Bikerscum - Patrick St. Jean

The paint dried overnight and Jeff and his wife showed up this morning and finished installing the knobs and pulls on the new door and drawer fronts. After that was done we got the new microwave hung. I've got to say that it was well worth pulling that… more »

The carpenter came by today and put up the rebuilt over-the-microwave cabinet and then took off all of the doors in preparation for sanding, priming, and painting the boxes. It's looking good and I'll be posting pictures as the work progresses, you can… more »

The carpenter came by and removed the microwave and took down the cabinet that needs to be shortened. The kitchen looks a little odd without it there, but it'll be back soon enough. It looks like the doors should be ready to go next week, so hopefully… more »

I've had a Sun StorEdge cabinet sitting in the garage for a while now and finally got around to making it into a tool chest. The first part of the fun was stripping everything StorEdge out of it: fiber, power cables, PDUs, fiber switches, GBICs, and all… more »

We found the granite I'm going to use for the new kitchen counter at Floor and Decor Outlets. It's their Venetian Gold. I'm really excited about getting the new countertop in, and it looks like the carpenter's working on the cabinet doors as well. I a… more »

The carpenter came by and cleaned up the box for the stove and I've got the gas line hooked up and have flamage! I'm looking forward to cooking something hot for breakfast, it's been too long without one. It's in there temporarily because we've still g… more »

In this chapter we see our intrepid homeowner, three weeks in to being without a stove, finding a steal on a new gas range and microwave oven at Best Buy of all places.  Delivery to take place in about two weeks, so more grilling and microwave cooking is… more »

I finally got the cooktop and oven removed from their nooks in the cabinets and countertop and got a good look behind there.  There is, in fact, a gas line back there, in the middle of a hole the builders helpfully hammered out of the drywall.  So now I'… more »

The guys came by a little late, thus making me miss the Cakewrecks signing, but the flooring's in.  It looks awesome, now I've got to get everything moved back in to the room and wire up the surround sound and the A/V stuff.  The upstairs is almost done,… more »

The brute squad descended on the house today and between all of us got the living room painted (walls, ceiling, and trim) as well as the same for the hallway, plus the electrical outlets and switches swapped out, and the carpet has been removed from the… more »