November 29, 2016
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Weekend Project #4 – Sliding Mini-Pantry

*Side Note* This little project actually got completed over the summer. Better late than never I guess. This thing was on my mind ever since we first considered retrofitting a dishwasher into the cabinets. The tape measure showed that we’d be left with ~6″ wide cavity. We chose to position the dishwasher in such a way

August 23, 2016
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Weekend Project #3 – Kitchen Cabinet Roll-Outs

Among other house chores like troubleshooting the lawn mower and actually cutting the grass, I had a goal of building two roll-outs over the weekend so that we can have some more functional storage in the kitchen. Having a cabinet with fixed shelves that are nearly 2 feet deep and close to the floor makes for a frustrating storage

July 28, 2016
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Weekend Project #2 – Retrofitting a Dishwasher

For 4th of July weekend my parents came up to visit with their little trailer and conveniently camped out in the driveway. My sister and here boyfriend even visited from Texas! In addition to enjoying some quality family time my dad helped me break ground with this dishwasher project that I wanted to get done ASAP. This

July 26, 2016
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Kitchen Appliances and Storage…(yawn)

I’ve got some super exciting developments to share with you. Well, its exciting for us because we get to use these things. I will forgive you if your heart doesn’t start to beat faster while reading this post. We do a lot of cooking and therefore spend a lot of our time in the kitchen it seems. If

July 22, 2016
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Weekend Project #1 – Paint the Garage

So one recent Saturday morning while drinking my coffee I thought “it’s now or never”! I knew that once the garage became populated with tools and other projects, it would never get painted. So I got to work moving boxes inside, removing nails, screws, etc. This little garage is not even close to my dream shop but it is way better than