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The fun never sets!

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  • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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    Aqua Letifer
    wrote on last edited by
    #52

    That is one seriously nice kitchen. I like the finish on the floor cabinets and how they differ from up top. Do the cats get up top on the counter? Are you going to have to do the aluminum foil thing?

    Please love yourself.

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    • MikM Away
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      Mik
      wrote on last edited by
      #53

      They really don’t t very often, but we have lots of high places for them to be on.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • RenaudaR Offline
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        Renauda
        wrote on last edited by Renauda
        #54

        Looks great, Mik. We refinished our kitchen cabinet doors fours years ago. We decided to do it ourselves. Turned out fine. A lot of work though. Started in June and finished end of September. Had to make a painting booth inside the garage.

        Elbows up!

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        • MikM Away
          MikM Away
          Mik
          wrote on last edited by Mik
          #55

          Thanks! Yeah, I did the same thing in 2005. A LOT of work. I have since developed an aversion to that kind of stuff.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
            wrote on last edited by
            #56

            Looks wonderful.

            I will never, ever, remodel anything again.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • MikM Away
              MikM Away
              Mik
              wrote on last edited by
              #57

              I wondered. You were asking about quartz and I just thought your place is too new to remodel.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • MikM Mik

                I wondered. You were asking about quartz and I just thought your place is too new to remodel.

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                George K
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                #58

                @Mik said in The fun never sets!:

                your place is too new to remodel

                15 years.

                I love our granite, however. It's most unusual.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • B Offline
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                  blondie
                  wrote on last edited by blondie
                  #59

                  2 of our 3 kitties (R.I.P.) used to rub up on every corner they could. Over time I could see these greasy dark rub spots. It especially bugged me in our last house where we had the white MDF cabinets. I was constantly bending down cleaning corners. My husband wants a cat again. And one cat always leads to 2 and so on with us. I gotta plan ahead with the cabinets.

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                  • MikM Away
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                    Mik
                    wrote on last edited by Mik
                    #60

                    Luna does that. She claims everything all day. Other than that she is the perfect cat - never, ever does anything she’s not supposed to. Stella, on the other hand, has two speeds - asleep and busy, busy, busy.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      blondie
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #61

                      I remember putting water bottles up high on top around the periphery of the fridge to prevent our boy cats from jumping from the island or lower cabinets. Once they got on top of the fridge they’d jump to the upper cabinets and chase each other. Scary, especially when mama is cooking below.

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                      • MikM Away
                        MikM Away
                        Mik
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #62

                        “Kitty in the stew!” 😆

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        • MikM Mik

                          Thanks! Yeah, I did the same thing in 2005. A LOT of work. I have since developed an aversion to that kind of stuff.

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                          Renauda
                          wrote on last edited by Renauda
                          #63

                          @Mik

                          I have since developed an aversion to that kind of stuff.

                          I have an aversion to starting a project of that sort. Once started however I have greater aversion to not doing it with at least a degree or two of professionalism or worse, leaving it incomplete. I actually convince myself I am enjoying it all.

                          Elbows up!

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                          • MikM Away
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                            Mik
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                            #64

                            I used to actually enjoy it a lot. About 60 or so a switch just flipped. Not sure why. I guess 25 years of painting, trenching, remodeling, tearing down and putting up walls, adding exterior doors and rebuilding the deck just used it up. I was a perfectionist then, but no longer.

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            • MikM Mik

                              I used to actually enjoy it a lot. About 60 or so a switch just flipped. Not sure why. I guess 25 years of painting, trenching, remodeling, tearing down and putting up walls, adding exterior doors and rebuilding the deck just used it up. I was a perfectionist then, but no longer.

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                              Renauda
                              wrote on last edited by Renauda
                              #65

                              @Mik

                              I think I know what you mean. I’ve even noticed that my enthusiasm for major projects grows ever dimmer as years pass..

                              Elbows up!

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                              • MikM Away
                                MikM Away
                                Mik
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #66

                                Sadly I just came in from staining three 8' shoe mouldings. Got a perfect match to what's there now.

                                But I hated it. I hated going to Menard's...I hated finding the mouldings (farthest possible corner of the store). Then I hated going to the OTHER farthest corner of the store to find wood stains. I hated the agony of picking the right stain, then schlepping up to the cash register. Then I hated setting up the saw horses. Staining them was hard on the back because my saw horses are just above knee height. But they look great.

                                I still hate it.

                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  Jolly
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #67

                                  Does this mean a new career as a painting contractor is not in the works? 😆

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #68

                                    When we bought the house all of the woodwork, other than the crown moldings, was painted white.

                                    We spent months stripping paint.

                                    I woulnd't wish that task on anyone. Well, maybe on some people, but almost not anyone.

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • MikM Away
                                      MikM Away
                                      Mik
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #69

                                      No one you like, anyway.

                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      • JollyJ Jolly

                                        Does this mean a new career as a painting contractor is not in the works? 😆

                                        MikM Away
                                        MikM Away
                                        Mik
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #70

                                        @Jolly said in The fun never sets!:

                                        Does this mean a new career as a painting contractor is not in the works? 😆

                                        Never say never in a recession.

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                        • MikM Mik

                                          @Jolly said in The fun never sets!:

                                          Does this mean a new career as a painting contractor is not in the works? 😆

                                          Never say never in a recession.

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                                          Jolly
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #71

                                          @Mik said in The fun never sets!:

                                          @Jolly said in The fun never sets!:

                                          Does this mean a new career as a painting contractor is not in the works? 😆

                                          Never say never in a recession.

                                          Had a first cousin that had a business fail and a divorce at the same time. He was mid-thirties, broke and everything he owned was in the truck.

                                          And...It was during a recession.

                                          He started by knocking on doors in carefully chosen subdivisions...One story, brick veneer homes. He told the owner if they bought the paint, he'd paint the house for x dollars and he did the first couple cheap. After that, business picked up and he was soon able to afford a contractor account at Sherwin-Williams.

                                          He made a good living and sold the biz ten years later...

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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