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  • Kitchen Remodeling – Time

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    Kitchen Remodeling  – Time The third most important element in remodeling a kitchen (or any other space for that matter)  is time. t is essential from three points of view – the time you want to spend on remodeling, the time want it to last and the time you will spend there.. If you’re redecorating…

  • Kitchen Remodeling – space

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    Kitchen remodeling::space Tips & ideas As I wrote in the previous article, the second most important element in remodeling a kitchen is space. The kitchen is the heart of the home. Not only is this the place where you prepare food to keep your body going – but it’s a place where you can share…

  • DIY Home Decor

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    DIY Home Decor Week 20 – the floor layers The floor layers have walked out on us. It turned out that the boss is a relative of the plasterer who had previously walked out on me because I dared to complain about the quality of his work. At the time I refused to pay him…

  • Home Redecoration

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    DIY Home Redecoration Kitchen Remodeling – week 19 The floor laying has started – at last. Given that the wood pieces are reclaimed from an old factory, every single one of them has to be checked and cleaned before gluing them down. Most are covered in (horrid, black, sticky) bitumen which needs to be scraped…

  • Home Remodeling

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    Home Remodeling Week 18 The floor layers were due to start this week – they called to postpone till next week because they are running behind with their current project. Why do builders always underestimate the time a project needs? They come up with a timetable, but don’t even consider the possibility of things going…

  • Home Remodeling

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    DIY – Home Remodeling Week 17 I still haven’t recovered from the experience with the plasterer. He’s done such an awful job – I spent the last ten days rectifying his work. I’m now glad that I didn’t pay him  – well, actually, he just walked out on me without waiting for payment. He got…

  • Kitchen redecorating

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    Kitchen redecorating DIY Project – diary – week 16 I’ve had it with Bristish builders! The plasterer turned up last Saturday and asked if he could do the job there and then. At this point I should have said that he was supposed to call beforehand to arrange a time and date for doing the…

  • Home Remodeling diary

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    Kitchen Remodeling — Week 15 I managed to get a plumber, who was working on another project, to come over to do a day’s work. We wanted him to move two radiators to their new location and remove one from the kitchen. The work itself took him 3-4 hours, the other 4 hours of the…

  • Home Improvement Tips

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    Home Improvement tips Do you need any home improvement tips? Why don’t you check out our DIY Tips section? Do you have any tips? Why don’t you submit your tip to the following categories:.. Home Decorating Tips Bedroom Decorating Bathroom Decorating Office Decorating Kitchen Decorating Nursery Decorating Decorating Kid Rooms Outdoor Decoration Interior Painting Tips…

  • Home Remodeling Project

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    DIY Home Remodeling Project Week 14 I spent a couple of days emptying the old kitchen cabinets. I put most things into plastic boxes and took them to the garden. This wasn’t the most sensible idea I’ve ever had – by the end of the week the plastic boxes that contained food were full of ants…