my husband, the architect, who hates anything that has to do with houses. you should have seen him grin and bear it all weekend. what a nice hubby. and i am positively thrilled with my new french doors.
so the boys pulled off the deck along with some house and a door, etc, and dug out all the rotten bits. the deck was put on wrong so water pooled against the house.
the 2×8 that sits on top of the concrete (that the joists sit on) was all rotted out. so they had to shave it off some, butt the new one up against it and hammer it in, sliding the old one out the back. or something like that. they also had to pull up some of the sub floor in the kitchen and then piece it all back together. then they put the door up. and someday, someday i tell you, someone will put down my kitchen floor. and if you want to check how rednecks get things done, you can see all the pictures here and here.
LOVE the door Miranda (and the archway)! What is your kitchen floor going to be when it someday goes in?
ooo…this.
http://picasaweb.google.com/marcotto9/OurNotSoGlamorousLife/photo#5192643350289259954
and we are thinking about this funky, gray, retro formica. or this stuff i picked up cheap at the used building supply. i’ll get your vote once the floor is down and see what it needs.
and as you may be able to tell, i’m not letting “re-sale value” cloud my judgment.
The door looks nice.
oh thanks. it’s still not trimmed in yet or square, but so far so good.
Is that pink or red next to the white tile? I have boxes of the pink stuff sitting in my laundry room (also waiting to be put in), which will be all pink. I think it will compliment all your pink kitchen stuff so nicely.
mine is bubblegum. i’m using the leftovers in my laundry room too. i had to buy it by the case. piles of the stuff.