When we bought our house in 2001, my wife loved everything about it except the kitchen. Too small, she said. After saving for a few years, we have enough to build the kitchen she wants, but the deal is that we continue to save at the same rate for my 6 car garage I've been wanting for a while too .

Three weeks into the kitchen project, which also turned into a deck replacement. The Trex deck we had didn't come up too well for the addition, and we decided to go back with #1 pressure treated pine.







Still a good 6 to 8 weeks to go, and I'm missing good home cooked food already.

I am the one wanting a new bigger kitchen but remind me not to do that ok? Besides I ain't a rich guy like you

Anytime you need a wallet flush, give me a call. I can help with some pointers.

was that deck built without joist hangers?

Originally. It has 'em now.

please tell me you are doing-it-yourself, and aren't paying someone.......

Nope. I'm paying. Oh, I'm paying

I have neither the time, nor the energy anymore for a project this size. 60-75 hours a week running my business doesn't leave a whole lot of time to get it done, especially since hunting season isn't too far off. 😃

All new appliances, 79 square feet of granite, new bigger central air. The list goes on. I'm actually looking forward to it being done, though.

building or buying cabinets?

Building. $20k for cabinets.

Hey Don I need a new kitchen

keith, I'm officialy out of the bidness now. Unless I get fired....grin

Badger, is it one guy doing everything?

One guy is doing the construction and the deck. We shopped the cabinetmaker, the HVAC installer, the flooring guys and the granite. All separate installers. Wifey also found another carpenter that specializes in wood countertops for the island, hard maple with live edges.

That's ok Don...my next kitchen will be an outdoor version anyway

With all those subs, what the hell's up with the 6-8 MORE weeks? They only work an hour a day?

Cabinets will be the hold up. This guy has a backlog.

Home Depot

There is always good camp cooked food!

If it was up to me......:)

There is that. .

BTW, you guys coming to camp for the work weekend?

My total living space is about the size of Badger's new kitchen.

Wife was visiting a neighbor, who just had a total kitchen rebuild. Now my wife does not cook, and has no idea where anything is in our current kitchen, but she has the bug now, to have ours redone.

Sigh. Hey, it's only money, right?

Nice looking addition, I lucked out, our house has a big enough kitchen and we added 2 16x26 garages(one tuck under) to supplement the 2 car already here.

looking good!

Yup, my kids are gonna inherit a very nice kitchen

I'll be headed that way. She's not fit for travel.

Her lucky the hounds share it with ya!

I know a guy......