House Remodeling Thread (long)

[Trek420]

Pictures, we want pictures.

Some words of advice from my remodel guru. Not my carpenter, this is my cousin who I call the "contractor to the stars"

When I was in the planning stages, drawing, looking at architecture digest, sketching some more, ideas he said "find your sacred cows" in other words, what makes you happy? What are things you feel you can't live without.

You may find affordable ways to achieve those goals. Or you may decide that you have to have ____ to be happy and to save money on other things. But you'll be there for a while even if you intend to sell. Think about what you want. He expressed this more eloquently, you get the drift.

For me one of those things was that I wanted the kitchen sink centered on the window. The old one was not, the angle just seemed odd and when I washed dishes it bothered me.

I like to be able to look out the kitchen onto green space of some sort even though right now it's only a tiny patio. Here KnottedYet is enjoying the space.

I also wanted a pull out cutting board. Such a simple thing, but very glad I have it. What can I say, used to be a prep chef, I like to chop and dice stuff. More cutting boards more better