile, Tile, Tile!!
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Hah!
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I hope the next picture you post is of your tomato plant.
You got it, honey! I'll post it a bit later today, when the rain lets up!
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You kind and wonderful woman. How empty and meaningless my life would be without your threads and pictures. I breathlessly await the picture of your tomato plant in its glory. I feel so blessed. My heart is filled, Mello! Once again, thank you.
It would be such a stretch, a pipedream if you will, for me to ask if you could post more pictures of your dwarf orange tree. Maybe even a peak at your washing machine. But let's not get greedy here! I'm sorry Mello; if you wish, smite me for being so greedy.
O Mello! The glory to you! You are the light and the way. I am but a fool groveling at your feet. Please post many more of your wonderful threads telling us about your mundane life! And when I say mundane, I say it with such wonder. Mundane is but a blessing. Mundane is all but I can wish for, in my empty, pathetic, and meaningless life.
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Beautiful. Can I get a signed and framed transcript?
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Don't be a heathen. Bow down to Mello's feet! You are not worthy of her! You are not worthy of her tomato plant! Say, "Glory to the tomato plant!" Know your place. Then and only then will you know TRUE salvation!
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Sometimes I'm surprised that you don't do drugs.
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I'm too high on the glory that is Mello to do drugs!
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I'm impressed by the show of animosity.
I can't sustain hatred for anything other than cops & politicians more than a couple of days.
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Same. But I guess in this case I am fucking magical!
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I think these two should get this thing over with. Just pull your cocks out and compare sizes already!
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I'm too high on the glory that is Mello to do drugs!
Oh boy.....judging by how long the "I want bagmans cock" trend lasted, this should go on for a while.
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I'd feel better if Mello posted a picture of her new tile.
*chants*
Tile, Tile, Tile!!
Remain calm. Tile will go in Saturday.
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The waiting is the hardest part, sayeth Tom Petty..
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Well. I'm pretty useless when it comes to fixing things. I keep trying but I only lengthen the process. So here I am!
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When I tore out the wall in the bathroom I found about three sheets of newspaper thumb tacked to the inside. They were from 1956 I think.
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I took a shower; it's what I do ...
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When I tore out the wall in the bathroom I found about three sheets of newspaper thumb tacked to the inside. They were from 1956 I think.
In not-very-related news, the bathroom mirror that was in my house when I moved in has a sticker on it that says "Made in West Germany".
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I took a shower; it's what I do ...
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This thread is pretty cool. I like seeing things change.
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I brushed my teeth using my left hand this morning
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But I didnt witness it. So all I have is your assertion that you changed hands to brush your teeth.
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I did that while jacking off; wanna see?
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Hey bitch! Where's my tile pictures?
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Its coming! Tomorrow! Super tired tonight, so I'll post some pics tomorrow, and in the coming days!
The tile looks GREAT
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Take a picture of your spread open batwings next to it so bagman can have something to stroke to.
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I saw the sneak preview on facebook. Zoomie makes a guest appearance, but I won't give anything else away.
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Home at 1am. Very sore. Extreme Home Makeover needs me and I need their $$$.
Good weekend. I'm sure Geek will post pics when Detroit slaps a little more mud on it and she gets it painted.
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Some pictures:
On Saturday, Zoomie and Detroit took the wall down, and built in two new bars.
(http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc1/4783_674663726403_8204191_39770044_1496679_n.jpg)
It's a dirty job!
(http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc1/4783_674627009983_8204191_39768252_3730439_n.jpg)
The floor boards were in OK shape... except for that HOLE.
(http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc1/4783_674627004993_8204191_39768251_6800309_n.jpg)
The cat was not pleased.
(http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc1/4783_674627024953_8204191_39768254_4578876_n.jpg)
And took her frustrations out on the couch for the last time. Bye bye couch! Lunas total? 4 Couches and 1 bed, ruined. PS MOSH SLEPT HERE.
(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc1/4783_675328284623_8204191_39803505_2841807_n.jpg)
Drywall started on sunday
(http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#/photo.php?pid=39770050&id=8204191)
On monday we put together cabinets with my two good friends
(http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc1/4783_675328269653_8204191_39803502_1796447_n.jpg)
Ikea fucked everything up, but we managed to fix it.
(http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc1/4783_675328274643_8204191_39803503_1488686_n.jpg)
Durock is amazing! I can't believe how solid, and quiet it has made my new floor
(http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc1/4783_675328279633_8204191_39803504_3766448_n.jpg)
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The beautiful tile
(http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc1/4783_675328294603_8204191_39803507_5865530_n.jpg)
I kept threatening Detroit that I would replace our current front door with this. E-A-G-L-E-S
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The new cabinets went in last night with much hassle, and much heroism
[img]http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc1/4783_675328324543_8204191_39803512_5186860_n.jpg)
The skeleton of the new kitchen
(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc1/4783_675328329533_8204191_39803513_5192852_n.jpg)
Look at those countertops
(http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc1/4783_675328339513_8204191_39803514_1412710_n.jpg)
Zoomie did AMAZING work with this shithole, and in such a timely manner. Detroit had a great time working with him, and we all had a good time. I'll spare all of you the teary thanks, I handled that in person.
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That kitchen is looking great! You should have given Zoomie a foot job.
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Who says she didn't?
I cried all the way home, I miss you guys so much!
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My feet are all sticky now!!!
And krsna, I'd rather see you on all fours in my kitchen, spreading marmalade on your supple anus
I bet you did cry, Zoomie. DId you open that thing I stuck on your dash? How are you feeling today?
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I wasn't talking about things I or you want to see. It's what bagman wants to see.
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why's it always gotta be about bagman? when are you going to fulfill my needs for once?
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Marmalade! Bwahahahaha!
I'm sore and lacking caffeine. Yeah I opened your package and you earned a bitchslap in two weeks. Thanks Mel. You're the shit.
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I'm sorry it couldn't be as bitching as that spigot!!!!@!!@
But you ARE getting a shit piano. So i guess it works out
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Sorry I cannibalized it. Take it to a plumbing supply house and they'll sell you what it needs. Tell them it needs a new diverter for the sprayer too.
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Great! there's lots of plumbing places up here that should fix her up!
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You can thank Lolo by leaving your underwear under her bed.
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You guys better take this to PMs before Dave gets on your case.
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Fuck that negro, he ain't done nothin for me...
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You guys better take this to PMs before Dave gets on your case.
Oh, come the fuck on, I was kidding ....
Sheesh!
You know, man ...
... you suck just one cock ....
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Yeah but you showed proficiency!
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Well, I have one, thus ....
Wait a minute ...
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Great quotes this weekend. Geek can tell you more.
Geek: You have red hair, that makes you Irish doesn't it?
Zoomie: You have an "o" on the end of your name, that makes you Italian doesn't it?
Geek: Fuck you, asshole.
Also the neighborhood kids that tried to break into my truck Saturday night and ended up breaking on of my mirrors. She stayed up all night watching the street with a baseball bat, whereas I, coming from Baltimore, know that's what kids do and went immediately back to sleep after he cops left.
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You gota look after your subbies.
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Good stuff ...
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Mello is Portuguese, I believe. My mother's husband has the same last name and he is Portuguese.
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it IS Portuguese!
Aaron forgot to add that these assholes broke into detroit's car twice and that i did go to bed after they broke his mirror, but those asshats came back. (5 16-18 year old boys) So I screamed them down on my porch - naked in but covered in a ROBE i might add, and those bitches ran away! Pussies.
... and then I waited up till 4 am with a baseball bat.
They didn't come back.
Other quotables: "Drywall bukkaki", "Pipe Bukkaki"
As a side note to all: I am OK at spackle, finishing and sanding. Actually, Im great at it. But I fucking hate it so. fucking. much.
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Here's what you do... Get a van and put some dudes in there with a case of beer and park it next to a car they're not familiar with which will have like, an empty xbox 360 inside in an easily visible location. Then, as soon as those little fuckers break into the car the drunk dudes will burst out of the van and give the little punk asses an ass beating.
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When I tore out the wall in the bathroom I found about three sheets of newspaper thumb tacked to the inside. They were from 1956 I think.
I was wrong, they are from Monday June 19 1950.
Interesting how some things have changed so much but others are basically the same.
For instance a "permanent" at the Beauty Salon was $4.95 but shoes on clearance were $9.80 to $12.80. About the same clearance price as you can often find at Payless Shoe Source or Big 5 today. A Slip cost $2.65 while "The Amazing new Zenith Clock Radio" was a whopping $39.95.
Anyway, I was thinking about starting a new thread titled "1950" and transcribe some of the articles if anyone thinks that might be interesting. Perhaps I'll try to figure out some way to scan them. They are in pretty bad shape.
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Do it!
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Here's what you do... Get a van and put some dudes in there with a case of beer and park it next to a car they're not familiar with which will have like, an empty xbox 360 inside in an easily visible location. Then, as soon as those little fuckers break into the car the drunk dudes will burst out of the van and give the little punk asses an ass beating.
I likes the way you think. But you might wanna include some empty bottles or a bucket or something. And maybe up it to two cases.
Then you can pour piss all over the little fuckers after you beat the snot out of them.
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You guys are making too much of this or maybe I'm not since I don't live there. That shit happens every day here and as long as I'm not missing any tools or my stereo or GPS it's just not that big a deal. Glass is cheap.
Actually, it's a big deal because you saw them, and that puts a face to them, and yeah, that would make me chase them with a bat.
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Last time somebody broke into my car it cost me 180 bucks to get the window replaced. It may not be several hundred dollars more in tools, but I don't consider that cheap.
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A dude busted the window of my Integra a while back and tried to steal my stereo. He evidently cut himself up pretty good cuz the stereo was still there the next day and there was blood everywhere. Man, I wanted to kill the motherfucker.
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Man that sucks, Si. What did you do?
Zooms, What I don't like is that its recurrent, as it has happened to detroit twice. Once with a broken window, the other with the window pushed down and shit thrown everywhere. It has been happening to a lot of us for the past year and it's just some idiot kids from two or three blocks away being disrespectful.
If a bat is what it takes to teach them respect, then it's what it takes. I didn't plan on hitting anyone. Shit, I didn't plan on even swinging it. I just wanted to catch them again, kick open my door with a bat and watch them scatter like roaches at the sight of me with that bat.
I believe in respect. I believe that kids need to be taught to be respectful.
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I hear you. I guess it's just become a regular occurrence to me over the years. No wonder I want to move to WV.
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*peeks into thread*
*leaves again*
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The beautiful tile
(http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs106.snc1/4783_675328294603_8204191_39803507_5865530_n.jpg)
I do like that tile! Nice kitchen, Mello!
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Thanks joy! The tile work is all Zoomie. I just picked it out.
Update: Cabinets are nearly done, IKEA made MORE boo boos that I need to rectify. Spackle in the kitchen is done, just need to sand it down, clean it up. Need to finish the parlor spackle and I think i can paint by sunday.
Maybe.
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I like IKEA, but that's because I'm a mod not a rocker.
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The kitchen and I are fighting. I've been cleaning the studio for two days now.
Dont know if paint is coming tonight or tomorrow. Pics soon.
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W3rd ...
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W3rd ...
All right, that's about enough of that.
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Word!
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Paraula.
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tango
seriously
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W3rd ...
All right, that's about enough of that.
hahahaha
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W3rd ...
All right, that's about enough of that.
Tru'dat!
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Detroit and I call TRUCE with the drywall, await Zoomie's magic touch on the 20th.
In the meantime...
(http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs085.snc1/4897_678567682843_8204191_39944779_3333546_n.jpg)
Full, finished pics by July 30th ( i think )
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OMG THO FABULAATH!
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It looks really cute. Seriously. I love the way the cabinets look. What color are you going to paint it?
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Looking good, but needs more lighting.
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Flood lighting should do the trick.
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Hey Sasha! Thanks!
We are doing it Robin's Egg blue walls, stainless Steel backsplash and cream for the trim and ceiling. Eventually we'll replace the appliances with black and stainless steel as they break, which hopefully won't be ANY TIME SOON.
I have this neat idea to do a mosaic tiled frame, with oranges, blues, ect... with 4 small hooks at the top, with little glass jars with tea lights in them on wire. Does that make sense? I want that hanging in there on one of the bare walls somewhere.
Krsna - We havent bought the lighting just yet. Still working on finding it, but there's gonna be bar lights in the cut out, and two main lights in the room...
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tis looking good!
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I watch those "kitchen makeover/room makeover" rooms on the DIY network and I think, "man, you'd have to have either a lot of time or a lot of money to do something like that." I guess I was proved wrong. You just need a vision and infinite patience.
By the way, I love how wall molding looks on that color you chose.
(http://www.invitinghome.com/wall-decor/wall-decor-pic/wall-panels-rb.jpg)
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Nice ...
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Sasha!! I LOVE wall molding, esp white molding on BRIGHT colors (like you posted) I had envisioned it in my parlor, but time and money came into play, I reworked my design and I'm pretty happy with what I came up with.
I did do crown molding in the studio that I'm pretty happy with
(http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/115/l_50944fdb3a4fb5c1043de44fc1a508fd.jpg)
(http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/75/l_98b4b9d2f2fb9e6dcefd9f0304031f60.jpg)
But the space is too small and the color is too confining to do wall molding. Damn!
The key to home improvement is to set a reasonable budget, something just under what you can afford, then spent a metric SHIT TON of time researching cheap but effective materials, work, and ways to make your design work on your dime.
The left over, you'll find, won't be left over at all because you'll end up going slightly over your original budget (shit happens on a construction sight).
I also suggest exclusively dating handy men. For example, I dated a plumber and got TWO new bathrooms!
In the case of my CURRENT project, I couldn't have done this without Zoomie, as my budget was so. fucking. limited. Detroit and my two best friends have been amazing, too.
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Date two handymen huh.... sounds like a sexcellent plan!
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My vagina never steers anyone down the wrong path!
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Insert tricky's reply here.
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My vagina never steers anyone down the wrong path!
Yeah but I hear there's a sharp right turn in that's a real bitch...
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Do you own this place geek or leasing?
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why would she do all this if she was leasing ???
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tin hat.....rusted
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You are so adorable when you're a dumbass.
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Beyond reposting the father days line again, its all I had, besides, Id say maybe 50% would not pick up on the fact tin doesnt rust. Unfortunately, the same 50% that would pick the reference.
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Meh. I don't watch enough current movies or enough movies AT ALL to get a lot of references. Watching Dark Knight right now for the first time.
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B-52's - Love Shack.
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I thought that was "tin roof"?
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Ever tried wearing a roof as a hat ? tin foil hat joke... ya with me now ...good.
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People often do remodeling on their own when leasing long term. Generally not that extensive but you never know.
The house we have rented out in the bay area for instance has been completely remodeled this past year by the current tenant who just happens to be a construction contractor. He did all the work and paid for/provided most of the materials himself. In exchange for a great deal on rent.
So BITE ME!
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So you're saying you rented your house to a moron like me who gives away his materials and talents?
Got another house to rent?
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Hell, even I'D do that!
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Call me when you get a house. Foreclosures in Collier and Lee are running about $60K.
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I'm actually looking in on tax lein houses these days ...
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(http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/115/l_50944fdb3a4fb5c1043de44fc1a508fd.jpg)
is that the couch I crashed on?... mighty comfortable...
Looks like you have rearranged.... I think there was 5cents Australian that rolled under some piece of furniture...
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Nah, you slept on the OPPOSITE couch... and I've rearranged since these pics were taken. The above couch is upstairs in the bedroom, now!
By the time you get here in October, we'll have the office/guest bedroom set up (maybe not repainted, but definitely set up with a sofa bed) In fact, that should be set up by Mid July!!!!!
Tru - I own.
Krsna - I wouldn't bother fixing up a house I'm renting, but a friend of mine is redoing tile work in a house he's only renting. But I think they are getting discounted rent and they DO live in a house that's a friend of the family. Otherwise, I don't think they'd do it.
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Well that was made pretty clear Mello and was what I felt was most likely from the start, but I asked from the perspective of a landlord who understands it isn't such a black and white question.
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Beyond reposting the father days line again, its all I had, besides, Id say maybe 50% would not pick up on the fact tin doesnt rust.
It's true! I was one who didnt pick up on it.
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Just a few more
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See the black microwave? that's going in the corner. Right now it's resting on top of a moveable dishwasher (a gracious gift!) that needs to be converted to an install. It'll go by the sink in a few weeks.
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Yeah, we gotta do that install, fix that drywall and get a counter on those kneewalls...
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wow - stunning
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Indeed ...
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Hmm ...
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Thanks guys!
Zooms, I should have the kit for the dryer by then, and for the knee walls, the issue with the bar countertop is that it has to be cut and we don't have access to the tools. Any thoughts?
krsna - hmm?
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Just reflecting.
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You truly are the wise thinker of the gun.
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the issue with the bar countertop is that it has to be cut and we don't have access to the tools. Any thoughts?
Tablesaw that was in my truck the entire weekend I was there. Then smoothed with a belt sander with the grain, then with an orbital sander using first 80 grit, then 150, then 220. All of which were in my truck when I was in Philly last. You just gotta ask.
I get paid to do this shit. I don't look down on people who don't.
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(http://www.sitesled.com/members/consist/mosh/monk-suit-gun2.jpg)
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That too ...
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Well shit! I didn't know you did that... This makes things 100% better because we were so worried about the stupid bar countertop!
You forget, I know dick about what real, talented workers can do since I only ever hired one person to do something in this house, and that was the flooring in the basement. So if I underestimate or assume, and I offend, I apologize! You're the first bonafide, talented worker I've ever worked extensively with
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Oops.
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I JUST LOOKED AT IT!
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Faster than a limping retard...
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Zooms, the connection leaks in the (new, sweetass) faucet, it's where the rubber pipe meets the connection (for the sprayer), not where the connection meets the sink.
(http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs178.snc1/6696_680385425073_8204191_40034855_1084381_n.jpg)
Detroit plans to cap it tomorrow and remove the sprayer hose until we can figure out whats happening. Any thoughts?
Everyone else - I made curtains today! This is mainly for 13chemicals since I think she'll dig the fabric.
(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs198.snc1/6696_680384052823_8204191_40034833_3797757_n.jpg)
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For the leaky sprayer go to lowe's home depot, or whatever and get some teflon tape. Wrap a few layers around the threads of the end of the hose the sprayer attaches to, then test it. If it still leaks, add more tape and test again.
Keep doing that until the leak stops.
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Detroit plans to cap it tomorrow and remove the sprayer hose until we can figure out whats happening. Any thoughts?
The hose seats on the end of the pipe with a rubber gasket. Take a file to the end of the pipe and smooth it down, make it nice and smooth and flat and it will seal.
It's probably a little ragged.
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Good thought ...
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NO NO NO NO NO NO that's a Kohler and it has a tapered compression fitting. Wrapping it with TFE will only prevent it from being driven tight enough to seal and filing the seat on the faucet side will destroy a $600 faucet. Cap it until I get there please.
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Cap it and wait for Zooms? Yep! That's the plan!
Thanks, everyone else. If this was a normal faucet I'd be all about it, but this is one of those special designer ones and I don't want to fuck it up (it was free, afterall and reallllly purty)
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NO NO NO NO NO NO that's a Kohler and it has a tapered compression fitting. Wrapping it with TFE will only prevent it from being driven tight enough to seal and filing the seat on the faucet side will destroy a $600 faucet. Cap it until I get there please.
The facet has a hose which connects the the water supply line, correct?
That's where the leak is if I read it right, the end of the supply pipe should be nice and smooth and parallel err square if you will.
That's what I was talking about, not the facet. If it uses a compression fitting there well that's a different story.
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The interior of the connection is brass and it's conically shaped like a flared gas fitting. Filing it would be a very bad idea.
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Filing's bad ...
... mmmkay!
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The interior of the connection is brass and it's conically shaped like a flared gas fitting. Filing it would be a very bad idea.
Ok see I didn't know the specifics so I offered what I had. And it was valid as far as it goes, many facets connect straight to galvanized pipe with hoses which use a rubber gasket to mate directly to the end of the supply pipe. This is where a file may have a purpose.
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It's all good. I remember the old faucets with that kind of coupling. Back when anybody's spray hose and sprayer would fit on anybody's faucet. Those days are long gone.
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When I re-did my old place in Chicago, we found 2 interesting things: Up in the attic, just laying between the rafters, were a bunch of newspapers from when the house was first built. 1892. Also, down in the front room, behind the hideous 1970's paneling there was the following written in pencil on the old plaster along with a bunch of measurements: "To whoever takes this panleing [sic] down put it back because it was really hard to do."
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It must have felt that much more AWESOME to rip it out!
I have paneling in the wash room to rip out.
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This thread made me squirt. Seriously. How enthralling! How exciting! *gasp* It was a tour-de-force. Or some bullshit.
I hate light wood, and iron your goddamn curtains.
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This thread made me squirt.
I really hope this happens the next time you show up in one of my dreams.
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really really?
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Iron your curtains??? How aNAL
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Thanks! I love light wood too! I wanted to contrast the dark walls!
Thanks for the compliments on the curtains, too! I made a matching table cloth.
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Iron your curtains??? How aNAL
You're supposed to iron your curtains, Dr. ZZ Top.
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(http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/entertainment/07/05/23_caveman.jpg)
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Make the hair and beard twice as long and color it grey and you've got a winner!
Tru, have you ever tried napping on a bench at the bus stop with an empty cup in your hand? It might be a profitable experiment.
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Not around here, there are just to many homeless people to compete with.
And my shit is not grey (http://www.sitesled.com/members/consist/personal/003.jpg), yet but that cat is. It is threatening to go there.
>>You're supposed to iron your curtains, Dr. ZZ Top.<<
Ahh I was just poking at tricky.
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Yes! I agree. See, that photo was taken after I finished them, and put them on the hanger to make sure they fit.
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You're only saying that cause tricky wants to do you in the butt.
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im hoping she takes it easy on my virgin mystery hole
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im hoping she takes it easy on my virgin mystery hole
You say it like Han Solo couldn't park the Falcon in there
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Oh! Snap@!
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Just cause the cheeks are big doesn't mean the hole is!
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the hole
ugh. the idea of your "hole" makes me want to barf, then kill small children, and then barf on the carcasses. you are nasty.
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(http://eatdrinkbetter.com/files/2008/12/nuts1.jpg)
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God you are lame.
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kill small children, and then barf on the carcasses. you are nasty.
That's hot. Tell me more. In your best late-night phone sex commercial voice!
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That's alright, baby. I'll forgive you when you're begging to do tongue laps on this kitten
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Uh, no thanks.
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Oh you tease!
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I love this bar!
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L-G is making me suicidal again.
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Blame anything but you ?
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I am pleased that Tricky broke down and came back to the coven.
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I am pleased that Tricky broke down and came back to the coven.
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I am pleased that Tricky broke down and came back to the coven.
We are a bunch of bitches ... err I mean witches, aren't we?
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Burn them all
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mmmmmm... warm pussy.
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No, HOT pussy in that case ...
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Not if you blow on it.
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Other way around, man ...
Jumpin' Jeziz, you fucking Aussies truly ARE upside-fucking-down!
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mmmmmm... warm ass.
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Ok, getting closer to the mark ...
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Hahahahaha pull tabs, brings back memories.
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"If you drink from that, it'll bleed, and it'll never stop."
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Hahahahaha pull tabs, brings back memories.
I remember those! We used to drop them into the can and try not to drink/inhale them.
Also, anyone remember non-ready-salted packets of crisps with the little paper thing of salt?
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Pull tabs? You fucking old motherfuckers.
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Hahahahaha pull tabs, brings back memories.
I remember those! We used to drop them into the can and try not to drink/inhale them.
Also, anyone remember non-ready-salted packets of crisps with the little paper thing of salt?
Even I remember those crisps...
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They were good, eh?
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eh, salt ain't the most exciting flavour in the world and I was young so all I could think was 'I want some cheese and onion crisps!'
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Pics, please ...
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(http://www.jjfoodservice.com/images/products/large/CRP005.jpg)
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King crisps rock.
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I want some crisps now ...
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Priming and most of the ceiling paint done, bar lights installed. Detroit's taking a quick break then finishing the ceiling while I'm out back spray painting this ugly white fan into a reasonable black one.
Rest of lighting up today, wall paint tomorrow.
FINISHED pictures (with before and after shots) on Saturday.
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Christ, I'd have had the fucker done if I'd stayed one more day...
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Work got in the way of everything.
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Don't it always?
I got sails for the 470 today. You need to come back down here when I get a coat of paint on it. Show you and Detroit what speed is. Under 14 knot winds she moves like she has a 15 horse up her ass.
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Quote from Detroit
ooooooh, i can't wait! let us know when it's done
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That really worked out, Zooms...
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so you're almost, almost, nearly done?
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Painting sucks my nuts.
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Nick - yes. It took all summer, but yes, we are nearly, nearly done. Today we are doing the wall color and after work I'll take the trim outside and paint it. We should be attaching that tonight, depending on how many coats of wall paint need to go on (personally I think its going to take two). Which means we'll be doing trim on Saturday
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Old Contractor Joke Warning (and I'm an old contractor).
A man dies and finds himself at the entrance to hell. He didn't live a very good life. The Devil himself steps out and motions him over.
The Devil smiles and says, "You have the choice of two; Door number one or door number two"
"What's behind door number one?" the man asks.
"Fire and brimstone and great suffering for an eternity," the Devil answers.
"What's behind door number two?" the man asks.
"You live in your house while it gets remodeled."
We are in the middle of just that.
The downstairs bathroom is finished, but since our house is from the 1870's, when you open up the walls, you never know what kind of mess you'll find. So a partition wall was built out of scraps running horizontally and had to be torn out, which then made the tub surround needing to be replaced...it was a domino effect.
Now the back room (which was just a poorly done enclosed porch) has been gutted and insulated, and the kitchen is next.
My house is a pigsty from hell.
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I moved into this house in 2004. It still ain't finished. Whatev.
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I've got you beat, we moved here in '96.
We didn't do a lot for a long time because we weren't planning to stay here.
But we're in the home stretch...last thing will be an addition, new siding and a metal roof.
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At least its old and cool - but I do understand living in a mess. Ive fucking HAD IT with this kitchen, and plan on having it done, and mostly cleaned by sunday night.
Here's the wall color going on...
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Another coat on the walls, then we are gonna go around with a fine brush and clean up the ceiling.
Here's some other stuff...
Bought this ugly fan....
(http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs184.snc1/6136_697848344243_8204191_40756240_4436894_n.jpg)
And turned it into this with 1 can of spray paint, some painter's tape and new globes ($3.00 ish each, Lowes)
(http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs164.snc1/6136_698114720423_8204191_40766210_6232762_n.jpg)
Side by Side Then and Now to come...
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Looking GOOD!
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Thanks! Ive got the air going to cut out the humidity and that new little fan on full blast to dry this bitch and get that 2nd roll on. I dont think Ill need to cut in twice, but we'll see (god I hope not)
This kitchen color is so 1950s. Its cute, but Im weary on it. I love the contrast, though! I think I just need everything in place, cleaned up, and my orange accents to calm it down.
... or I could just embrace it and buy myself this beauty:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/3153766832_ecffea2b54.jpg?v=0)
Please, im not that tacky. Id get it in stainless steel!
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I need a bad ass mixer like that.
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me too. badass AND kitschy: a favorite combination of mine.
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i bought a great one for the ex (the Italian experiment) for his b day. He left it here. When we broke up I thanked god he didnt take it, so I gave it to my best friends for christmas and they made me a delicious cake on my birthday.
Lemon!
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If you have an Ollie's Discount Clearance Mart up there (we have them all over here) they come in by the pallet load, remanufactured for like $89.00. I want one too but I can't even keep a blender working for more than 4 weeks. Those are the breaks of alcoholism...
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Holy crap, you paint your house like such a girl. If your latest plaything moves in he's going to go into fucking oestrus.
PS- I like what you did with the ceiling fan, though.
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Yeah the whole "cut it in again with an artist brush" thing... last guy I saw doing that was a gay dentist.
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Balor - he's already here, and he's OK with the color... but it was a design before he got here. Oh well! He still seems to be manly despite the blue color.
Zooms - we have to! It looks TERRIBLE in certain spots
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I know, its all good.
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Im starting to doubt the color choice. Everyone that.s stopped over to see it, likes it. But I dunno!
But shit, Im committed to at least 6 months. I dont feel like painting again
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If you have an Ollie's Discount Clearance Mart up there (we have them all over here) they come in by the pallet load, remanufactured for like $89.00. I want one too but I can't even keep a blender working for more than 4 weeks. Those are the breaks of alcoholism...
Well, and not reading the "instructions!" ha ha ha
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Cramming them full of ice cubes on a daily basis can't be a good thing.
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Yeah, thats exactly why I want one... Time to start being a booze hound again!!!
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Cramming them full of ice cubes on a daily basis can't be a good thing.
Girl Drink Drunk!
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Living where you do, if you don't know the joys of a frozen Tullamore frosty, you should.
Ice, whiskey, blend, drink.
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I want final pictures!
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Yeah no shit. I give you the best three days of my life! Da fuck???
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I want pictures too. I do not like the color that you painted the kitchen. But that's just me. If you pulled it all together I would like to hope it could look nice.