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The Big Bedroom Makeover!
I’ve been itching for change lately, and now that I have all this spare time on my hands I’ve been working on some “projects” that I’ve wanted to do for a while. My most recently completed one was the bedroom makeover! My old room was awesome, but it was cluttered, busy and not very relaxing.…
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Bathroom/Kitchen Reno: Part 5, the Finale!
Ahh, the long-awaited conclusion to my bathroom/kitchen renovation saga! What began in early December is now 90% complete by mid-February. There are still a few things to be finished (hooking up the radiator, routing the fan to the outside, etc.) but for all intents and purposes, our renovation is finished. Want a refresher on the…
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Mmm mmm Good!
I did a bit of a grocery shop this weekend and am set to do some cooking this week! As part of my goals I laid out for myself this year, cooking at home falls under managing my finances better and living healthier. I will hopefully save some money this way and also regulate what…
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Bathroom/Kitchen Reno: Part 4
Finally some walls! The drywall went up and a pocket door went in! I’m excited. A pocket door means that there won’t be a regular swing door taking up space in the rooms. The worker dude (OMG he’s so cute! I love a handy man! He can’t be more than 30…. I wonder if I…
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Bathroom/Kitchen Reno: Part 3
After much anticipation… A few days into the major demolition of the space, this is what I had to contend with: Peeing behind a curtain. Oh yes. My roomie and I had to develop a sophisitcated system to alert each other that we were using the facilities. Roomie: Ging, you in there?Ginger: OMG YES!!! Give…
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Bathroom/Kitchen Reno: Part 2
As promised, here is the next installment of my reno documentation. The following photos are what the place looked like after the first day of real heavy-duty work. All the walls from the outside of the house through the bathroom, kitchen were torn down. At this point there was still a wall dividing the kitchen…
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Bathroom/Kitchen Reno: Part 1
Oh the drama! My apartment is currently undergoing renovations on account of the fact that our bathroom leaks into the apartment below us. This is my chronicle of the changes… photo documented, of course! I think a good place to start is the beginning… so here are a couple of shots of the crazy (and…
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I live in a disaster zone
My apartment is being renovated. This is what I came home to today: That’s my bathroom AND kitchen, FYI. The view is from my bedroom across the dining room. This morning I joked about having to pee behind a curtain. Little did I know I would actually have to do that when I came home…