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The place looks great Eddie! That is one of the best looking 4k kitchens I"ve seen. Glad to see you made it through Rita.
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Wow! What tremendous progress since the last pictures...
I wish I had your drive to get things done.
I wish I had your drive to get things done.
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( everything sanded off the ceiling must fall down )</font>
That's a great picture, Eddie. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif And I understand about making the most of small spaces. If I remember right, you said 1013 sq. ft. which is exactly what we had in our little 2 bedroom mobile home. This house we bought has 1294 sq. ft. air-conditioned, but is 3 bedroom with a nice big master bedroom which means the living room is really small! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif And it looks like black kitchen appliances are now in vogue; that's what we have, too. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Remember when it was "coppertone" and "avacado"? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Incidentally, I've always been an advocate of not having a dishwasher; hate those noisy contraptions, and hate repairing them, but of course my wife disagrees, so we've had Gaffers & Sattler, GE, Magic Chef, Maytag, Kenmore, and I'm not sure what else. But this house has a KitchenAid, black exterior, stainless steel interior, and I'd never know it was running if it weren't for the little red lights on the front. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
That's a great picture, Eddie. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif And I understand about making the most of small spaces. If I remember right, you said 1013 sq. ft. which is exactly what we had in our little 2 bedroom mobile home. This house we bought has 1294 sq. ft. air-conditioned, but is 3 bedroom with a nice big master bedroom which means the living room is really small! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif And it looks like black kitchen appliances are now in vogue; that's what we have, too. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Remember when it was "coppertone" and "avacado"? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Incidentally, I've always been an advocate of not having a dishwasher; hate those noisy contraptions, and hate repairing them, but of course my wife disagrees, so we've had Gaffers & Sattler, GE, Magic Chef, Maytag, Kenmore, and I'm not sure what else. But this house has a KitchenAid, black exterior, stainless steel interior, and I'd never know it was running if it weren't for the little red lights on the front. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
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<font color="blue"> Remember when it was "coppertone" and "avacado"? </font>
You can't leave out "harvest gold." /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
We bought all new Maytag appliances two years ago, with the intention of having them last for years. We picked out white for everything, so they should never go out of style.
You can't leave out "harvest gold." /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
We bought all new Maytag appliances two years ago, with the intention of having them last for years. We picked out white for everything, so they should never go out of style.
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( And it looks like black kitchen appliances are now in vogue; that's what we have, too. )</font>
Stainless steel with fingerprints all over them have replaced coppertone and avacado as the next "why did we ever buy this" type of appliance. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif At least that's my own opinion. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
So your KitchenAid is quiet. My GE is pretty quiet too, but my Sharp microwave sounds like it's growling. It's mainly from vibration. I can put my hand on top of it and it reduces the noise about 1/2. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Stainless steel with fingerprints all over them have replaced coppertone and avacado as the next "why did we ever buy this" type of appliance. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif At least that's my own opinion. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
So your KitchenAid is quiet. My GE is pretty quiet too, but my Sharp microwave sounds like it's growling. It's mainly from vibration. I can put my hand on top of it and it reduces the noise about 1/2. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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Yep, Andy, "harvest gold" was what we had in the house we bought in '77.
And Jim, who knows what color will be in vogue next. I would never have suspected black as being a color of choice for kitchens. If it had been up to me, I'd have probably stayed with white. The new double wide mobile home we bought in '97 had a GE dishwasher. It lasted about 2.5 years before the pump began leaking and I learned that you can't just change the pump; the pump and motor come as one unit and cost enough that we just replaced it with a Maytag. The Maytag was quieter than the GE, but not even close to the quietness of this KitchenAid.
This place we bought is unusual in a number of ways. It has the KitchenAid cookstove and dishwasher and a Kenmore microwave over the range; all black and all "appeared" to be brand new, but no owners manuals. Sears is "selling" me the manuals for the Microwave, but KitchenAid promptly sent manuals at no charge for the range and dishwasher. And all these things are at least 5 or 6 year old models. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif We've learned that the last two owners of the place were single men, and apparently they never did any cooking. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
And Jim, who knows what color will be in vogue next. I would never have suspected black as being a color of choice for kitchens. If it had been up to me, I'd have probably stayed with white. The new double wide mobile home we bought in '97 had a GE dishwasher. It lasted about 2.5 years before the pump began leaking and I learned that you can't just change the pump; the pump and motor come as one unit and cost enough that we just replaced it with a Maytag. The Maytag was quieter than the GE, but not even close to the quietness of this KitchenAid.
This place we bought is unusual in a number of ways. It has the KitchenAid cookstove and dishwasher and a Kenmore microwave over the range; all black and all "appeared" to be brand new, but no owners manuals. Sears is "selling" me the manuals for the Microwave, but KitchenAid promptly sent manuals at no charge for the range and dishwasher. And all these things are at least 5 or 6 year old models. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif We've learned that the last two owners of the place were single men, and apparently they never did any cooking. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue"> the last two owners of the place were single men, and apparently they never did any cooking. </font> )</font>
Hey Bird, some of us married men don't do a whole lot either.
I must admit that the B-B-Q and the smoker are still my responsibility though but I just can't compete with my wife in the kitchen so I don't even try. When she gets ill, she has to suffer my survival style cooking. It's usually a very good incentive for her to get better FAST.
Personally, I think the guy who invented "oven-ready French fries" ought to nominated for the Nobel Prize.
Hey Bird, some of us married men don't do a whole lot either.
I must admit that the B-B-Q and the smoker are still my responsibility though but I just can't compete with my wife in the kitchen so I don't even try. When she gets ill, she has to suffer my survival style cooking. It's usually a very good incentive for her to get better FAST.
Personally, I think the guy who invented "oven-ready French fries" ought to nominated for the Nobel Prize.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( </font><font color="blueclass=small">( And it looks like black kitchen appliances are now in vogue; that's what we have, too. )</font>
Stainless steel with fingerprints all over them have replaced coppertone and avacado as the next "why did we ever buy this" type of appliance. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif At least that's my own opinion. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
So your KitchenAid is quiet. My GE is pretty quiet too, but my Sharp microwave sounds like it's growling. It's mainly from vibration. I can put my hand on top of it and it reduces the noise about 1/2. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif )</font>
Nah, they have the stainless cleaner, it's really super easy especially now that there's only adults in the house!
Stainless steel with fingerprints all over them have replaced coppertone and avacado as the next "why did we ever buy this" type of appliance. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif At least that's my own opinion. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
So your KitchenAid is quiet. My GE is pretty quiet too, but my Sharp microwave sounds like it's growling. It's mainly from vibration. I can put my hand on top of it and it reduces the noise about 1/2. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif )</font>
Nah, they have the stainless cleaner, it's really super easy especially now that there's only adults in the house!
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Thanks to all for the nice words.
With the inside liveable, I'm going to finsih up the exterior. My next project is the front porch.
It will be 12 feet wide and nine feet deep. I started with a ledger board attached to the house set at a 4 in 12 pitch.
I used 3 inch lag bolts every sixteen inches.
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With the inside liveable, I'm going to finsih up the exterior. My next project is the front porch.
It will be 12 feet wide and nine feet deep. I started with a ledger board attached to the house set at a 4 in 12 pitch.
I used 3 inch lag bolts every sixteen inches.
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I set the ledger board location on what looked good to me. Kind of fit it in where I thought worked.
Anyway, since the ledger board is sort of in a random location, I needed to figure out where it lined up on the ground, so I used a string-bob. Marked the locations with a pencil and had my starting points to square up my porch.
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Anyway, since the ledger board is sort of in a random location, I needed to figure out where it lined up on the ground, so I used a string-bob. Marked the locations with a pencil and had my starting points to square up my porch.
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They just barely fit in the holes, but that was planned. I wanted these posts to be as thick as I could get to make a statement.
Getting them plumb was kind of tricky. I tried a level, than a second level and finally just eye balled it. I figures the taper of the log would be an issue, but the surface is so uneven that I couldn't even get a good guess with the levels.
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Getting them plumb was kind of tricky. I tried a level, than a second level and finally just eye balled it. I figures the taper of the log would be an issue, but the surface is so uneven that I couldn't even get a good guess with the levels.
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Trying to figure out the exact length the logs needed to be is math way beyond my capabilities.
I found a straight 12 foot 2x4 in my wood pile that I attached to my ledger board. Then I leveled it out and attached it to the post.
At this point I realized I needed to cut the post to the height of the bottom of the ledger board, so I screwed on a scrap piece of 2X6 flush with the top of the 2x4. Now the bottom of the 2x6 is where I need to cut the post.
It's kind of a round about method, but it worked. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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I found a straight 12 foot 2x4 in my wood pile that I attached to my ledger board. Then I leveled it out and attached it to the post.
At this point I realized I needed to cut the post to the height of the bottom of the ledger board, so I screwed on a scrap piece of 2X6 flush with the top of the 2x4. Now the bottom of the 2x6 is where I need to cut the post.
It's kind of a round about method, but it worked. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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The next issue was building and installing a truss in the middle of my roof. Nine feet is too far to span with 2x4's on edge.
I almost always work alone, which means I'm always using one tool for multiple purposes. To hold my rafter up while attaching it, I used my extension ladder with a shovel wedged in between the stephs to form an unstable tripod.
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I almost always work alone, which means I'm always using one tool for multiple purposes. To hold my rafter up while attaching it, I used my extension ladder with a shovel wedged in between the stephs to form an unstable tripod.
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Thanks for the updates, Eddie. It's looking great /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif!
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Dude YOU are amazing! Where did you learn all this stuff? Did your dad teach you? Are you an engineer or what? Ya know most people would have jsut gone out and bought a bed! Nope not eddy, "oh we need a bed" I'll build one.
Kind of excited about the porch project, sounds like it is going to be a big one. When we uilt our last home I had a few feet taken off the porch and I had a big walk in closet built in that space. Since the home is tight, possibly you might want to consider this idea. In it I kept the ironing board, the vaccuum cleaner, scrub buckets, and real important hooks for jackets. I found my family won't hang but they will hook. Course being form Wisconsin it was packed with snow pants, boots hats scarves and mittens as well, but you won't need that in texas.
I really did liekt he way my porch turned out and I'll give you an idea on how the builder did it at low cost. He bought screen doors and simply didn't drill out for the door nobs. He had beams set exactly wide enough to hold each screen door. The screen doors had like a thumb latch on them and you could take out the screen and put in the window glass. The builder said that some day when we had more money we could replace them very easily with something better, but actually we never did. The porch was not heated so we jsut used it as a 3 season room.
Finally my last porch idea and this is really more for Steph. I painted mine all white and used green and white furniture in the porch and it looked just lovely. A white porch is just so nice and bright and clean looking. Also we had 2 sky lights and you wouldn't think we would need them with all the screens but some how the builder was right, the skylights along with the all white made for a very nice bright porch, not a dark and dingy area.
You know you are a legend on TBN don't you?
Kudo's to your partner Steph. I work alongside my husband every day on our farm, we also "do it together" jsut like you and Steph. I am actually getting some pretty good biceps from sawing off almond branches. Hard work is good for you physically and mentally, especially if you are building something together, for yourselves. Congratualtions to you two.
Also I missed the thread showing your container home, can you post a link?
Kind of excited about the porch project, sounds like it is going to be a big one. When we uilt our last home I had a few feet taken off the porch and I had a big walk in closet built in that space. Since the home is tight, possibly you might want to consider this idea. In it I kept the ironing board, the vaccuum cleaner, scrub buckets, and real important hooks for jackets. I found my family won't hang but they will hook. Course being form Wisconsin it was packed with snow pants, boots hats scarves and mittens as well, but you won't need that in texas.
I really did liekt he way my porch turned out and I'll give you an idea on how the builder did it at low cost. He bought screen doors and simply didn't drill out for the door nobs. He had beams set exactly wide enough to hold each screen door. The screen doors had like a thumb latch on them and you could take out the screen and put in the window glass. The builder said that some day when we had more money we could replace them very easily with something better, but actually we never did. The porch was not heated so we jsut used it as a 3 season room.
Finally my last porch idea and this is really more for Steph. I painted mine all white and used green and white furniture in the porch and it looked just lovely. A white porch is just so nice and bright and clean looking. Also we had 2 sky lights and you wouldn't think we would need them with all the screens but some how the builder was right, the skylights along with the all white made for a very nice bright porch, not a dark and dingy area.
You know you are a legend on TBN don't you?
Kudo's to your partner Steph. I work alongside my husband every day on our farm, we also "do it together" jsut like you and Steph. I am actually getting some pretty good biceps from sawing off almond branches. Hard work is good for you physically and mentally, especially if you are building something together, for yourselves. Congratualtions to you two.
Also I missed the thread showing your container home, can you post a link?
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Rox,
Thanks for kind words. My parents had rental homes that I grew up working on. Renters don't take very good care of a home and some will just destroy a place for no better reason than spite. It's something I hated growing up, but now I love it. Go figure.
This porch project is another experiment on an idea I've had for the entrance to my store and cabins when I build the RV Park. Having it figured out in my mind and then drawing it out in paper is still a long way from actually building it. Even after it's done, I want to see how it works before I commit to it in the rest of my buildings.
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Thanks for kind words. My parents had rental homes that I grew up working on. Renters don't take very good care of a home and some will just destroy a place for no better reason than spite. It's something I hated growing up, but now I love it. Go figure.
This porch project is another experiment on an idea I've had for the entrance to my store and cabins when I build the RV Park. Having it figured out in my mind and then drawing it out in paper is still a long way from actually building it. Even after it's done, I want to see how it works before I commit to it in the rest of my buildings.
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