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Participant[quote=jeeman]UCGal,
Do you have pictures of your cabs before and after sanding/painting?[/quote]
I have some before… Right now we’re midway through – so no “after” pics. And we still haven’t done countertops. We’ve done the floor, but not the kickplates/baseboards… It’s very much a disaster kitchen at the moment. Fortunately, it still functions for meal prep – since my husband has this as a lower priority than I do.
I’ll see if I can find a good before picture for you, tonight.
Participant[quote=jeeman]UCGal,
Do you have pictures of your cabs before and after sanding/painting?[/quote]
I have some before… Right now we’re midway through – so no “after” pics. And we still haven’t done countertops. We’ve done the floor, but not the kickplates/baseboards… It’s very much a disaster kitchen at the moment. Fortunately, it still functions for meal prep – since my husband has this as a lower priority than I do.
I’ll see if I can find a good before picture for you, tonight.
Participant[quote=equalizer]
It doesn’t matter how many times we quote the CA malpractice statute, no one ever believes it because they have been conditioned to scapegoat easy target – laywers. Some of the reasons for high costs in CA are due to high salaries, high expenses, earthquake retrofit mandate for all older hospitals, and the illegals who don’t pay.[/quote]Valid point about earthquake retrofitting hospitals here in CA and the illegal alien burden on all of the border states.
But the earthquake retrofit one – I’m personally, selfishly, glad about that one. My husband’s an architect who does hospital/OSHPD work – so it’s part of my family’s bread and butter.
Participant[quote=equalizer]
It doesn’t matter how many times we quote the CA malpractice statute, no one ever believes it because they have been conditioned to scapegoat easy target – laywers. Some of the reasons for high costs in CA are due to high salaries, high expenses, earthquake retrofit mandate for all older hospitals, and the illegals who don’t pay.[/quote]Valid point about earthquake retrofitting hospitals here in CA and the illegal alien burden on all of the border states.
But the earthquake retrofit one – I’m personally, selfishly, glad about that one. My husband’s an architect who does hospital/OSHPD work – so it’s part of my family’s bread and butter.
Participant[quote=equalizer]
It doesn’t matter how many times we quote the CA malpractice statute, no one ever believes it because they have been conditioned to scapegoat easy target – laywers. Some of the reasons for high costs in CA are due to high salaries, high expenses, earthquake retrofit mandate for all older hospitals, and the illegals who don’t pay.[/quote]Valid point about earthquake retrofitting hospitals here in CA and the illegal alien burden on all of the border states.
But the earthquake retrofit one – I’m personally, selfishly, glad about that one. My husband’s an architect who does hospital/OSHPD work – so it’s part of my family’s bread and butter.
Participant[quote=equalizer]
It doesn’t matter how many times we quote the CA malpractice statute, no one ever believes it because they have been conditioned to scapegoat easy target – laywers. Some of the reasons for high costs in CA are due to high salaries, high expenses, earthquake retrofit mandate for all older hospitals, and the illegals who don’t pay.[/quote]Valid point about earthquake retrofitting hospitals here in CA and the illegal alien burden on all of the border states.
But the earthquake retrofit one – I’m personally, selfishly, glad about that one. My husband’s an architect who does hospital/OSHPD work – so it’s part of my family’s bread and butter.
Participant[quote=equalizer]
It doesn’t matter how many times we quote the CA malpractice statute, no one ever believes it because they have been conditioned to scapegoat easy target – laywers. Some of the reasons for high costs in CA are due to high salaries, high expenses, earthquake retrofit mandate for all older hospitals, and the illegals who don’t pay.[/quote]Valid point about earthquake retrofitting hospitals here in CA and the illegal alien burden on all of the border states.
But the earthquake retrofit one – I’m personally, selfishly, glad about that one. My husband’s an architect who does hospital/OSHPD work – so it’s part of my family’s bread and butter.
ParticipantWe’re in the VERY long process of a DYI kitchen redo. We’ve chosen to keep the original 1960’s cabinets because they are solid wood. We’re sanding/painting them. The doors are plain front – which is not to some people’s taste – but I like it. Simple, unfussy – and makes the sanding/resurfacing much easier.
We looked at cabinets at HD, Lowes, Ikea, etc… We were not impressed with prices or quality.
Another pet peeve of mine. Our existing upper cabinets go to the ceiling. Which means we have more storage and don’t have that gap that gathers dust and isn’t useful that you see in most kitchens these days. We looked for pre-fab upper cabinets that were of a similar height and there weren’t any. I see so many kitchens that have that gap from about 7′ up. That gap drives me nuts.
It’s labor intensive to resurface existing cabinets – but in our case it was worth it because the exising cabinets built from quality dimensioned lumber and were of the size we wanted. It does tie us to the existing layout – but that’s ok because the layout works.
ParticipantWe’re in the VERY long process of a DYI kitchen redo. We’ve chosen to keep the original 1960’s cabinets because they are solid wood. We’re sanding/painting them. The doors are plain front – which is not to some people’s taste – but I like it. Simple, unfussy – and makes the sanding/resurfacing much easier.
We looked at cabinets at HD, Lowes, Ikea, etc… We were not impressed with prices or quality.
Another pet peeve of mine. Our existing upper cabinets go to the ceiling. Which means we have more storage and don’t have that gap that gathers dust and isn’t useful that you see in most kitchens these days. We looked for pre-fab upper cabinets that were of a similar height and there weren’t any. I see so many kitchens that have that gap from about 7′ up. That gap drives me nuts.
It’s labor intensive to resurface existing cabinets – but in our case it was worth it because the exising cabinets built from quality dimensioned lumber and were of the size we wanted. It does tie us to the existing layout – but that’s ok because the layout works.
ParticipantWe’re in the VERY long process of a DYI kitchen redo. We’ve chosen to keep the original 1960’s cabinets because they are solid wood. We’re sanding/painting them. The doors are plain front – which is not to some people’s taste – but I like it. Simple, unfussy – and makes the sanding/resurfacing much easier.
We looked at cabinets at HD, Lowes, Ikea, etc… We were not impressed with prices or quality.
Another pet peeve of mine. Our existing upper cabinets go to the ceiling. Which means we have more storage and don’t have that gap that gathers dust and isn’t useful that you see in most kitchens these days. We looked for pre-fab upper cabinets that were of a similar height and there weren’t any. I see so many kitchens that have that gap from about 7′ up. That gap drives me nuts.
It’s labor intensive to resurface existing cabinets – but in our case it was worth it because the exising cabinets built from quality dimensioned lumber and were of the size we wanted. It does tie us to the existing layout – but that’s ok because the layout works.
ParticipantWe’re in the VERY long process of a DYI kitchen redo. We’ve chosen to keep the original 1960’s cabinets because they are solid wood. We’re sanding/painting them. The doors are plain front – which is not to some people’s taste – but I like it. Simple, unfussy – and makes the sanding/resurfacing much easier.
We looked at cabinets at HD, Lowes, Ikea, etc… We were not impressed with prices or quality.
Another pet peeve of mine. Our existing upper cabinets go to the ceiling. Which means we have more storage and don’t have that gap that gathers dust and isn’t useful that you see in most kitchens these days. We looked for pre-fab upper cabinets that were of a similar height and there weren’t any. I see so many kitchens that have that gap from about 7′ up. That gap drives me nuts.
It’s labor intensive to resurface existing cabinets – but in our case it was worth it because the exising cabinets built from quality dimensioned lumber and were of the size we wanted. It does tie us to the existing layout – but that’s ok because the layout works.
ParticipantWe’re in the VERY long process of a DYI kitchen redo. We’ve chosen to keep the original 1960’s cabinets because they are solid wood. We’re sanding/painting them. The doors are plain front – which is not to some people’s taste – but I like it. Simple, unfussy – and makes the sanding/resurfacing much easier.
We looked at cabinets at HD, Lowes, Ikea, etc… We were not impressed with prices or quality.
Another pet peeve of mine. Our existing upper cabinets go to the ceiling. Which means we have more storage and don’t have that gap that gathers dust and isn’t useful that you see in most kitchens these days. We looked for pre-fab upper cabinets that were of a similar height and there weren’t any. I see so many kitchens that have that gap from about 7′ up. That gap drives me nuts.
It’s labor intensive to resurface existing cabinets – but in our case it was worth it because the exising cabinets built from quality dimensioned lumber and were of the size we wanted. It does tie us to the existing layout – but that’s ok because the layout works.
ParticipantNot to sound all pessimistic and gloomy like Scaredy – but is anyone happy 100% of the time?
Are single people happy 100% of the time?
Marriage will not solve your problems – but it can make life richer and more enjoyable. It can also make life more miserable if you’re in a bad marriage.
Even if you have a job you love – do you love it every day of the week and never dream of chucking it all and retiring early?
Marriage is like that – you hope for and work for a marriage that adds more to your life than subtracts.
My parents were married for 47 years when my mom died. They were close to divorce a few times. But they worked it out. They were absolutely miserable during those rough spots. But they had good times AFTER the bad times – they’d managed to put things back together and enjoy life with each other again. It’s given me a clear view that marriage does not make you happy you have to work on your own happiness – and marriage doesn’t solve all your problems.
I’ve only been married 10 years – but it’s long enough that the “bloom is gone” – but we have a solid foundation and we still enjoy each others company. I’d rather be going through life with my husband than without him. Do we fight – sure. Am I 100% happy with everything he does… Hell no.
I’ve got a lot of friends just like me.
I also have friends who are divorced. Many of them should never have gotten married in the first place. But they didn’t have very realistic views of what a marriage is before they got married. I’m not surprised they’re divorced.
To make blanket statements that all marriage is good or all marriage is bad, that marriage is unnatural for everyone… that misses the fact there ARE good solid marriages out there.
ParticipantNot to sound all pessimistic and gloomy like Scaredy – but is anyone happy 100% of the time?
Are single people happy 100% of the time?
Marriage will not solve your problems – but it can make life richer and more enjoyable. It can also make life more miserable if you’re in a bad marriage.
Even if you have a job you love – do you love it every day of the week and never dream of chucking it all and retiring early?
Marriage is like that – you hope for and work for a marriage that adds more to your life than subtracts.
My parents were married for 47 years when my mom died. They were close to divorce a few times. But they worked it out. They were absolutely miserable during those rough spots. But they had good times AFTER the bad times – they’d managed to put things back together and enjoy life with each other again. It’s given me a clear view that marriage does not make you happy you have to work on your own happiness – and marriage doesn’t solve all your problems.
I’ve only been married 10 years – but it’s long enough that the “bloom is gone” – but we have a solid foundation and we still enjoy each others company. I’d rather be going through life with my husband than without him. Do we fight – sure. Am I 100% happy with everything he does… Hell no.
I’ve got a lot of friends just like me.
I also have friends who are divorced. Many of them should never have gotten married in the first place. But they didn’t have very realistic views of what a marriage is before they got married. I’m not surprised they’re divorced.
To make blanket statements that all marriage is good or all marriage is bad, that marriage is unnatural for everyone… that misses the fact there ARE good solid marriages out there.
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