9.26.2014

Hi, remember me.

Hi, all! Remember me? Lisa from southern New Jersey, owner of The Pilot, partner in crime to the Dude?

Well, it's been some time since I posted last but I'm starting up the old blog again to share what's been going on with our house projects and to share a new project we are currently working on. 

A few weeks ago we finally got our act together and decided to create a bit of a mess with a full-gut of our lame, sad, kitchen from 1984. Who doesn't like some organized destruction...perhaps our neighbors who could not park in front of our house for a few days?


I think our old kitchen had the potential to win one of those "World's Worst Kitchen" contests but we aren't that motivated to make a stupid video, send it in, and be actor-y.  I'd rather pay good money for a kitchen that I like than be stuck with one of show's "designer's" wacky ideas.

Here's our kitchen all cleared out and in it's former state of being...


Okay, let's discuss the ugly:
  • faux parquet floors
  • faux butcher block countertops
  • faux wood cabinets
  • faux brick paneling
  • faux wood plank ceiling
  • two boob lights
  • no good soffit
  • peeling painted over wallpaper (my mother decided the day we moved in to start ripping off the wallpaper because it was "fun" - that was nine years ago)
This kitchen was filled with fakes like a New York city street corner. 

After we filled up those two Bagsters, our kitchen became a shell of a kitchen. You'll note that prior to the kitchen's last remodel in 1984, there was a large window to the right. That was the only surprise we found and lots of bad electrical wiring.


Thanks for reading to this point and I hope you stick around for more updates at a higher frequency.

Yay for a kitchen remodel!

3 comments:

  1. Looks great. I can't wait to see what you do with it. Keep up the good work.

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  2. Since you planned to leave that wall mostly free of cabinets, will you restore the big window?

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    1. We won't be using the opening for that big window. Our house is quite close to the neighbors and the window would just focus on their crappy house.

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