Category Archives: Kitchen

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Our Quartz

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Stacey

Earlier this year, we installed quartz kitchen counters. We chose a low-contrast white “Riverstone” quartz offered through Menards. While all the fabrication is done for you, you have to provide and confirm measurements, then pick up and install the countertops. … Continue reading →

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Tile Tile Tiley Tile 3

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Stacey

Welcome back to the neverending tile project! I thought the backsplash was done, but then we picked fancy porcelain switch and outlet covers. In addition to being fancy, they are small and unforgiving. The unforgiving covers of fanciness required that … Continue reading →

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Switch Season

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Stacey

As we finished tiling the backsplash, I started to think about plates to cover the switches and outlets. I had a vague notion that there must be some vintage or retro-style wall plates that would go well with the tile. … Continue reading →

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Grout. Grout.

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Stacey

Let it [all] out! – Reverend Lovejoy Did you know that the song “Shout” by Tears for Fears is about primal scream therapy? Or at least that’s one theory. You know what makes me want to give voice to my … Continue reading →

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Tile Tile Tiley Tile 2

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Stacey

I finished tiling the backsplash. As I previously posted, I generally followed online tutorials for tiling kitchen backsplashes like this one. I started this tile project by tiling the middle of the wall where no tiles needed to be cut, which … Continue reading →

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Tile Tile Tiley Tile

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Stacey

All I need is a title. I was thinking along the lines of No TV and No Beer Make Homer…something-something. – Homer Simpson I started the backsplash! But first, I spent 20 minutes looking for our notched trowel. When I … Continue reading →

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Backsplash Short List

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Stacey

Actual odds of winning one in three hundred and eighty million. – Kent Brockman Following the May completion of the January slipcover project, I resolved to work on fewer projects at a time. That way, we’d see more projects done more quickly. … Continue reading →

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Tiny Tweaks

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Stacey

The way you put it, it sounds so perfect. But it’s not. – Homer Simpson Sometimes, I look at this place and don’t see how far we’ve come, but how far there is to go. Our attic project stalled (more … Continue reading →

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Backsplash Backlash

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Stacey

Oh, I hate having two heads. – Homer Simpson Sometimes, I dislike my brain very much. It fixates on odd details. It keeps me up late, then wakes me up at dawn to tell me its latest idea. And the … Continue reading →

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Mirror, Mirror: The Easiest Dangerous Project

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Stacey

I’m seeing double here: four Krustys! – Louie The Kev’s sister is a nurse, and she says if she could tell people one thing, it’s to wear eye protection. Here’s a project that should have you reaching for the goggles and gloves … Continue reading →

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