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« on: October 26, 2009, 11:40:33 AM »

 
This is my kitchen.



It's not such a bad little kitchen. Many's the time I have spent a happy hour here putting beer in the fridge, getting beer out of the fridge,
pouring beer into frozen mugs, wondering why we're out of beer all the time...

So, yes, I think it is a perfectly good kitchen.

But I am a man, so I am wrong.

This kitchen has one obvious fatal flaw. Can you spot it?
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« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2009, 11:40:51 AM »


See the circled part? The laminate fascia has started to peel off of the cabinet at that corner.



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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2009, 11:41:57 AM »

 
OMG! When my wife saw that tiny peeled corner, her vision started to blur with revulsion.



And you know what that means...

We have no choice other than to completely remodel the entire kitchen!

This makes perfect sense when you realize that:
a. As a man, I don't care about peeling fascia. I would just duct tape it down or stick a C-clamp on it. And
b. As a woman, my wife really needs me to just shhhhhsh for a minute, can't I see she's on the phone with a new loan officer?

$50,000,000,000.00 in debt later, we start making our remodeling plans.

Where do we begin? From the ground up, obviously. This means new flooring in the kitchen.

Me: Tile?
She: *crosses arms*
Me: No, too functional for a kitchen. Gah. That would be stupid. Puh. How about carpet?
She: *taps foot and frowns*
Me: What, honey? I was just covering all the bases, you don't have to look at me like that. Let's get wood!

Yes! Wood! Paula Deen has wood in her kitchen, apparently. So does Jennifer Aniston. Also Ophra. Clearly this is what we need, too.

Because we, also, are rich and powerful entertainment celebrities with an almost unlimited budget, in a certain wife's mind.

But, is this the kind of job we can tackle ourselves, thereby saving over twelve dollars in installation costs, with the added benefit of
multiple hospital visits from power tool mishaps and me screwing around with the Super Glue?

There's only one way to find out: install new flooring in some OTHER room first, as a practice run!

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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2009, 11:43:07 AM »


We picked our son's bedroom for the experiment since he is a teenaged boy and is never in it. He is too busy hanging out on the street
corner with his friends, wearing matching jackets, doing snazzy group dance routines and snapping his fingers menacingly with all the
other Jets and Sharks. We emptied his room, I confiscated his Playboys, and we stripped out his carpet.



It went fairly well, I guess, except for my not being able to bend at the knee or pinkies for the next three weeks.
Those people who say "Oh! Installing wood flooring is easy! All you have to do is snap the pieces in place like a big jigsaw puzzle" can
expect a red, raw, peeling, ashy knee to the groin in the future.



So, armed with confidence in our floor laying skills, it's time to rip up the floor in the kitchen, and get rid of those offensive cabinets.

Wait.

Our family room adjoins the kitchen. Hmmmmm...

I think you know what is about to happen. This is the "foreshadowing" portion of my story.
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2009, 11:43:52 AM »

 
Yes! As long as we're remodeling the kitchen half of the room, we might as well go bankrupt on the family room half as well!
Just because I had to undergo medical experimentation in order to afford to put new carpet in the family room just last Winter doesn't
mean that we can't rip that up and put wood flooring in that space, too.



I am so excited I might have to kick somebody in the nuts!
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2009, 11:44:49 AM »

 
Hmmm...this wall is going to have to go, though. Let's see what's inside it.



Wow, it's full of electrical wiring, and those tubes that squirt insecticide inside your walls, not actually keeping your home pest-free, but
at least making it smell like a bug-bomb has been detonated in a musty closet containing a wet dog and dirty socks.

Let me call a contractor and see how much it would cos**WIFEPUNCH**ok well that wall is gone. Nice work, honey!



Sorry, leg-tattoo guy, I should have warned you about Mrs. DemolitionPants. You should probably put some ice on that.
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« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2009, 11:45:21 AM »


I'm not saying that the Mrs. is a home improvement ADDICT, or anything like that, I'm just asking you how many times you think our
kitchen has been repainted already? I count four.


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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2009, 11:46:00 AM »

 
Now that the floors are stripped to the bare cement, we can begin with the most fundamental part of any kitchen: fancy pendant lights!


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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2009, 11:46:40 AM »


The electrical contractor guys were really great. They took one look at me and offered to let me help install the new electrical outlets.
They were so happy to have my help that they were laughing out loud. Really loud. For a long time. Anyway...

They installed an outlet in about four mintutes, then said "Ok, make yours look exactly like this."



Well, I'm no professional electrician, or anything, and it took me a few tries to get it right, but I finally finished with the satisfied
knowledge of a job well-done. The electricians laughed again, to show their appreciation for my work. Really loud. For a long time. Anyway...



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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2009, 11:46:59 AM »

** MORE TO COME **
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« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2009, 12:12:31 PM »

Isn't it cheaper to get a new wife?  Maybe one of those new models...
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« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2009, 03:09:28 PM »

I am utterly speachless............

ummm..good luck?HuhHuh??
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« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2009, 05:15:07 PM »

I love it that J is putting in a Punch-A-Mole wall.

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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2009, 07:00:11 PM »

You failed to mention the manliest part: breaking up the tile.  That chore is miserable.

I'm proud of you.
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« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2009, 07:48:41 PM »

This is so funny Smiley Can't wait to see the end product!  Great job so far J!
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