The fun never sets!

[Friday]

10 bags? For such a small kitchen you sure do have a lot of stuff. Or are the bags small?

[Mik]

13 gallon bags, so medium. 32 years of stuff, yeah. We’re being pretty ruthless about pitching stuff. If we don’t use it at least once a year it’s gone.

[blondie]

It’s those bulging cans of tomato sauce that scare me. I’ve a “special” tub of mugs I’ll regift back to my kid hahaha.

[Mik]

Yeah, Janet used to sell canned tomato products so she’s keenly aware of expiration dates. We have a pantry cabinet that’s so deep that it becomes the canned goods graveyard. After this week we will have slide out shelve so access to everything.

[blondie]

Our present (2006) pantry setup has a 72” high single cupboard with one middle stationary shelf and the rest sliders. I really like the sliders for pasta, cereals, packaged stuff. I sure hope the sliders in my new pantry cupboard are made more sturdy because I always defaulted to putting the cans on that middle stationary shelf. It was the weight of multiple cans that made me nervous.

[kluurs]

@blondie said in The fun never sets!:

It’s those bulging cans of tomato sauce that scare me. I’ve a “special” tub of mugs I’ll regift back to my kid hahaha.

Years ago, my spouse just put the first cut in the top of a can of tomato paste. It was explosive with tomato paste all over the kitchen - every cabinet, windows, ceiling - all over each of us. It was amazing how much devestation from such a small incision.

[blondie]

@kluurs Yikes!

[Mik]

The scare factor would still be better than the clean up.

[George K]

BTW why did you choose quartz?

[Mik]

Looks and toughness. Easier to clean, won't stain. Only thing I have to be careful about is not putting hot pans down on it. I could do that with granite.

This is what we picked - Aspen Gray

[Mik]

Inspector Stella is on the job.

[blondie]

Looking fantastic!

[Mik]

The gray stuff started going up today. Again, being inspected.

[George K]

How long has this taken, so far?

WHat's the estimated total time?

[blondie]

I rather like your tiled backsplash too. Classy!
I’ve an appointment in 2 weeks with a designer lady. My anxiety of the kitchen is high. I don’t do well with creative types. I know it’ll be quartz; I want a quartz backsplash too so I won’t stress over tile. I don’t want white/cream MDF on bottom cabinets, and I’m still recovering from yellowed honey-oak and oranged red-oak from the 90’s. I guess I’ll have to see my options and how expensive stained wood is. I might go rogue and ditch the shaker cabinets for something flat and modern. I really hate cleaning those crevices.

[Mik]

@George-K said in The fun never sets!:

How long has this taken, so far?

WHat's the estimated total time?

The counter was one day. We are on the second day of refacing and it will likely take two or three more, but civilized hours - 10 to 4.

[blondie]

@Mik Are they stripping your cupboard frames chemically, then sanding? Is it dustless or messy? How are they doing it?

[Mik]

They sand it down to wood, yeah, there’s dust but lot like site finished hardwood. Then they apply veneer to the cabinet facings. The doors will be maple. Here’s what it looks like now.

[Mik]

I’d stay away from MDF too. Wood stains are coming back and there are some gorgeous ones, but pricey. You might consider colors - we only went with the gray bottoms because it worked well with the backsplash and it shows the wood grain. We will add color with wallpaper on the walls and tray ceilings -,probably a blue faux grass cloth.

[Mik]

I’m a great kibitzer, so if you post pictures I’ll be glad to submit my unsolicited ideas.