Putting Together Puzzles or Remodeling 101…the Further Adventures of the N Mississippi/Portland Oregon Duplex Remodel!

August11


“Puzzle” by Brandon Walker :-)

Okay, so they definitely have the cutest kitchens at reasonable prices at IKEA.  However, I had no idea what a kitchen might look like in boxes.  I met with a great designer at IKEA and she helped me design and decide what elements to order.  My partner picked up the MULTIPLE boxes and brought them to the duplex and I/we experienced a “little moment of Hell”.  You know, that Christmas Eve after dinner and wine and the children have gone to bed?  And, you get out those boxes to put together “Santa’s gifts”???  Yeah, it was just like that!!  Luckily, my partner has an available 20-year old son who rode in with a red cape and “saved the day”.  Somehow he was able to walk into the duplex and look at all those incredible number of pieces and make sense out of the “fray”.  It’s a jig-saw puzzle!  This goes with this…like that, etc!!  It’s something you see…or you don’t.  However, from that disarray it is actually starting to look like a kitchen! 

Pieces of a "jigsaw puzzle", the kitchen is pieces "before"

Pieces of a "jigsaw puzzle", the kitchen is pieces "before"

new tub surround in bath

new tub surround in bath

the kitchen is now almost complete!

the kitchen is now almost complete!

The bathroom has a new, sparkling surround over the original cast-iron tub and just needs a new vanity and toilet and a splash of paint.  We are hoping to start advertising for renters by the end of the week!

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