https://www.chadvz.com/home daily 1.0 2024-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/603a960f-92fc-45a2-a5a7-5c96f7cc8a42/Untitled.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3d31e22f-bb44-4e1a-a017-0e2725a2a90f/Picture4.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e264a873-709a-43a2-bf42-e8d31bd78a03/Picture9.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/0961dad7-77cb-4c7b-b529-2dd04f5ea4b7/2020+top+1%25.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/ab2e6fd0-d6e4-4f03-bbf8-8c11a097c98a/Picture11.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/61d34a5a-ba96-416d-9ebf-4ccb3734fda4/Untitled.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a8dc84f8-da26-4212-92eb-c7c149d14d17/headshot+B%26W.jpg https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects daily 0.75 2025-09-26 https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/project-six-sz8wl-zmbzm monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/b3fd1f6c-5d07-4a16-9a37-badc03b1386c/IMG_5259.JPG My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! My boulder condo, purchased in 2010 (when I was still living in Maryland). Cozy! But the interior needed a bit of work... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a72167f6-8a56-404a-9643-5017bd969060/35543_1503988440325_1550712_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I was "stuck" in Boulder during the 2010 Washington DC blizzard. Which gave me time to install the surround sound in my new condo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/7c621dd5-bb64-4c9e-aba7-9fdf25a12027/35543_1503988560328_3471353_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The fireplace before I faced it with stone. I had already added the new lighting above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8df6f870-5d7d-475e-9057-68c2d295ba03/35543_1503988600329_426723_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Working in the attic (one of the best things about this condo is that it's like a tiny house, with nobody below and an attic above), installing recessed lighting in the kitchen, living room, and bedroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/5edfa5fd-b489-4223-ab5b-18710e912270/35543_1503988760333_1764112_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Also installed in-wall speaker wires and speakers, HDMI cable, and subwoofer cable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1484847d-2f13-4fde-b520-2f962f9c8752/35543_1503999080591_7239043_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Adding stone to the fireplace wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/11baba04-693c-4d08-bfb5-214b946e01e6/35543_1503999360598_1820028_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Done! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/86b8dcfd-bdcc-4fb2-9a49-6d0b70ced061/35543_1504003560703_5979030_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Tired after installing three new doors, moulding, baseboards, and crown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1d72f0ef-a9ab-4fd7-a559-45ea034498b2/38310_1543227581279_6251130_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Kitchen before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/dd411b47-0699-4db9-9d50-a0fd7cd3a71b/38310_1543227621280_4232845_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Kitchen after. I added the recessed lighting, pendant lights, cabinet moulding, under cabinet lighting, swapped out the outlets and switchplates, switched the cabinet pulls, and spray painted the silver cabinets hammered bronze. Home Depot added the granite countertops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/d8d07572-341e-4064-a2ab-ea7d1a0409a6/38310_1543227741283_1822305_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Living room and fireplace before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/6737fa0f-5aaf-423d-a367-01119cb98140/37644_1543229861336_2385566_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Living room and fireplace after. I added the stone fireplace, surround sound, accent lights, etc. The coffee table is a console table from World Market that I cut the legs on so that it was the correct height. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/82f91ed0-7543-48d8-b60a-351a469a5228/37644_1543229901337_4550966_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Again, before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4e6e28be-7685-4afe-a3d3-5cda1400fac6/37644_1543229941338_6947332_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Again, after. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2544b1b5-bac3-4884-b405-7bbf9de4e7db/37644_1543230021340_6175913_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Bedroom before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/30317ebe-4a9d-4c74-b35c-55b921967054/IMG_4814.JPG My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Bedroom after. Just some fresh paint, sconces, nightstands, and art. It made such a difference, though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/12516b8f-b721-43eb-bbd6-43135287ab3f/38342_1543231221370_4797986_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Back patio before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/89f6324e-4ab7-40be-93a2-3bbcfc423f45/38342_1543231261371_7827012_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Back patio after. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/f2310914-5b16-49a5-94b5-611e3303ba21/IMG_4833.JPG My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Done... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/7dbef44a-9554-4e6b-99c8-e2fb2d367637/IMG_2586.JPG My home projects - BOULDER CONDO RENOVATION. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I truly love this little condo. It will always hold a special place in my heart. :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/project-five-jkmzy-ybcfl monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/5e01ad6a-69d4-44f9-a513-971855506806/cnet+logo.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/fc45d6ae-a308-491c-925b-33cff50e4640/cnet+article+intro.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/eeaf2628-05be-4f6c-ba6b-66244a5e2831/16508980_10212079970095184_8171088705932684655_n.jpg My home projects - LIVING ROOM SYMMETRY PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The start: deconstruct the existing mantle in order to make space for the main speakers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/f32e98a4-6c32-41bf-8462-8a34b3dab97b/16508163_10212079974975306_8913333816889693278_n.jpg My home projects - LIVING ROOM SYMMETRY PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Cut, sand, and mount the cover piece for the main speakers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/303866a6-6fa6-4fab-b3a5-32dedb9b3865/16387916_10212079979095409_2706581009091878915_n.jpg My home projects - LIVING ROOM SYMMETRY PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Stain, add speaker cloth, and trim out the cover pieces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c644ab52-ac85-4d67-a01a-2323f4b875a2/16473501_10212079995095809_5140350032491886214_n.jpg My home projects - LIVING ROOM SYMMETRY PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And now, how to address the lack of balance? Too much visual weight on the right side of the room, due to that floor-to-ceiling brick column… something needs to be done . Plus the Audio/Video wiring needs to be run and then hidden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/bfcd0e51-2236-458b-ab2b-3ad695445d13/16508716_10212080003816027_7248212122870308421_n.jpg My home projects - LIVING ROOM SYMMETRY PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Ah... balance is on the way! My OCD needs this lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/f0677eb2-ebf7-48ce-9f23-af9bf3b6c3d7/16473085_10212080006696099_215595170569069253_n.jpg My home projects - LIVING ROOM SYMMETRY PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Getting there... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/7280c90a-0a19-4fb5-9156-af1e8e15cf76/16473607_10212080022976506_5830606678737536396_n.jpg My home projects - LIVING ROOM SYMMETRY PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Running ALL of the A/V wiring—HDMI, speaker wire, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9b82606d-562c-4878-a46d-bf3fe87742fc/16473483_10212080028016632_4746167051591173912_n.jpg My home projects - LIVING ROOM SYMMETRY PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Connector plates and access panels for the A/V wiring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2351a6b3-fc78-4780-be59-1b7ab572037b/16508837_10212080029736675_4166785311497586886_n.jpg My home projects - LIVING ROOM SYMMETRY PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Crown moulding to hide the A/V wiring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8fe8a051-be7d-4a21-96fb-7365e197fb9e/16427761_10212080040856953_3711978946509994920_n.jpg My home projects - LIVING ROOM SYMMETRY PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And boom! Balance. I still need to add furniture and such--now on to building the decorative shelving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4c21ef7a-b1a5-41ba-8884-8b16f0ce1e37/16826123_10212245422351387_6937955841876590402_o.jpg My home projects - LIVING ROOM SYMMETRY PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! There's the newly built shelving, along with the refurbished antique radio cabinet (which is back to its roots, housing all of the Audio/Video gear). :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/200329a0-00c2-4f30-a7a0-33bcb0355256/16991672_10212245411111106_5158816048095337124_o.jpg My home projects - LIVING ROOM SYMMETRY PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And done! (although I've since replaced that carpet with hardwood flooring). https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/project-four-yjynj-33h64 monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/d8e85d2c-63b2-42e7-b49c-32c278ab0db8/19488962_10213542281732061_6654424485492948712_o.jpg My home projects - BACK PATIO PIZZA BAR. Tap/click the photo for the full story! This space needed some help… I started with a cedar 2x4 spanning the patio--which will have the added benefit of stopping the mulch from blowing across on windy days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8b946ba5-b2f2-4dbc-b2ac-0e692ff0c2f6/IMG_6155.JPG My home projects - BACK PATIO PIZZA BAR. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Then achoring the base to a treated 4x4 buried 24" deep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/015fa8eb-3b5f-4c6f-9921-698a2bf0f23b/IMG_6157.JPG My home projects - BACK PATIO PIZZA BAR. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Taking shape... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4d4bea27-1b1e-4db7-8cbf-ecca411cec6d/19468037_10213542276491930_4531718772514314153_o.jpg My home projects - BACK PATIO PIZZA BAR. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Adding the cedar fence pickets to the back and sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/20e9f925-42e3-4a53-ae1b-989f26f773f6/19466665_10213542265651659_1418704747090739315_o.jpg My home projects - BACK PATIO PIZZA BAR. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Pretty much done! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4d33db4e-318f-45f8-8abc-36f21102f592/IMG_4684.JPG My home projects - BACK PATIO PIZZA BAR. Tap/click the photo for the full story! A bit later, I removed the sink, and I made these doors for the pizza oven table--yep, that's a "V" on the left door, and a "Z" on the right one. VZ all day! :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/basement-laundry-room monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/34e472b1-20df-40c8-96b2-1dac9485cac7/IMG_0313.jpg My home projects - BASEMENT LAUNDRY ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Added a laundry room to the basement--the washer/dryer used to be in the entryway from the garage, so this was a MUCH better place for them to be! This is the before, obviously... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/11424864-e7e1-4233-b4c1-3c082d621e97/IMG_6554.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT LAUNDRY ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! ...added heated floors... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/5d52c41b-33ff-4b66-9a3d-09ec71b777ce/IMG_0613j.jpg My home projects - BASEMENT LAUNDRY ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! ...and this is the after! I love how it turned out, and adding that heated flooring was a great decision. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/d6215509-01ec-4a00-86cb-4d51027a7455/IMG_0614j.jpg My home projects - BASEMENT LAUNDRY ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The doorway into the laundry room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c418572a-74f2-4aa8-9e3b-9c0ff1f49172/IMG_0870.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT LAUNDRY ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Washer and dryer are in, storage has been added above, and the doorway to the steam shower bathroom is open. The was a great addition to our home! :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/project-three-8zgh7-9gzyh monthly 0.5 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/ce66289f-60d7-4f77-8d9f-c2900d8da133/IMG_0040.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! January 10, 2020: egress window has been installed, and we carried all of the 2x4's downstairs... I guess it's time to get started! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c6daaf15-dbb8-4309-82f9-7d4e902c06c5/IMG_0032.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! A ridiculously great Craigslist find--two separate Atlantic Technology speaker systems, each with a 15" subwoofer. Retailed over $10k new, got them for $600 total. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/751506f1-65c1-4106-89a1-48433d46add3/IMG_0020.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! I had to re-route the plumbing slightly so that it would fit inside the future column. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/17241fb5-8bef-44e6-952b-cecf06cfb4cb/IMG_0021.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! And done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1cbc4aac-6407-43d3-a7af-c7707d7c86d4/IMG_0022.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! I'm going to have to re-route the ductwork a bit, also. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/49720027-90b6-4bd3-aa05-f0e403ed7ade/IMG_0039.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Workspace is set up, wall lines (where the future walls are going to be) are taped to the floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/508d774a-e475-4da3-8726-918f919d6986/IMG_0046.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Plastic tarp and box fan filter--worked great to minimize the dust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/47c34183-9d9c-40df-9aaf-bace9d1a3d56/IMG_0133.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Firing nails into concrete with .22 caliber power loads is pretty cathartic after a stressful day (or week). Time to start framing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9b2a12d1-d4d7-41c3-802c-52beee3070c5/IMG_0131.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Floating walls are required in Colorado, since the soil can shift over time. It was easy once I got the hang of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9bbb21a2-ccd0-4fb4-b6c9-f8e7eef4bcb5/IMG_0300.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Supervisor ALWAYS on my back... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/05f203f2-eebb-49d6-a849-855ae9b31c27/IMG_0155.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Moving along... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/d9063955-3537-47f4-82b9-31eb1e9e02b2/IMG_0158.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! This entire wall will swing in, revealing a secret lounge or something (my 2021 project). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/ab2df45d-722d-46d5-b414-50df19c97654/IMG_0181.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! My supervisor and I finished the electrical, now it's on to the audio/video wiring, insulation, and OSB sheathing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/cf2237e5-bb6e-4ab7-bfec-88facaad50a9/IMG_0407.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! I chose Rockwool insulation--it's fire- and moisture-resistant in a way that fiberglass simply isn’t. Slightly more costly, but since I do all of this work myself, that was not much of a factor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2d671a1d-dc33-487f-9b3e-c0bc811e47bb/IMG_0541.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Insulation is in, audio/video wiring is done, speakers and subwoofers are good-to-go--sounds amazing! Like… genuinely INCREDIBLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/0f7adcb6-fbc3-45c1-9522-72ca149996d7/IMG_0649.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! MemBrain vapor barrier installation... lots of cutting and stapling for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9ba3a15d-432f-48a6-945b-8b7e1d50c7ff/IMG_0666.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Starting on the OSB sheathing installation... I saw this being used in a modern home in an issue of Dwell magazine, and I thought it looked so cool--plus it would be easy for one person to work with/install (using 2' x 4' sheets). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/608d472b-123b-41bc-9611-41c56f293c20/IMG_0742.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! I love how it turned out, and it's crazy durable—especially since this room will double as Lily’s playroom, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/247aa6fb-f209-408d-bb7e-378e2abecc4f/IMG_0743.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Sheathing is done, speakers re-connected, 85" QLED (on swing-out, articulating wall mount--since we still need access to the egress window) is installed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/f89ca063-631c-4ec4-90e6-f3677f00eb3f/IMG_0748.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Secret wall entrance to the future secret lounge open... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/619bb083-4c35-4e67-bf3b-9c4f8be9b590/IMG_0747.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! ...and secret wall entrance to the future secret lounge closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9332dcbd-4311-4e41-bf05-bfcf21052456/IMG_0745.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Extra storage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/81b34a88-4f5f-4f77-aef3-5bddfc9983a5/IMG_0021j.jpg My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Painting is done--this is the one part I did NOT do, I figure it made more sense for a professional to get it done in a week than for me to take another year on this step... I chose a dark forest green for the walls, and black for the exposed ceiling joists. Raw cedar for the trim work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/7b96939e-25f7-4c1d-8df1-77d9bb4d0266/IMG_0022j.jpg My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Trim work started--I love doing this type of work, it appeals to my meticulous, OCD personality type LOL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/bddd31c0-1f97-4747-a0ef-ad8e54a9a88d/IMG_0023j.jpg My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Almost done... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/57f5789c-c29b-4b09-a6d6-6b6c34069337/IMG_0111.jpg My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! New carpet is in! Also giant bean bag, sleeper sofa, fuzzy blanket... check. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/bd336348-2041-4f13-a6d7-4f9c272bf8f3/IMG_1602.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! A fun update to the basement playroom/media room: I built a 138" diagonal spandex screen (Jamie helped, too) ! It works perfectly, and the sound from the speakers goes right through it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1cfd43eb-b232-40b5-9b91-a2f0a19a3001/IMG_6524.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! The screen, wrapped in spandex and installed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c9a3982c-4139-4182-b622-84f0f3a96e77/IMG_6523.JPG My home projects - BASEMENT MOVIE ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Movie time! https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/project-two-llrgk-8afxl monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/ba555b91-7512-4cbb-9d61-45045646df89/IMG_0774.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! So... I had this room off the main basement movie room. Wasn't sure what to do with it. Then I found someone giving away an old color console TV nearby... and I got inspired to create a retro 70's living room/lounge. Seemed like a good way to display and enjoy some of my vintage audiophile stuff... especially if I could get it all to work somehow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/68c96d2f-8a4e-435c-93ff-f98bc64c6129/IMG_1118.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Great Craigslist deal on these Bowers & Wilkins speakers... but they didn't fit the look that I was wanting... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/0def6f6a-7f9f-4bac-b725-9d8c6e8feb66/IMG_0817.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! ...so I built these... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3bcd777e-1cfc-4e5f-9b31-a85cc7b9d649/IMG_0831.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! ...stained them... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/969548ef-4724-4a79-9026-cb486668cb44/IMG_1194.PNG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! And put them over the top. Perfect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/53c0abcc-da54-4015-8d14-1b5731628d60/IMG_6521.PNG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Then tested to make sure the video was mirroring properly. I was really happy when it actually worked! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a0ba8f1d-fcc5-4b77-be4b-2e480963d9f0/IMG_2465.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Next was maple finished plywood on the walls, along with wiring the lights, electrical, and all of the audio/video components. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/edd40f2a-227e-49e1-b863-aa6205477684/IMG_2529.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Vinyl ceiling panels--super easy to work with, they cut with scissors and just glue up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/d101a001-4b63-489c-88d1-190638892bdb/IMG_2570.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Staining the walls a perfect avocado green (I mean, it's a 70's lounge), getting the recessed lighting installed, and prepping the ceiling to install the panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/99c7f147-163a-4dca-ae36-191d81fbb01a/IMG_2682.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Ceiling panels almost done... super easy, and they look fantastic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/5bcaca92-76cc-4ded-a159-1e280e1ce264/IMG_2749.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Installing the floor--easy to work with vinyl plank, took me about three hours is all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/6a383a07-b30a-4853-bcac-be6bc0a44662/IMG_3042.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Added a groovy shag rug and some 70's style art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/bdf42277-ebec-47c4-8cd8-6fc7d3da423e/IMG_3002.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Then it was time to build the wet bar--a super important part of the project, let's be honest! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/61a08435-5210-4278-ab7c-ade998af7e2e/IMG_3007.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! added the shelves... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/bb941edc-f008-459e-84ec-17f1054a50e7/IMG_3023.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Primed and painted by my beautiful and talented wife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/56066bec-cf62-4020-8b43-841ab2bf6f28/IMG_3036.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Added LED lighting strips, a faucet, and some fancy-pants brass bar rails I found online. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/211f513b-858e-489d-8f74-c0662b94f4b1/IMG_3189.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Cut a hole in the wall, basically the same size as the bar (just ever-so-slightly bigger). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1176855f-0a92-43b6-a2a7-218799628b56/319562353_2271293383030074_4136879082603130895_n.jpg My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! And boom! Bar is in. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2269ee00-053b-4ca0-9fe2-6bda4532dbc1/IMG_3058.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! McIntosh MC-2505 Power Amp, built in 1974. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3260ff8b-d382-4a46-b376-309c6778aade/IMG_3057.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! McIntosh C-28 Pre-amp, also built in 1974. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/188fbc67-6dc7-4821-8907-d65e085c538a/IMG_3047.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Pro-Ject VT-E vertical turntable... I painted it the exact same orange as my Dad's front door used to be. Despite appearances, this is not a “gimmicky” turntable--it’s actually very well regarded and puts out incredible sound! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/756e4856-cecd-423f-9ebb-afd2daa03c8c/IMG_3048.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Akai reel-to-reel, still works like a charm… I’ve recorded hours of Jazz on this, and often I will just let it play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c6893725-d71e-4fb6-954e-da4209ce4079/IMG_3050.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! The new Atari gaming system... we can access and play any Atari games from the 2600 on. Super fun playing "Adventure" on the old TV! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/97dd6266-1729-4ae8-a4e8-7b7e9ed2137f/IMG_3046.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Just a fun robot sculpture that I bought at an art show in Boulder… I love the orange, and in my opinion he’s got some personality to him! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/50f11ac4-bf3f-46cd-925f-0560f1d168ce/IMG_0839.jpg My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! Don't sit so close! You'll ruin your eyesight! lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/68c1e495-aad9-4e80-b456-9d850b2c8e68/IMG_3394.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! The finished room--we love it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2b30bdd3-d228-4c8d-9ba6-676a0f7bfc26/IMG_3395.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! View from the other side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c84c0f6e-c658-4353-982e-b64ff49aa4ff/IMG_3413.JPG My home projects - SECRET 70'S RETRO LOUNGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with videos! And watching TV like when I was a kid... and sharing that with my daughter Lily. Just awesome. :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/steam-shower-bathroom monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/02d13599-43dd-4333-9d1a-442dabdbb1a5/IMG_0315+j.jpg My home projects - STEAM SHOWER BATHROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Also added a steam shower bathroom (with heated floors!) at the same time I did the laundry room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/0d7da459-ef29-4aae-a480-3b64730ff940/IMG_0612j.jpg My home projects - STEAM SHOWER BATHROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! I have ALWAYS wanted a steam shower, and I love it! I even have waterproof speakers in there, so that I can listen to whatever I want while relaxing. :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/magnavox-astrosonic-stereo-console-refurb monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e97912b5-3b12-483a-9d1b-7a42bdec5235/IMG_5293.PNG My home projects - STEREO CONSOLE REFURB. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I absolutely LOVE the sound of this vintage stereo console! It's a 1964 Magnavox Astro-Sonic, with hugely efficient 12" woofers and 10" horn tweeters. I connected my iPod to the AUX input on this thing, and it seriously rocked the house! They knew excellent design back in the day, no doubt about it. Solid wood, too--no plastic here. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/333efb29-7e74-4c99-b589-692bed0b48ff/IMG_5294.PNG My home projects - STEREO CONSOLE REFURB. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Those 12" woofers move some serious air at 105db per watt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/722e3fbd-d12c-4847-b0e2-f2315ac04832/69539164_10220299375735188_4594339105080344576_n.jpg My home projects - STEREO CONSOLE REFURB. Tap/click the photo for the full story! "Astro-Sonic"... such a great, era-appropriate name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/fd112aa4-1cfb-4961-a3a4-2fde83ad6d90/69452752_10220299376975219_9048212451501277184_n.jpg My home projects - STEREO CONSOLE REFURB. Tap/click the photo for the full story! This turntable is incredibly sensitive, made in England, and extremely well-regarded to this day. It needs a full break-down and cleaning (55+-year old grease doesn't work too well), but once that is done it will sing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/02cdca48-0bc7-4d9b-a0ee-d4e19528023c/69344068_10220299377735238_4030085620494761984_n.jpg My home projects - STEREO CONSOLE REFURB. Tap/click the photo for the full story! 55 watts/channel on this very early solid-state amplifier with Germanium transistors--the sound is virtually identical to tube sound, and they only made this amp in 1964. After that, it was silicone and a degradation in the sound quality. So glad to have such a beast! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/b3f57770-eb87-40fb-9524-d3db4fff708b/69303150_10220299379135273_5598352646130892800_n.jpg My home projects - STEREO CONSOLE REFURB. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The stereo receiver--it works perfectly, and you can see the build date on that sticker: 05-64, aka May of 1964. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/7b0e21b9-547e-469d-bfaa-825c4941765c/69433401_10220299379935293_7291493264622878720_n.jpg My home projects - STEREO CONSOLE REFURB. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The one big overhaul to this unit will be a replacement of all of the capacitors--the originals are in brown on the left, and the new, modern Audio-Engine capacitors are on the right. 55+ year old capacitors don't hold up well, but once they are replaced this console will sound brand new, and should last forever! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a6caaef8-b32d-4e43-b042-ae6513c42009/IMG_5295.PNG My home projects - STEREO CONSOLE REFURB. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Taped, and ready for primer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/825f8ea3-c5c9-4c25-80f9-3d7f50b20406/IMG_5296.PNG My home projects - STEREO CONSOLE REFURB. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Two coats of top quality, oil-based primer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/fe3b4dbf-7fc6-4418-a585-84366d37bfb8/71106369_10220540313318477_3991860660668465152_n.jpg My home projects - STEREO CONSOLE REFURB. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Done! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/24957e0f-358a-4de0-9d20-4045123df3e7/IMG_5298j.jpg My home projects - STEREO CONSOLE REFURB. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I love how it turned out. :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/boulder-condoadded-bedroom-window monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/316d6fcf-a88a-465b-a4e2-16fdc1cb764a/487301_4227557207842_7684993_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO NEW BEDROOM WINDOW. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Condo bedroom in Boulder—this spot needs a window, I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/92ebec71-1193-4c4b-a2ad-9dbf89df555d/487186_4227557447848_1401177414_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO NEW BEDROOM WINDOW. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Cutting the opening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2295aeb3-0a74-45f2-846f-0680f701d5a9/376871_4227559007887_24000025_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO NEW BEDROOM WINDOW. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Cutting through the outside sheathing after installing the trimmer studs, jack studs, sill, and header. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/bd4fce25-5425-41ed-978c-a3bf0a06bf2b/315483_4227559167891_867802336_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO NEW BEDROOM WINDOW. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Trimming the header. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2b2119fc-bbd3-4382-b82b-71dd39611c96/582835_4227560727930_1078580588_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO NEW BEDROOM WINDOW. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Installed—sealed with Great Stuff, after screwing to the studs per code. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/20bd9370-8219-4526-b05c-8dba8f07c624/528806_4227561967961_1225097146_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO NEW BEDROOM WINDOW. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Measuring for the interior trim work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/60eef448-01bf-42a4-b775-9d93b5927981/282673_4227562407972_886951270_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO NEW BEDROOM WINDOW. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Cutting the trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/05513788-0cb2-46c3-a12f-9f299cfefa6c/582182_4227570248168_1117827808_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER CONDO NEW BEDROOM WINDOW. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Stained and done! Looks like it has always been there. :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/vienna-clients-media-room monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a0fa6352-274f-469b-b088-2cb81e0dc3d2/1393820_10202369968031201_1242321987_n.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The project begins... Wires everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/df3d93ce-aefa-4667-963d-a0eabb6a8bdb/1382209_10202369969631241_2116047186_n.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Mounting the heavy duty TV bracket to the wall studs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/327ce871-aa59-436e-9b73-ba95e72c9d20/1384085_10202369970751269_1133713301_n.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! TV and speakers are mounted to the wall, and the wires have been run through and around the perimeter of the room near the ceiling. I'm ready to start installing the crown moulding! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a13a6cec-1157-49fb-a90f-b58b3cda1d3b/1384286_10202369970431261_841099107_n.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And here I go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1242579d-22b1-4773-9286-faa44ae32d4f/1380240_10202369970951274_1335842472_n.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Putting up the crown moulding with my handy dandy nail gun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/90a8e62d-7e0c-44fa-9c4b-d495c31f9e93/536250_10202369971431286_642458607_n.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Wires? What wires? Now to paint, replace the drapes, replace the carpet, etc., etc... Fun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/6b3dd50d-6429-40f8-bc5d-0e39be4bce67/1398432_10202768881483788_1821025901_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! So this is where things got challenging. Once the room was wired for sound/video and the wiring was tucked away behind the crown moulding... I had no idea how to design the space. It was a room with beige carpet, white walls, old white drapes, and an orange/red brick fireplace. Since painting the fireplace was out of the question, I was kind of at a loss as to how to proceed. Also, I wanted the design to have meaning to my client--cowboys, Indians, Colorado, etc. How to tie all of that together with an orange/red & beige color scheme--and ALSO have it look good? That was a tough one. The one positive was that the existing cabinetry was beautifully crafted, and was a classic design. I could work with that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/63b3c629-9384-447e-86c6-9ba8c7b63511/1470189_10202768913084578_377406397_n.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Then a few days later I went to J. Crew, and saw this box for Chippewa brand boots--and it all started to come together in my brain. Now... if only they had a version of this box like 4' x 5'--that would be a great "graphic art" starting point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e0c6d9a8-1248-47ad-b174-f714074ec3dc/1403708_10202768913124579_1620220653_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! So, I bought the boots, took the box home, used my new camera to take an ultra high definition pic. I then took that file to Kinkos, and they enlarged it to a 4' x 5' print--for relatively cheap. Then to Michael's to frame the new print--and they were having a 60% off sale on all mounting/framing. Good luck, I guess! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8cf563ca-ea56-4f36-a78a-f63f2ba781a4/1403316_10202769237052677_481141888_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Also found a store to replace the gold fireplace surround, as well as all of the switch plates, outlet covers, gold doorknobs, and hinges. And got to work changing them out while also painting away... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e59d8528-baf1-4526-aabe-34b9636c751d/1403327_10202769181731294_2110756664_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I chose the darkest chocolate brown paint for the front wall. First, because matching that paint color to the very darkest elements in the grain of the walnut console to be placed in front of that wall made for a striking contrast. And second, because having a dark wall for the plasma TV makes the image "pop" that much more when viewing it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/bfacd2a5-83bb-474b-82bb-bb7a419d2be4/1403327_10202769181771295_772157961_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And there's the framed print, looking better than I had hoped. I used an "oilify" setting on my photo editing program to make it look like an oil painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/5496ba1e-faa6-47e1-ab04-f8eb8ddd9a48/904220_10202769073048577_1062667658_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! In addition to painting, I also busied myself changing doorknobs and hinges, adding dimmer switches, swapping out switchplates, reconnecting the speakers, and connecting all of the A/V components. Suffice to say, it took a while to get it all done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/b70d7760-b4aa-4f58-933f-016098bdf133/1403316_10202769237092678_2050217095_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Very high quality Audio/Video components, hand selected by me. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/d9e5f240-3555-45e8-862c-d8559ce26f74/1462813_10202769327494938_82807533_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! But I am very pleased with the finished product! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a0481950-82c7-4c66-810a-a29d9b1a9784/1462813_10202769327454937_1120872851_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The piece that inspired the room design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/801fa4dd-dd95-47a3-a379-c837dcb6cf1d/1462813_10202769327574940_1720187472_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! There's the new iron fireplace surround--much better for this room than the gold one that it replaced! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/6c7c9fb1-0666-45f6-acbe-bb600787b3a2/1401274_10202769387176430_844457926_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! An actual antique family photo album I found while cleaning up the bookcases prior to starting the project. Very cool! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8f695e45-bf02-403f-8027-612ea215e723/1400786_10202769415137129_1312948089_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Cowboy and Indian... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/5a6ddf21-8054-4f81-bba1-5ec170242a18/1462813_10202769327534939_1200104663_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! ...LOL I knew I could make it work! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2c4618e2-d3ae-4166-ab45-476dddc403a5/1403660_10202769430937524_220922620_o.jpg My home projects - VIRGINIA MEDIA ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Done! And ready to enjoy a glass of wine and a movie by the fire. :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/custom-coffee-table-with-storage monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8f88d795-dd87-4fe1-9cb6-2dd66014bb12/15403794_10211513868703003_6993246159340917726_o.jpg My home projects - CUSTOM COFFEE TABLE WITH STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! To make a custom-sized coffee table pretty quickly... first, screw together the iron pipe for the base, attach it to cut plywood with metal straps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/b7c0a1c7-fa17-4d90-945f-d74a26b7a75d/15540804_10211513869943034_4374389846144494602_o.jpg My home projects - CUSTOM COFFEE TABLE WITH STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Flip it over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/395ca882-3136-4b15-9b30-0d5b025d41d3/15578919_10211513875063162_7892266722415530405_n.jpg My home projects - CUSTOM COFFEE TABLE WITH STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Add the sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/d42f9a4d-3e22-403b-b05d-2fea23866f90/15578443_10211513882383345_6800452231551553766_n.jpg My home projects - CUSTOM COFFEE TABLE WITH STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Build the doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/d36b17b2-95e1-40f5-9994-b734fc82e65a/15440356_10211513884663402_5763670554322065117_o.jpg My home projects - CUSTOM COFFEE TABLE WITH STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Attach with hinges, add the clasps, and Voila! A custom-sized coffee table with storage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/64539732-b009-4aea-b4c0-ab4fd7c3388c/28-room-done-projector-up-screen-up-chad-crop.jpg My home projects - CUSTOM COFFEE TABLE WITH STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Goes perfectly in the room after getting stained. I love it! :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/master-bedroom-light-project monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/6626cccc-5f69-4a76-b104-ce849877908d/La+Condesa+in+Austin+light+fixture.JPG My home projects - MASTER BEDROOM LIGHT PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I saw this very cool, organic looking light fixture at a visit to the La Condesa mexican restaurant in Austin. It very much caught my eye. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/60865fe8-97c1-4bd8-bed6-c04ab30e7ae3/Capture.JPG My home projects - MASTER BEDROOM LIGHT PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Looking at it more closely, I realized that the entire fixture was simply a bunch of these double light socket adapters, all connected together--with round, varied size light bulbs randomly added in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/07ed3742-3316-4d6d-a1c3-fc495c1634b4/46953542_10218024571266498_2145988651488641024_n.jpg My home projects - MASTER BEDROOM LIGHT PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! So when it came time to add a dramatic lighting feature to our master bedroom... I simply ordered a bunch of those adapters, connected them together, and added round LED bulbs! (I used LED bulbs so that the light would not get hot--may as well be extra safe.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/675cdc85-cf77-4cd6-b017-3e5b9883e720/47006502_10218024589706959_5945549319779123200_n.jpg My home projects - MASTER BEDROOM LIGHT PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I love the way it turned out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2dc908bf-9b97-4c69-a964-3c085e4d8f90/46804246_10218024572106519_4279771748951392256_n.jpg My home projects - MASTER BEDROOM LIGHT PROJECT. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And it looks AWESOME in the room! It's dimmable, too. :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/boulder-mountain-house monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4a0d6733-537a-4a0e-97ef-727973fdf757/288106_2297688722336_7143086_o.jpg My home projects - BOULDER MOUNTAIN HOUSE RENO. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The Chad E. Van Zandt original design, done in my spare time... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e9630544-8110-4bcf-b9ef-ccc5d18d130e/286953_2297706482780_7035251_o.jpg My home projects - BOULDER MOUNTAIN HOUSE RENO. Tap/click the photo for the full story! It was my first time using Google Sketch Up, but definitely not my last. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/ef3378c0-3fa6-445a-972c-1e9add0e71f7/288603_2297709442854_4842366_o.jpg My home projects - BOULDER MOUNTAIN HOUSE RENO. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The master bedroom, master bathroom, and master closet, along with the newly enclosed entryway to the home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/ecbef0a4-0198-458b-bdb3-a3f6c558898f/20877_10200971899120352_2046580228_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER MOUNTAIN HOUSE RENO. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The entryway to the house before... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8b6ff624-6074-4ad1-92e0-cc1d42c518c9/544151_10200961643383965_852506763_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER MOUNTAIN HOUSE RENO. Tap/click the photo for the full story! ...and the entryway after. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/0d79d918-7dd1-4d99-9d92-d9d8d6717c62/420596_10200971899360358_31480006_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER MOUNTAIN HOUSE RENO. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The fireplace wall before... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1f64fdfa-f559-4257-b635-080dd284290b/534057_10200961626143534_1574025032_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER MOUNTAIN HOUSE RENO. Tap/click the photo for the full story! ...and the fireplace wall after. Space for art above the mantle... or a 75" TV. Whichever. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/f3a1d5b4-7862-4804-99c6-b0767c9abc5e/37041_10200961629703623_1445188074_n.jpg My home projects - BOULDER MOUNTAIN HOUSE RENO. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Stairway down to the finished lower level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3af21b85-5f44-4a44-8e67-366b63344e36/IMG_0475.JPG My home projects - BOULDER MOUNTAIN HOUSE RENO. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The finished kitchen space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/70df4ae6-8b38-42f2-8eae-12b3631500eb/335289_2369189069800_2844810_o.jpg My home projects - BOULDER MOUNTAIN HOUSE RENO. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Main floor before... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/b528ce8c-17f9-4f50-a6f6-c93781248531/IMG_0470.JPG My home projects - BOULDER MOUNTAIN HOUSE RENO. Tap/click the photo for the full story! ...and main floor after. It's so cool to see something that started out just in my imagination be made real; I love that! I no longer own this home, but I'm so glad that someone can enjoy living in something that I created. :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/drop-down-projector-lift monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/cf4fac46-c137-4fc2-a195-2306821e2409/18740089_10213231321678254_8963864295733454531_n.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! The start... climbing up into the attic space over the family room/garage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/505f837e-c487-4455-9313-78226faf9660/18740459_10213231321638253_521467841634747326_n.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! That tiny screw-head in the ceiling marks the exact middle of the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/96b1cc4c-85d7-4792-bcbc-8087ffc9cee1/18814089_10213231322678279_6006978054109116492_n.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Finding the other side of the screw in my super-cozy workspace (I installed the linear actuator earlier in the day), and then measure and mark the lines for the exterior box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/da5e1707-9f74-41b5-a996-d4dee1a7fbab/18881805_10213231321598252_1839294360813536653_n.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Cut the opening in the ceiling... no going back now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/dc211c62-a3fe-4c90-b524-379289afb691/18740741_10213231321918260_420829339951275561_n.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Use the actuator to lift the exterior box into the attic space, bit by bit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8b5e4d94-f108-458d-a4bc-973c5b4a19f8/18835892_10213231322318270_4141525748896808935_n.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! After bolting the exterior box to the trusses, use the actuator to lift the second box to the interior of the first box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8a125dcc-4717-4992-bb3a-bbc8a33bb5e3/18882152_10213231322958286_4951098552689483091_n.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Line up the interior box with the four industrial strength, ball-bearing drawer slides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/930b550e-3359-450f-9741-f7c7f0e2206e/18738943_10213231323158291_7603886138630168647_o.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Secure the fail-safe cabling on either side of the interior box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/0cd83c16-adef-4f86-b1dc-e9dea7d0a973/18766417_10213231322998287_5503714709137955108_o.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Line it all up, trim it out, and fine-tune the lift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/b5e32672-a066-4da3-8719-73388eb6745f/21994035_10214405530032729_4284417649828689615_o.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Boom! and this part is done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c713b553-f9b8-4add-a4da-ed55fa10fc4b/18815427_10213231322158266_8197136594497783720_o.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Now I just have to get this drop-down screen mounted above the fireplace... this is the tricky part! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2ea8ad3f-922d-4595-834d-86f0f5a1cd78/22042031_10214405523192558_7012378026322632710_o.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Got it mounted, and ran power to it through the garage attic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/b6345e4e-6f71-439c-b23a-49af728beca2/22007517_10214405526472640_7748985018257608109_n.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Powered screen down… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/16b250e9-b8e7-4226-a227-e5e2ad495b8b/18766676_10213231321958261_5576973685689576177_o.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! …and powered screen up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/97c234d0-6cb6-4a26-8311-01447834738a/21587281_10214405532192783_6749308331893508415_o.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Projector lift down… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8bfe670a-d07a-415c-8ae1-50621d5b930b/22048078_10214405534392838_3882098764931807163_o.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! …and powered screen down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/cbca7066-aa57-4c35-b8da-f8df2e591dda/21994011_10214405539832974_8037587880044298896_o.jpg My home projects - DROP DOWN PROJECTOR LIFT. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Movie time! :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/garage-attic-storage-tapclick-the-photo-for-the-full-story monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/cd7dfaff-8469-4594-ba08-8249854b7ebf/IMG_4646.JPG My home projects - GARAGE ATTIC STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! We can always use more storage, and the attic space above the garage was a good candidate--after all, I'd spent quite a bit of time crawling around up there on the Projector lift project, so I knew there was a ton of space! So... first step is to buy the attic ladder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/21f63f41-b2f9-46b6-b5e4-7a36c7adba3d/IMG_4647.JPG My home projects - GARAGE ATTIC STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Then figure out the best place to put it... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/f3d28e43-c491-4940-a7d6-0a54f96ce385/IMG_4648.JPG My home projects - GARAGE ATTIC STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Cut the hole in the ceiling (what would I do without my Sawzall?)... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/b522a426-cfcf-4f2d-896c-ab7fd610c970/IMG_6548.JPG My home projects - GARAGE ATTIC STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Install the attic stairs, and add the lighting--nothing too fancy, just a bunch of clip lights, but it made it nice and bright! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/db01eb92-b3fd-454a-b251-a9df382b4f6f/IMG_6017.JPG My home projects - GARAGE ATTIC STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Adding the flooring over the trusses. Carrying those 2' x 4' sheets up the stairs was a bit challenging, I have to say... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/ffd8c5cc-3174-4078-84a3-dd2dc90b6fdf/IMG_6018.JPG My home projects - GARAGE ATTIC STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! ...because that's a long way down! lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/25cabc36-d43e-492b-9fd1-ec80dedb0261/IMG_6025.JPG My home projects - GARAGE ATTIC STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Just about done... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a716e89e-ca27-4e43-9ccf-07b9c7ac3a9d/IMG_6551.JPG My home projects - GARAGE ATTIC STORAGE. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And finished! There is a TON of space up here... we can't even come close to using it all! :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/the-bookcase-door-to-the-secret-room-tapclick-the-photo-for-the-full-story monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2dc70ff8-110a-46f1-922f-46a2488dbed4/11121789_10206454311777242_8021369925750559321_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! So this is before... An awkward room in the basement of my old Colorado house (the flooring had to be removed and the drywall cut away due to the flood awhile back). I figured I could do something with it... I get bored sometimes! Lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/317132cc-1861-4b8e-bd98-2f9114648862/11079504_10206454317257379_4848496321795246789_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2a5789b2-6145-47d2-99eb-550c8453beee/11075232_10206454326577612_1993024104003788583_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Space under the stairs. I thought that was a power outlet, but it wasn't. So I had to make it one! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/53c9a316-919a-4b40-807a-92a403137c53/11140167_10206454407339631_706055501591525096_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Adding the outlet by flashlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1060c98c-d773-4b4d-87d1-908e72053dbf/11077431_10206454332017748_9051799799297348960_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Black chalkboard paint for the walls and ceiling. Lots of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/5d4bad85-71d4-4558-83ca-b4701af76a2c/11113613_10206454343858044_7533716047773159447_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Not too bad, considering how much paint I used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/644ec029-3b66-4b29-b2cb-1b413885f7cf/10845648_10206454337657889_3295533477730446114_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Putting in the underlayment for the floors. Yashe was quite a help, when she wasn't walking through paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/74753b14-d54a-4468-b3f5-b0397050b733/11096588_10206454341337981_3131374008301632857_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Installing the hickory flooring. This stuff is really easy to install, actually. It only took me a couple of hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4daae90b-313f-43fa-bb27-ce65fee00625/11110595_10206454352378257_2314799883790573212_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Evidence of the new, working power outlet. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/35013758-f6da-4132-871e-8117cab2a78a/10506676_10206454361458484_1700053298505005049_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Cedar fence pickets. Many of them! Inexpensive, and should have good visual drama against the black paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/69e0c733-d030-451d-9862-3d47e69b1cc9/11078130_10206454380698965_704082132383423229_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! The same wall from earlier, after chalkboard paint and cedar trim. I think this looks pretty cool! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3083a67d-a23f-4f13-9d7e-29131922c37b/11136142_10206454390859219_7186024036924892615_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! The cedar installed on the walls. Took me a few hours to get it all up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/95e0629f-ec7b-47d2-a4ed-638004f45e97/603819_10206454396739366_143051389766718849_n.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! I built this little cabinet under the stairs. Eventually, if this turns out to be a kids playroom (as it likely will), a TV can go on top, a PlayStation in the cabinet, and a few bean bags for seating. What kid wouldn't want that? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2603249d-3d1d-45a3-aa8c-a2ac171b76e1/1614305_10206454403659539_2360308152196361589_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! I had to build out and square up the left side of the doorway for the next step in the project... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/47d7cb60-fa57-4a4c-b1bd-5d774059c945/10005972_10206454439820443_4340397661656125222_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Starting on the bookcase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/88745db4-b9c5-4ed5-b5e1-be25d1bbcf1e/11083997_10206454451660739_8686602373177142478_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Squaring the corners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/d80073de-f118-40d4-83c4-e49e66ea658b/11134074_10206454469421183_3155957394428050472_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Figuring the spacing for the shelves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/32af54ac-8ff1-4dc5-a31b-fd58df07b0d3/11066140_10206454477341381_3916724680759981_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Testing the swing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4f683092-e1cd-4789-9a13-8c7b6c231a04/11080757_10206454481301480_357550096133965656_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Staining. This took awhile... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/d8683cb0-18d6-4654-9d6b-80524e03e1ee/10995618_10206454497421883_2701153496296503156_n.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! By this point everything has been stained, and I have trimmed out the opening and started on the door for the bottom of the cabinet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/aaf7fa15-f2bd-47ba-99cc-ff0705de7cd1/10841927_10206454605504585_468178455560553200_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! One book had to perish in order to complete the secret passage: "The Plains of Passage" by Jean M. Auel. Fortunately, I have already read it, but I still felt weird willfully destroying a book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e522fdc7-3b24-4c77-aff1-dcebb935f954/1966066_10206454503702040_2816219788428255419_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! Built, stained, and installed the door. Books were purchased for $1 apiece at Goodwill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/aeef7af9-fda5-45bb-b231-07888350219f/11045413_10206454512702265_7026109886270982177_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! It works great! All that's left is the bookcase latch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3c0efbfe-2646-48bb-85fc-8c0e0013f7ae/11082251_10206454658465909_3833172782141761979_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! The bookcase latch is completed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/eda5814f-6c48-4d2b-99b0-3e15724a088a/10271431_10206454655985847_1012083358951741371_o.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! And there it is. The secret opener for the secret door to the secret room. This was a REALLY fun project, I have to say! I had wanted a secret passage like this ever since I was little kid watching Scooby Doo--and so I built it! It was good practice for the one I built later. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/83853b53-b456-47b9-8875-f3a6e2497b9e/11045413_10206454512702265_7026109886270982177_oc.jpg My home projects - THE BOOKCASE DOOR TO THE SECRET ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story, with video! https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/ensuite-bathroom-refresh monthly 0.5 2025-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e00dfed5-0c8f-44c3-908d-40bc2ff0a440/IMG_0171.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! So this was a quick one, it took about three days (started August 7, 2025). Just a small ensuite bathroom. The layout was fine, the finishes--floor, lighting, vanity, mirror, hardware, etc.--were old and tired. Pretty easy to fix! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4dd4364b-82e9-4453-bd9b-abeb9fd9ef9a/IMG_0173.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! Different view of the tired old sink, mirror, and lighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a979415e-3330-45ff-a66f-079b16ba0c3a/IMG_0175.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! Going to replace the toilet with a new chair-height model... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9636d760-fd43-4af8-af27-ffca01b09789/IMG_0208.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! ...and replace the old and unattractive plastic & chrome shower hardware. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/483ce2b6-b345-4e77-915e-face47cb877b/IMG_0179.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! Time to get started! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2a1e532c-2256-4184-895e-3ce22f4b573e/IMG_0181.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! Vanity, lighting, plumbing, hardware, and toilet have all been removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/15c69645-7159-44ce-9b19-47e1c37a669b/IMG_0182.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! Alternate view—the drain line coming out of the side wall means that I will have to do some surgery on the new vanity to make that work. No worries, though! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/69e5374e-0521-48bf-bde7-32dcd690669c/IMG_0184.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! Luxury Vinyl Plank (LVP)--such a great product! Waterproof, durable, and beautiful. And it can be installed directly over any old flooring, which saves a ton on labor costs. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/6f6c0e24-a8d9-4d2b-8a55-7cbe2b5bbfc8/IMG_0218.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! New lighting (chosen by the homeowner) is in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/f82828ae-a1e0-400a-ba1d-79366eb9447d/IMG_0219.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! New chair-height toilet is set in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1fafaa83-a07b-436d-83ec-166682ca159a/IMG_0262.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! That's the surgery I had to do on the new vanity--measured the spot, used my hole saw, and voila! The perfect location for the drain line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/17f48cd6-b6ad-48fc-8879-c6923704a966/IMG_0265.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! Vanity is set in place. I always keep things tidy on my projects--cleaning as I go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/23a5e3f1-500e-48d0-ab6d-ff64b805bcf1/IMG_0276.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! Adding the new bronze hardware chosen by the client. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a8d76828-b159-4341-95f9-80534267411f/IMG_0289.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! New bronze towel bars (18" and 24"), toilet paper holder, and vanity pulls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/458e047d-f4ff-48e0-9496-4d868c12115c/IMG_0320.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! Now time to tackle this... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8a76b96e-4384-4224-8c5a-5166289e0cb9/IMG_0324.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! …getting there… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/7e9870ce-efcc-4604-acca-7f3f227e13a7/IMG_0350.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! …Done! It looks SO MUCH better--and it functions better, too! The new shower head pressure BLOWS AWAY the old one. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a76fc81c-d6c7-4356-98eb-7b37e9dec15d/IMG_0329.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! Connecting the new bronze hardware to the marble topped vanity... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4360aa85-5bd5-4ecf-b2ee-034224e2493d/IMG_0337.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! ...all done. Drain line is next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8268f68f-364b-4073-9619-a3dca4a10c51/IMG_0347.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! And there we have it! Bathroom refresh 90% complete--just waiting on the new white-framed 36" x 36" mirror, and the new bronze floor register grate. Those will be in by the end of this week, and then we can stick a fork in this project because it is DONE. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/638d48e1-5a01-4b84-96d2-ffdbb98551e6/IMG_0353.JPG My home projects - ENSUITE BATHROOM REFRESH. Tap/Click the photo for the full story! Again, this was a quick and fun ensuite bathroom refresh! The client has new flooring, a new toilet, new vanity, lighting, hardware, fixtures, baseboards, and shoe moulding (all new water supply lines, valves, and drain line also). Only the mirror and floor grate are pending, but those will take may 15 minutes to finish... So this one is in the books! :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-home-improvement-projects/project-one-ephnc-ey4s9 monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/6916f81e-b547-46eb-86b8-5ba4810c11dd/337167582_1706854786437573_5063361160504031978_n.jpg My home projects - ENTRYWAY MUD ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! So... my wife Jamie sent me this photo, to show how she wanted our neglected garage entryway to look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3ce4dea2-e634-4e39-b664-edd7f7e5653d/IMG_3537.JPG My home projects - ENTRYWAY MUD ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! It was pretty shabby--it's where the washer/dryer had been, with poor lighting, original tile, original cabinets, and a half-wall that needed to come out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1b9411af-2135-480e-9caf-80640c5a8503/IMG_1268j.jpg My home projects - ENTRYWAY MUD ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! First, the lighting--that was easy, just added LED track lighting to brighten it all up. Next, the floor: I LOVE this luxury vinyl plank product! It's easy to cut (score it and snap it, no saw needed), it's incredibly durable, and since the backing and vapor barrier is already attached, it can go right over existing tile! That saved me a lot of time and effort. And it looks FANTASTIC! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/5d2a7e4a-d1dc-46dc-a741-0f1ce2fd5128/IMG_3650.JPG My home projects - ENTRYWAY MUD ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Half-wall has been removed, and 1x2's have been attached to the existing studs. Also the water supply lines and drain line for the old washer/dryer have all been re-routed and capped off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/058d2767-b293-472c-a355-3518a5c278b5/IMG_3652.JPG My home projects - ENTRYWAY MUD ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Oh, and I was able to add an outlet (upper right corner) to the bookcase in my office (which is on the opposite side of this wall)--might as well do it while I had the chance, I figured! Now I can easily add LED lighting to my office bookcase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e74929cc-f779-40b9-9ed9-113684011c94/IMG_3662.JPG My home projects - ENTRYWAY MUD ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Added the wainscoting panels to the side walls, plus a new three-way dimmer switch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/cb8bf198-9401-4842-948d-f678bdf4909a/IMG_3694.JPG My home projects - ENTRYWAY MUD ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And then got busy hanging the cabinets! It had been about a decade since I'd hung cabinets... I figured this would be a good reminder of how to do that, since my next big project is our kitchen. It's easier than I remember, so that was good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/f88b74a7-c921-4ff6-bc66-91a823228316/IMG_3696.JPG My home projects - ENTRYWAY MUD ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Got all the cabinets up, then decided to build my own cubbies underneath. The bench would go on top of those cubbies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c093dbed-f87e-4c14-bbd6-749b9b5a0512/IMG_3759.JPG My home projects - ENTRYWAY MUD ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Cubbies are done, bench is ready for stain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a13d417b-22c3-4a43-ad04-b54f3fa22cc6/IMG_3795.JPG My home projects - ENTRYWAY MUD ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! So, staining. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/cb7cbae0-0d49-491c-8a34-958de20a13c5/IMG_3812.JPG My home projects - ENTRYWAY MUD ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Mostly done, just needs hardware for the cabinet doors, a few wall hooks (with a couple at "Lily-height"), and some artwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3a18c77b-7606-4d33-9625-cd1e900c504e/IMG_6486.JPG My home projects - ENTRYWAY MUD ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Boom! All done. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3b05607e-01ae-440a-afdd-03484cdf4b48/IMG_6487.JPG My home projects - ENTRYWAY MUD ROOM. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Some differences, but pretty close! 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Tap/click the picture for more! The most important aspect of any pizza is getting the crust right... and that always, always, always starts with the dough! Starting with the highest quality ingredients is essential (King Arthur's flour, extra fine sea salt, etc.) Also, learning the proper adjustments in order to bake at altitude turned out to be critical--but I think I've got a good handle on that, now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e5e29f67-b9a2-4f6a-b805-2832f0ba29bd/IMG_0334.JPG My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! A slow, cold ferment in the refrigerator results in an EXCELLENT structure to the dough, and also vastly improved flavor. Beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/0d4c3249-4ecc-4d90-a3f3-cafeaad831ca/IMG_4828.JPG My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! Let it rise... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/f857d3bb-646f-4f07-b586-e49d7b888485/IMG_0325.JPG My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! Flour them up, form the dough balls, and get ready to shape them into crusts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/012e0095-67bb-4bdd-91fc-92dc940470b5/IMG_2725j.jpg My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! The dough is formed on the pizza peel, and the pizza sauce and buffalo mozzarella has been added--along with a sprinkling of grated parmesan cheese! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/87c55ad8-ae49-4e80-8749-0b6f3e06045d/IMG_2714j.jpg My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! And in the oven, using a DIFFERENT pizza peel--this one is a turning peel, and it works great. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3197cb36-89c0-4fea-9984-2b7b5d5d550c/IMG_4687.JPG My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! These things bake up FAST--60 to 90 seconds, and it's DONE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/d72752eb-18c0-4f1f-bec6-4999ff1c6d59/IMG_2720j.jpg My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! Happy-ish with the result... a little too much "char" on the crust, but no big deal. Time to add the olive oil and basil! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/88444234-ebbc-40a2-bcdc-d5155bb878c6/IMG_4690.JPG My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! Look at the structure of that crust! Perfection. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9bf135d5-f474-4ea4-b3fc-2b8e49ca4f41/IMG_5330.JPG My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! The next ones were better with the "char"... :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/586bffed-f455-444a-8bc3-3914bd73575e/IMG_3529.JPG My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! And this is the Sicilian pizza--I don't have many photos of making it, but the next steps are layers of sliced mozzarella cheese, homemade spicy tomato sauce, toppings, and a sprinkling of grated romano. This has turned out to be one of my favorite pizzas to make! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8b673c61-c0ef-4ba6-9c81-162edcce7c1a/IMG_0238+j.jpg My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! And this is why. The finished product is DELICIOUS! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/82874781-c540-4f31-b8cc-b6dfca159a8e/IMG_4836.JPG My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! A quick shot of the homemade Lou Malnati's clone--obviously I was excited to make it and eat it, since this is the only photo I have of it. I can tell you that it tasted EXACTLY like a Lou's, though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/12e4e466-bd74-408f-b926-e8cc3f12eea4/Pequod%27s+carmelized+crust.jpg My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! This next one is the clone of Pequod's pizza in Chicago--the crust is similar to Detroit-style, in that the cheese goes up the sides of the pan prior to baking, so that it is carmelized by the heat of the oven (see the description in the pic)... I can tell you, it's FANTASTIC! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/f2be7a4e-680c-4467-8768-eab766e4c338/IMG_2969j.jpg My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! Here I am, after shaping the dough, adding the sliced mozzarella to the pan--all the way up the sides! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3e6d0b68-a7a0-4695-a9d1-e7aa32fd9931/IMG_5023.JPG My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! Toppings (spicy sausage and red onion on one half, just cheese on the other) and homemade sauce have been added, the oven is at 550 degrees, and the pizza is ready to go in! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a92eba5a-d815-44b7-a6a9-049df4363e77/IMG_5026.JPG My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! And there it is! It came out perfectly. There's a video below of this one, fresh and hot out of the oven, carmelized cheese just sizzling away. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/98406fab-d3af-41dd-b7df-66dc25f4b425/The+quod.jpg My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! Looks almost identical to the photo on Pequod's website, shown here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2e0e0805-4541-4a8a-8d2a-ddbf4f313e9c/IMG_5028.JPG My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! Again, the structure of that crust... I have to pat myself on the back for these! Lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/b4a9b631-9e9b-4a5f-b8a1-9789f1cd401e/pan+pizza+shaping+the+dough+ball.jpg My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! And finally, the "Pizza Hut Pan Pizza" clone--this is the pizza that made me fall IN LOVE with pizza, all those years ago. I'm talking thick-crusted, fried-on-the-bottom, puffy, cheesy, soft, bready pan pizza of the kind Pizza Hut had when I was a kid--all I'd need would be the red plastic cups! So... I made the dough and started shaping it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c9a64d27-e9c4-45f3-8034-c6553fd3e79e/pan+pizza+dough+oiled+pan.jpg My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! You make this pizza in two 10" cast iron skillets--basically how they made it at Pizza Hut, back in the day. PLENTY of olive oil in each pan--one tablespoon per 10" pan! (although I have now adjusted the recipe to make one pizza in a single 16" cast iron skillet--feels more like a pan pizza that way). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/077aae3e-eb4c-4dd7-b068-6175b1c7d7d9/pan+pizza+dough+stretch.jpg My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! Shaping the dough to the pan. This pizza is cooked at 550 degrees, and that pan gets HOT! But it is so, SO worth it when it's done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4065a7d7-3942-4594-bd1d-ae16f2cc9789/IMG_1139+j.jpg My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! One happy Chad. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/6545f6f0-2408-4bac-a6f3-82be3e7cc029/pan+pizza.jpg My cooking - MY PIZZA OBSSESSION. Tap/click the picture for more! Again... just look at that. So. Freaking. Good! :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-cooking/project-two-llrgk-c3ab7 monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a3bad844-fd7d-4348-90e1-52fcbcc89d80/IMG_8583-e1689256716943.jpg My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! Lobster rolls... one of my favorites! Surprisingly easy to make--the best dishes usually are. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/27f47d73-d387-420f-8cd1-878916404be0/12493786_10208527234599017_5431374286797069476_o.jpg My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! Salmon... I do love salmon. Oven baked, here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/18d5c188-802c-4ca9-b305-297d90fe49fd/886339_10208527233638993_4076982797572120283_o.jpg My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! with roasted potatoes as a side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/7a6f1bb9-b7af-410f-b3c8-0d67bab89486/12491759_10208527217038578_9160731569185315963_o.jpg My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! And done! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c456b2c0-8208-4cac-a91c-a01166e2c9f0/IMG_3459.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! Prepping the zucchini balls... I called them that, because "squash balls" just sounded wrong... lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/bf66fa4b-eb88-4773-9075-d4b8d6d70f01/IMG_3461.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! Easy enough to make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c8044584-40c4-4265-a76b-c514f3e3cb80/IMG_3463.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! And done! Paired with an amazing tuna melt and mashed potatoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/125f0460-ae7c-4812-8142-849c91cdf8dc/IMG_0438.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! And a good cook ALWAYS must know how to make the perfect grilled cheese sandwich! It took me a while--and some encouragement to be patient from one of my dearest friends--but I got there. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a20b3dfc-d636-4e6c-8a80-7accaa8e0952/IMG_5239.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! Tandoori salmon with burst cherry tomatoes... it gets cooked in my pizza oven at 650 degrees, which is why the yogurt and spice rub gets coated on it first! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/fbf60dea-d99d-485a-ac6c-d3438925ffef/IMG_5240.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! And, the tandoori salmon after. This was an amazingly delicious dish! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2da4800a-bf99-4aca-a4a3-41dae83fe171/IMG_5411.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! Cincinnati chili--my absolute FAVORITE type of chili. I know it's a polarizing dish, and some people don't care for it at ALL... but I love it. And this copycat Skyline chili recipe is the best of many that I have tried! It doesn't look like much in this photo, though... LOL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/bcc52ed1-dbaa-42d6-9837-cff4b4408490/IMG_6550.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! Vegetarian chili burrito, with fresh jalapenos, tomatoes, onions, shredded cheddar... and washed down with an ice cold beer. Perfection! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/38ee6767-6bbd-41e8-81f4-de7db4d36227/IMG_3291.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! Another salmon dish, this one blackened with zucchini noodles and tomatoes on the side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a414e28e-efc5-4f7b-b797-ee42fe34f0c8/IMG_3531.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! I learned how to make a perfect homemade pasta sauce, too--Marcella Hazan's recipe, with five tablespoons of butter. No wonder it tastes so good! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/7ff0ce66-4762-4e9f-9354-8d80aebc4d96/IMG_4452.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! And I add that to any standard pasta dish--which should be in anybody's wheelhouse! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/6409801c-bd40-482f-9551-0408788b2884/IMG_3557.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! The homemade rustic loaf that was in my "baking" section... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a6e56aee-0316-46af-8519-0b7f1a8724c9/IMG_3530.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! ...goes perfectly with pasta and beet salad! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8a72eb6d-56a0-4231-993f-68e0635e031b/IMG_5603.JPG My cooking - OTHER DISHES... SALMON, LOBSTER ROLLS, CHILI, ETC. Tap/click the photo for more! The PERFECTLY seared salmon filet. It took me a TON of attempts to master this, but I think I am finally there. :) https://www.chadvz.com/my-cooking/project-one-ephnc-rh6kt monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9a873f8b-83d0-4852-944c-6e7d33fca220/373886_2870528042961_150431695_n.jpg My cooking - MY BAKING. Tap/Click the photo for more! German chocolate cake... my absolute favorite cake! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9874a18a-9494-4fce-8834-1d7517039285/german-sweet-chocolate-cake-50d716.jpg My cooking - MY BAKING. Tap/Click the photo for more! Turns out, the recipe on the back of a Bakers baking chocolate bar is the PERFECT recipe. Except for figuring out how to separate the eggs yolks, which is required for the recipe--for a novice like me, that seemed impossible! But... the internet helped me out, there. Check the video at the end of this section. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/ed1b8835-e86f-40fd-b8cd-0596da47735e/IMG_0454.JPG My cooking - MY BAKING. Tap/Click the photo for more! I wanted to make homemade strawberry buttercream frosting, and as it turns out, strawberry reduction is super easy to do! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4814df92-3c6f-468c-914d-e5e598a01caf/IMG_0457.JPG My cooking - MY BAKING. Tap/Click the photo for more! Basically, you puree strawberries, add a little lemon, salt, and maybe some sugar, and reduce by half over low heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2df152a2-252e-4341-9b9b-d02932023ae3/IMG_0458.JPG My cooking - MY BAKING. Tap/Click the photo for more! Add the powdered sugar and butter, mix it up, and viola! Delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/28599a36-1eaf-4a18-b9d1-c5b0e4c1bc60/IMG_0479.JPG My cooking - MY BAKING. Tap/Click the photo for more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/5a199d3c-a93e-4f85-bec9-f69f70b0a687/IMG_3498.JPG My cooking - MY BAKING. Tap/Click the photo for more! An easy rustic bread--mix up the dough... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1be505a8-e750-4cd7-8838-b5e2fdb53aa1/IMG_3523.JPG My cooking - MY BAKING. Tap/Click the photo for more! Flour and fold it into a shaggy dough ball, then cover and let it rise overnight in a dutch oven... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1b1328c9-5f81-41af-a425-97c957b0c1ce/IMG_3557.JPG My cooking - MY BAKING. Tap/Click the photo for more! ...Then bake it in the same dutch oven the next day. So good! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/cb99d69d-bd1c-4e2d-ac00-946e89b70fbe/IMG_5720.JPG My cooking - MY BAKING. Tap/Click the photo for more! I ALSO love just a perfect yellow cake... and this one has my homemade dark chocolate buttercream frosting--with a bit of espresso powder to intensify the flavor. It's fantastic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/12c04743-c4db-454f-b7f2-f043510b9d44/IMG_5722.JPG My cooking - MY BAKING. Tap/Click the photo for more! I mean... YUM! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/5ca3ee5d-f91f-4801-b381-6a936c01ee11/IMG_0323.JPG My cooking - MY BAKING. Tap/Click the photo for more! OH! And I couldn't cook without this--I use this scale for basically EVERYTHING. The things I didn't know I didn't know. :) https://www.chadvz.com/more-about-me daily 0.75 2025-09-26 https://www.chadvz.com/more-about-me/college-and-beyond-tapclick-the-photo-for-more monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4416ff34-eedd-4031-a4ec-baa0397460b3/fyls4616.jpg More about me - COLLEGE AND BEYOND. Tap/click the photo for more! The town of Toledo, Spain... I lived in Madrid for four months in the Spring of 1992, during my Junior year in college. It was amazing, and changed my life for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/d0628fb5-1929-4cda-82fc-b2a52bfac5d0/mjbu2823.jpg More about me - COLLEGE AND BEYOND. Tap/click the photo for more! Backpacking through Nice, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/11604ba5-ef7a-46cb-acff-72840be92a04/IMG_4023+j.jpg More about me - COLLEGE AND BEYOND. Tap/click the photo for more! After graduating college, I got my Professional 1 tennis teaching certification, and moved to Los Angeles--which led to a stint as a teaching pro at the Beverly Hills Country Club. Good times! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/970c65b2-7877-40e0-a850-1f3dc31c3b65/cjqi0855.jpg More about me - COLLEGE AND BEYOND. Tap/click the photo for more! Then worked at Braemar Country Club for a few years, from 1994 to 1996... Those private lesson rates are MUCH higher now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/cd32c664-8e6f-4c53-b89e-d899966cdc25/35543_1503974199969_2567787_n.jpg More about me - COLLEGE AND BEYOND. Tap/click the photo for more! Eventually, I finally got my Jeep! I had wanted one since seeing Mindy's Jeep on "Mork and Mindy" when I was in third grade. Coincidentally, that show was set in Boulder, where I moved in 2014. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/6d356f6e-cffe-403a-9e6b-90e172b8e465/IMG_0419.JPG More about me - COLLEGE AND BEYOND. Tap/click the photo for more! Got my little dog Yashe, the greatest little companion I could have hoped for, at the Boulder animal shelter... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/646b3981-cb1a-4fdb-95b4-1ce63b44961b/IMG_2068.JPG More about me - COLLEGE AND BEYOND. Tap/click the photo for more! ...and she was kissed by Jane Goodall only a few weeks later! https://www.chadvz.com/more-about-me/the-early-years-tapclick-the-photo-for-more monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/301c948e-6b47-45c9-82a8-3ebef62cda6c/IMG_6783.JPG More about me - THE EARLY YEARS. Tap/click the photo for more, with video! Extraordinarily strong! Lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3b82eea9-ed20-43d9-a26f-fb8bbd78ed05/IMG_0298.JPG More about me - THE EARLY YEARS. Tap/click the photo for more, with video! What I wanted to be in first grade... hasn't actually changed at all! Lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/215f29d1-1281-47f6-883c-163b5ce5d115/oabo2302.jpg More about me - THE EARLY YEARS. Tap/click the photo for more, with video! With my two older sisters... I don't know what I would be without them. And we all live within 30 minutes of each other, too! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/ecccaad4-b25a-414e-8c50-5bd1744ec0c2/10714402_10152497157392828_7215049844353538812_o.jpg More about me - THE EARLY YEARS. Tap/click the photo for more, with video! With the high school tennis team (I'm far left, back row)... these guys are true lifelong friends. They're also some of the most awesome people I've ever met in my life. To this day, we make it a point to get together every year, and make new memories. https://www.chadvz.com/my-2024-kitchen-renovation daily 0.75 2024-12-08 https://www.chadvz.com/my-2024-kitchen-renovation/project-one-f5w4d-e3ajb monthly 0.5 2024-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/6baeb02f-0076-400f-8c89-aced9d06ab9e/Kitchen+Before.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Before... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/be9c34c3-566b-41e1-ae09-0d7bfe4433d7/Kitchen+After.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! ...and After. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c73476da-a8e8-4777-9da8-fdcb2afb831e/IMG_6594.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! This is the before... which was the beginning of May. Lots of cosmetic work to be done here, and vast improvements in storage, but I have always liked the layout. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/bad86468-ad82-4214-9b8e-7c5f380db0a3/Why+is+the+drop+ceiling+there.png MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! This is the big question! Why does this ceiling drop 7.5"? If possible, I'd REALLY like to have that space. So, I bought a lighted endoscope camera to investigate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/dd3cc572-996a-463b-87e9-096fad3d0719/camera.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Like this one! Then I just fished it up though the recessed lights, and took a bunch of pics to see what was what. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/218af43c-ce85-45c9-9ad4-05ae2d213683/drop+1.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I can see the actual ceiling joist (labeled above), and the drop… but why? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/ecc27325-03b9-4fc6-bb6c-21b4835964ac/IMG_2417.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Some plumbing and electrical--needing maybe a 3/4" gap... so that isn't it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e5b3543b-da0b-4300-8ad1-247c33bc7fc2/IMG_2450.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Ah ha! There it is. ONE SINGLE duct line. Which... the placement makes sense if it can't be re-routed. But, that's a TON of wasted space in ceiling height for one duct line. I mean, I'll just wrap it to look like a beam, if it means 7 more inches of ceiling height. So... next up is to demo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a58a476f-27bb-4e5f-a6e2-bb605a14cd17/IMG_6897.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! So this was the start--I had to remove the drop in the ceiling, in order to see what's what. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/7a42395f-db02-427a-9d36-9fab57084687/IMG_6889.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Now the drywall on the ceiling is gone, and I can see that--since they had a drop ceiling--they just ran the electrical wiring all willy-nilly. Fun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/51c5381d-ea71-45ad-9ab8-789637ea9429/IMG_6966.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! But, I still have to remove the drop, and get the ceiling height to the bottom of the joists. This may look like something Dexter would do, but it's really just to keep the sawdust contained lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/5d38d9a4-e87a-4036-a8a0-84f6812f943c/IMG_6969.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And there it is. Lots of cleaning up to do, to get everything above the bottom of the joists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/51c7719a-c0ca-430c-b7d9-517ef254d0d7/IMG_7219.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! First, the water supply lines. I simply converted the supply lines below the joists to PEX, moved them up, then connected them back to the existing copper using Shark Bite connections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4e29c926-df0f-4fca-a4d5-a71fd4b7a659/IMG_7269.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Much better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8c5a3c50-b3ea-45ce-b15c-1f3631ef35ad/IMG_7347.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And, there is the hot water supply line for the upcoming pot-filler! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/265ae7a8-0929-4bea-ab27-db2c46ab1659/IMG_7251.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Now... the drain & vent lines. These are from Lily's bathroom (toilet, sink, and bathtub). The only solution is to re-route them to the exterior, then reconnect to the main drain stack in the wall. Time to get started! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a4cb7926-27c1-40ae-8cb8-c4d2cba30673/IMG_7272.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! There we go. Colorado code allows for exterior drain lines, provided that they are wrapped in insulation and protected. So, next I will insulate the pipes, box them in, insulate the box, cover the box with plywood, and eventually paint the box to match the house, so that it blends in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4a6b1672-a21f-47f5-9410-a9bdd75756b5/IMG_7274.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Same thing here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/32a7b40c-7614-4d92-b1f8-46091b571ecd/IMG_7398.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Getting there... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c646033d-7a99-427d-a06a-5e1b80b238d2/IMG_7421.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Same thing here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1a08ab6b-2fe7-47c7-8c64-4666cb99d343/IMG_7348.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Current status: Plumbing (both drain/vent lines and hot and cold supply lines) has been moved and is in place, and the electrical has also been moved and is in place. The ceiling height is set--hooray, seven more inches of ceiling height, and full size, 36" wall cabinets are ready to go! Next is the lower cabinet removal, new lighting, and new ceiling installation. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/ff0fe4d9-f033-48cb-a5ec-2cac5ad6140d/IMG_7289.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Oh! Can't forget to include a shot of our current, "temporary" kitchen cabinetry. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/dbc91944-a7c3-4dc2-abd5-842dbcde7eca/IMG_7285.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Well, lots of progress since my last update on this project! We had a couple of unexpected delays, though: the first was having to wait for the Heating and Air company to come and assess where to put our new return air line... we no longer need the one to the upstairs shown in this pic--because we have mini-split units in all of the rooms upstairs, and they pull in fresh air to cool or heat the room. BUT, you can't just eliminate a return air line, or the A/C unit will not get enough air, and will fail. So, I had to have an expert come to tell me where the new return should go--which ended up being in the basement. So, after this, we could move forward again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/b90a20b7-3756-4180-86e8-9fd2cc85ff06/IMG_7582.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! So... you can imagine my delight when, the next day, there was another unexpected delay. I realized that this gas line came up from the basement, INTO the cabinet, and then OUT of the side of the cabinet. Which meant that there was no way to remove this cabinet without moving the gas line. And NO WAY was I messing around with gas, I needed to have a professional handle that. So, four days later, this issue was finally resolved. Moving forward! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e5fcde6b-663d-4ae6-859b-34289c679b2b/IMG_7598.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Base cabinets are coming out... Hooray! Also installed recessed lighting in the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/60805410-77d4-4bbc-a426-6bfa0b40b764/IMG_7597.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! My Grandpa Van Zandt's 90-year old handmade sawhorses are seeing a lot of action in this project... I love these, they look like art to me. The orange paint is from when my Dad painted his front door orange... in 1976. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9f0fa175-3ec8-4bc9-8e23-301920bb1d44/IMG_7486.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I also finished insulating the inside of the outside drain line housings... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/f65c098b-c201-4974-b0e2-75a72854619c/IMG_7498.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! ...and sealed them up. They still need to be painted, though, which I'll do in the Fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2055c741-a97e-41a0-b152-515303a357fc/IMG_7617.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! There's our old kitchen, in the dumpster! Breaking up the granite with a sledgehammer was really fun, but that stuff is HEAVY! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/810ee8c5-b3e0-4d26-bea1-e3b5927775e3/IMG_7606.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I had to clean this up, re-route the water supply lines, and reconfigure the drain lines... There is no way to slide the new sink base cabinet to the wall, the way this is here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a0fa9558-7ed4-41d1-be5b-ffd254196e0e/IMG_7663.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Much better, everything clean and new. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c7fd1fc5-24df-438d-8a00-68973021b2d8/IMG_7667.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And now I can install the new sink base, sink, faucet, and disposal. Good to have a sink again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/6db954d5-c5af-464a-9b51-e0afc0e55d93/454609118_10233981537900691_5657103803908787184_n.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Next is getting the ducting in place for the new range hood... I had to use the sledgehammer to get access to where the duct had to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/ed9ec684-0c7e-4dcb-8d05-73a804323a74/454820092_10233981550701011_4430796897066485836_n.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Then I had to use a 6.5" hole saw to run the range hood ducting out of the house... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/4bff5fdb-17d7-47b2-b8da-82c3329712a7/IMG_7685.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Then add the duct hood to the exterior, and seal it up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/43e911a2-9138-46f3-bb68-85462c01a748/IMG_6742+copy.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And there it is, coming in exactly where it needed to be. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/63879374-e662-47b2-ae91-869579d3ab71/IMG_7482.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Next, I needed to insulate the exterior walls. I went with Rockwool insulation (like I did in the basement), because it has a higher R-value, doesn't absorb water (so no mold or mildew), and is incredibly fire-resistant and can act as a fire-stop. So this was an easy decision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/377da3a0-b1b8-4bf8-b27a-02386aa604af/IMG_7693.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And there we go! All insulated, and ready for sheathing. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9ed452d2-8224-44ea-8861-f3218b8c4d6b/IMG_7712.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I went with 2x4 sheets of 1/2" plywood, because it's got better insulative properties, and is much easier to work with than drywall... especially since I would need to take the sheathing off as I adjusted the pot filler, range hood, etc. (I started with a stainless steel range hood, then exchanged it for black instead.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9bded322-0029-43ad-a071-111323ec2b1e/IMG_7804.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Next... the plank ceiling. This is an Armstrong product, and they have an installation system for it that made it go up really fast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/509e03b8-4442-4347-86a1-5aff2ac09090/454648366_10233981858988718_7293412396597863654_n.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! First I installed the tracks directly to the joists, a maximum of 24" apart... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a5c11475-10e1-4516-984c-3071d9440005/IMG_7824.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Then once that is done, I just attached the planks to the tracks, using the clips they provide. Easy peasy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e834d3de-61f1-4cfd-8022-a440afe6a820/454731640_10233981885869390_568325366109259976_n.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Me with my project assistant, Stacie Van Zandt, attaching the ceiling planks! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2c5d478f-3061-41a9-be17-f84047af4913/454608089_10233981948430954_3505955994600456516_n.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Getting close… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e555f68a-c3f3-44a5-ae63-7546280b6b3a/454726188_10233981954511106_7905100465372390198_n.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Cutting the last two can light holes (using those amazing sawhorses...) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/bd2ac706-d506-42da-bc79-6fce734db721/IMG_7858.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And done! I love the way this turned out. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/069c28e3-45da-4a0d-a056-ffc07c2f018f/IMG_7862.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Now for the floors! I'm using luxury vinyl plank, since it's incredibly durable, easy to install, looks fantastic, and is very reasonably priced. Win/win/win/win! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/992245d2-60a0-42e4-8b44-9832dff5c02e/IMG_7864.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! This went in quickly, I got it all done in like 5 hours. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8ca82758-0be2-413f-871f-ab83d1ff398a/454583742_10233982011192523_1084438328135133103_n.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Current status: new ceiling is in, new floors are in, range hood and pot filler are installed and working flawlessly, sink base is set, lighting is done... I think we are ready to install the cabinets! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/0821d6ed-47aa-4864-9364-6190c2b5b61c/454609122_10233982075754137_3822860300404488680_n.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! So, I bought the black range hood at Home Depot for $199--then went online and bought this brass "bar shelf" post and rod for $40... and attached it to the front of the hood. Same look, MUCH more reasonable price. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a87682d5-77f3-486e-b456-bd00bd71f789/454615043_10233982108074945_724283872039799178_n.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I love it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9260d540-e1eb-48c7-b55c-c527c11f4adb/454256260_10233982112875065_8743915338967207195_n.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And the pot filler! I love having this again, it's a small thing but super convenient. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/5cbdf128-d830-40d7-8951-8248cc400ea6/IMG_8294.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! So, after a brief delay (for vacations and such), I started on getting the cabinets installed, starting with the base cabinets. Attached 2x4's to the floor, then attached the cabinets to the 2x4's, then clamped and screwed the cabinets together. Rock solid! *slaps cabinet*... "That's not going anywhere." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8617a9a1-31bf-4231-bdff-a8d69c1ade0f/IMG_8373.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Moving along... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/ca874e8b-3f7c-4062-958f-7ef7f19decbf/IMG_8376.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Adding the temporary countertops--butcher block was on sale at Lowe's, and it worked out that it would only be about $50 more to have these countertops rather than plywood for 6 weeks. It was money well spent. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/366d0fa9-fa4f-442e-a1ee-ecf529de00eb/IMG_7405.jpg MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Temporarily re-installing the dishwasher... although the new one is on its way! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/9ffc0e52-b240-4d66-bf5d-0f478aa01750/IMG_8387.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Installed the ledger board to start getting the wall cabinets up... here we go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/63c09b64-ecb5-4189-8f43-60d1df87efb3/IMG_8389.PNG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Corner wall cabinet is in--selfie with it and the range hood! lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/7bed22fd-cae2-481a-86b8-d34026fe20e6/IMG_8390.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Clamp 'em up tight, and screw 'em together. Solid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/a22a70f6-559f-4150-a388-e00a280c077a/IMG_8397.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Moving along... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/87a8f1c1-f01a-4e93-8ef3-0aba9d738765/IMG_8398.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Doors are on, time to start getting things put back away... FINALLY! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/34752fb0-90af-4b95-a556-1cf60106ce5d/IMG_8412.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I installed the undercabinet lighting once these wall cabinets were up--connected to a dimmer switch on the wall. Love it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/bd3b3bd0-d6f7-4239-8473-c7016e0cb0e1/IMG_8417.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Installing the high cabinets to frame the window. This was easy, since I was screwing them directly to the window header--so no stud finder needed! (And I can't use one of those anyway, it goes haywire when I hold it... DAD JOKE! LOL) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/545b6170-1065-44aa-997d-52b5851aa28e/IMG_8419.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Moving along... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2be14aca-4c91-48eb-b2e9-e514928d8174/IMG_8420.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Finished, but... after this, I decided to put spacers between each cabinet, so that the whole row ended at the wall. So, I had to take these down and re-do them. I forgot to take photos of that, though. Oh well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/0f3d7527-c717-4208-9628-513a540a2641/IMG_8448.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! It's coming together... ready for the new appliances! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/88117120-425d-43ae-b51f-d1801d062e91/IMG_8449.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I've lost count of how many times I've installed dishwashers... I think this is around the 3,238th time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/1689dacc-f0f3-4063-a9b9-89a23ef08628/IMG_8450.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! It's looking good, though! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/392be587-2676-4c99-ac08-16b530aee7c2/IMG_8452.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Fully installed, and working perfectly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/8dfe9b9e-3e36-4354-ab1d-277654a80de8/IMG_8453.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The new range is top-notch... it's a very nice upgrade, which I'm cool with since I saved just *a tiny bit* of cost on labor lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/b00824b7-f611-479a-84eb-66fc8bb890cf/IMG_8467.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! New black stainless steel side-by-side fridge (painter's tape to the right shows that I'm still doing some touching up.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/cee591fd-a3f9-4450-a14c-aaadbdd3273a/IMG_8522.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Getting there... now we just had to wait for the countertops to be fabricated and installed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/48a811ab-d05c-4b7f-92b9-d1066c4215ca/IMG_8639.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! And here we are--countertop day! I had to remove the range and range hood so they could get them installed, and also measure the walls for the backsplash fabrication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/09498f0f-284c-44bf-9f1f-1c9eebd53ca8/IMG_8483.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! I bought my daughter and myself a couple of aprons, so that we could cook our first meal together using the new range (her Mom was out of town for work). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/30dc2139-2aaa-4185-9d49-014b949d75ad/IMG_8643.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Done! Now another two week wait while they fabricate the solid-surface backsplash. This part of the project--the countertop and backsplash installation--took the longest, and it was really just waiting around for it to happen. Oh well, I guess there are worse things! lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/e337006f-13e1-4aac-aad6-02a60b1fd5cf/IMG_8807.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Until one day... it was done! I then finished up the trim work around the cabinets, and TA DA! New freaking kitchen. I LOVE the way it turned out. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3ecaafae-70ed-4dfd-bd86-f18eae5c8dcc/IMG_8799.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Random pics... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/39ae27ca-48b9-476b-8093-ed7b4970712f/IMG_8806.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! ...and more... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/d4b416a7-fb1f-48a1-921b-c916e2129927/IMG_8809.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! The pot filler doing its thing... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/2d0adcae-a910-46fa-b019-947409355038/IMG_8813.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Lily's little squirrel friend (she named her "Cotton"), wondering what the heck is going on in there... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/75528871-ad8b-49c8-a705-d016d93c7350/IMG_8818.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! New breakfast table and chairs... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/3415b9db-c2d4-4c63-848a-4fbd6d4019ba/IMG_8825.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Good shot of the new peninsula--lots of room to cook! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/f10e1f92-a9b0-4428-b846-c3eb7e16ee21/IMG_8829.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! There's my trusty pizza oven outside... these windows can function as a passthrough now, too. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/523c35b3-9497-43ed-ba0d-4438ff7a632b/IMG_8819.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! No more phones charging on the countertop! They're tucked neatly away in this cabinet. This is very helpful for my OCD! lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/0ac38dc4-d75d-4f6a-a2ff-a9995ad145a2/IMG_8824.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Come join us! We are ready to entertain. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/cf92991e-16c0-4b49-9cfb-05b5e538f24b/IMG_8834.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! Be our Guest! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66218e1532f0be422a22334d/c2ee8544-9a5c-4914-bd59-f5db26c4dbba/IMG_8838.JPG MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION! - MY 2024 KITCHEN RENOVATION--DONE! Completion date 9-7-24. Tap/click the photo for the full story! It's been a long project--with a lot of fun and challenging aspects to it!--but I learned a TON, and I could not be happier with how it turned out. On to the next! :)