Doors

Delta Touch2O Faucet — Imperfectly Beautiful

May 2, 2011

Why can’t something just be totally perfect? Must there always be a catch? These are the questions I’ve been asking myself in the days and weeks since I replaced my kitchen faucet with a new Touch2O faucet from Delta Faucet. You see, the faucet is perfect! Totally perfect. Honestly, I’m not sure I’ve ever added [...]

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Plantation Shutter Doors

October 24, 2010

“Plantation Shutter Doors”… Is that a thing, or are these just called “Plantation Doors”? Last week, I wrote a post about window blinds and I made a negative remark about plantation shutters. What was I thinking? I must have been kidnapped by aliens. Not three hours after posting that, I came across this picture at [...]

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Replacement Kitchen Cabinet Doors — An Alternative to New Cabinets

February 19, 2010

“I need a new kitchen!” These words are often spoken with some combination of feelings. These might include excitement, anticipation, and maybe a bit of old-fashioned fear! Fear of the work being too hard, fear that the cost will be too high, and fear of a bunch of contractors making life way too complicated! I’ve [...]

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Get Creative and Be Different by Building Your Own Doors!

December 3, 2009

I get a whole slew of email newsletters from various remodeling sources. They offer great inspiration and sometimes completely novel ideas. Like these doors in a recent newsletter from RemodelingCenter.com Cool Hardware, Cooler Doors The use of exposed sliding door hardware like this is gaining popularity. It looks cool, saves floor space, and is easy [...]

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Wall Mounted Sliding Door Hardware Can Change Your Roomscape!

December 2, 2009

Roomscape? Anyone ever heard of that word? I’m sure it’s widely used somewhere, but for the time being I’m under the delusion that I made it up! I made it up because I was looking for an interesting word to describe the way a room feels; the way it looks; and the way it flows [...]

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An Entry Worth Lingering In!

October 14, 2009

The Nester’s Pic of The Week #2 The Nester was dreaming big when she sent me some house pictures she loved. This house here, in particular, is really amazing. She had seen it on Brooke Giannetti’s blog and fell in love. I think Brooke’s husband is the architect. The house is fantastic and too much [...]

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Remodeling Guy RAWKS and How to Teenage Proof Your Home!

May 21, 2009

Wait! Don’t change the channel just yet! It’s not how it sounds. I don’t mean I rock in the whole “yeah, I know it, I rock” sense of the phrase. That would be vain, and they didn’t write the song about me. Honk if you get it. No, I don’t mean I rock all the [...]

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Sliding Door Hardware and Drywall Repairs!

May 15, 2009

Maybe that should be an either/or instead of an “and” in the title. Because the whole point of this awesome new door hardware is to prevent the drywall repairs! Take a look: Isn’t that nice looking? This is new Wall Mounted Sliding Door hardware from Johnson Hardware (who I really like to use). I wrote [...]

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