House Projects

[rose0529]

itll be nice to free up that counter space with the microwave over the range!

[Kracka]

itll be nice to free up that counter space with the microwave over the range!
Agreed, been wanting that for a long time! I can finally retire my 5 year old $25 Home Depot "temporary" microwave too :D

[asshanson]

We had a side by side fridge in our townhouse, couldn't hold anything, bad layout on those imho. Now have a french door with bottom freezer, and completely agree it seems like it holds twice as much.

Kitchen upgrades are looking good, the darker gray color is nice. I love the butcher block idea on the island, my dad made one for my sister as "new house" gift when they moved in. Just need to keep up on the maintenance and they last a really long time between resurfacing. Plus 2" of wood can be resurfaced many times, just sand it down a bit and refinish.

[JET]

Only bad thing about the butcher block is that it holds germs inside it. Chicken and fish is especially bad. Have you checked out stained concrete? That is pretty cool. Granite is the easiest to take care of, but I am not a huge fan of it. Recycled glass is another option starting to catch on.

[rose0529]

Set up some seasonal house mods this past weekend. We still have a few things to set up.... but thought id throw a few pics up.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-TCDxo7OseUA/VDMwM-aXX3I/AAAAAAAARcE/y6goqp3fRJE/s553-no/IMG_20141006_191224.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fa8366UtDXs/VDMwLsHyvWI/AAAAAAAARb4/E5Y0DbAXoKQ/w311-h553-no/2014-10-06%2B19.09.42.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eLav2VfvEPY/VDCKFksMQnI/AAAAAAAARTw/BAWqbsnSzjU/w311-h553-no/2014-10-04%2B19.00.17.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RjFWZ7Vjt08/VDMrp0bzTlI/AAAAAAAARaM/ZtzNut6ioa0/w983-h553-no/20141006_185332.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-VdzDr8FBWww/VDMrxetB1JI/AAAAAAAARa0/396YTEb7E1k/w983-h553-no/20141006_185404.jpg

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[Kracka]

Holy crap dude, that is intense! Please tell me those birds on the gutter are real...if so...F that, will not be visiting your house!

[A//// Guy]

You guys go all out! Awesome, i love it!

[turbotalon1g]

lol, oh man.

halloween has got to be awesome at your place.

[BriK]

Only bad thing about the butcher block is that it holds germs inside it. Chicken and fish is especially bad. Have you checked out stained concrete? That is pretty cool. Granite is the easiest to take care of, but I am not a huge fan of it. Recycled glass is another option starting to catch on.

Quartz is even easier to take care of than Granite. Granite is porous so you should seal it every year or two and it has the potential to stain; Quartz is non-porous so it never needs to be sealed, it won't stain and it's just as durable, heat-resistant, etc as Granite. And since Quartz is manufactured, as opposed to Granite which is quarried, there are more options for colors and patterns.

[A//// Guy]

Yea I was looking at quartz when the time comes to upgrade, colors are great and its ab it cheaper than granite. Which like you said can stain easily. I put granite in the bathroom and the dark stone also shows water spots very easily, id be going with a lighter quartz when the time comes.