More kitchen photos...Backsplash
By daycarepal
@daycarepal (1998)
United States
June 20, 2007 2:44pm CST
Here's a photo of the backsplash we added to our new kitchen. It is stone and we added a decorative design across the middle of it. My husband did this all himself. He's very handy.
If you haven't checked out my new kitchen floor, here is the link to that discussion
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1157765.aspx
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
20 Jun 07
wow daycarepal, your husband does great work :)
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@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
20 Jun 07
Thanks! I really love the way it all came together. It took us forever to find exactly what we wanted.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
20 Jun 07
Well, if he is going to be going to Scotland, have him drop by Texas on his way home, coulda?
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
20 Jun 07
You have done a beautiful job, and I imagine it makes you feel really proud when you look at it. I am sure that it saves you quite a bit of money to be able to do it yourself. I wonder how you can get this done while running a daycare. Maybe some of the remodel will be deductible. Wouldn't that be sweet.
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@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
20 Jun 07
Yep some of the remodel is deductible on the daycare :) :) The renovations didn't bother my daycare very much because my daycare has it's own separate space. We have a converted garage (yes hubby did that too) and the daycare is there. It's wonderful not to have the kids all throughout my living space.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
20 Jun 07
I know what I want. Didn't take me forevere. HAHAHA. Now just need you 2 over here to install it. Lovely kitchen. Love it a lot.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
21 Jun 07
You know, we always say that we should have gotten into the house flipping business because we love to remodel things. Only problem is that we run out of money to fast! LOL.
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
20 Jun 07
Wow!! I must repeat myself..the man is a keeper. I could use him at my house...how is he at bathrooms?? I have some work that needs to be done? I pay!
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@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
21 Jun 07
He redid our master bathroom a few years ago. Oh and he added a powder room for my daycare. That powder room use to be my laundry room! I still have a hall bathroom that he hasn't touched yet. We've been in our house for 10 years and that hall bathroom is 1 room we've never touched....and it looks like it to LOL
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
20 Jun 07
Beautiful job. You did a nice job choosing stone to go with your countertops and cabinets.
He is not just handy, he has some skills. Well done.
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@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
20 Jun 07
Thanks! We had granite counter tops put in. We didn't attempt to do that ourselves, we hired professionals for that. We did put the cabinets in ourselves though.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
20 Jun 07
I am a little envious. I long for a kitchen redo. We will not be doing ANY of it ourselves so it will be a while for us to save up.
I have had the flooring done. Porcelain tile, so nice and easy to clean. I would love granite counter tops.
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@ladyluna (7004)
• United States
21 Jun 07
Nicely done Daycarepal.
It's so gratifying to do-it-yourselves. My Hubby is also a very handy guy. I wouldn't trade him for the world. I'll bet you feel your Hubby is a real 'keeper', too. Especially after the beautiful job you two did on the kitchen remodel.
Enjoy your beautiful new kitchen!
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@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
21 Jun 07
It's nice having a handy hubby, isn't it? I bet you're husband has done alot of nice work in your home.
@texasclassygal (5305)
• United States
20 Jun 07
I love the backsplash this is something we are needing to do in our kitchen, but it is so far down the lines of other things needing done that it probably won't be done for at least another year.
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@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
22 Jun 07
Your kitchen is gorgeous! I just responded to the one about the floor, and I was bowled over just by that. But this is some very awesome work. Your husband definitely has a talent there. Ya want to send him my way so he can redo my kitchen? LOL (I love my hubby, but he is just too lazy to do that much work! Hehehehe! Shhhhhh....don't tell him I said that. LOL)
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@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
22 Jun 07
Glad you like it! I am loving my new kitchen. I feel like I'm in a new house.
@gardengrrl (1445)
• United States
21 Jun 07
WOW! I looked at both, you guys did a terrific job! I admire the skill it took to do such a good installation, and the patience, too!
We hope to buy a house in the next couple of years. When we do, I hope that we can do something even half this nice in it. Excellent work!
@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
21 Jun 07
Thank you so much! The backsplash was alot of work. And once it was all in place, we had to go back and grout it all. It was alot but it turned out just how we wanted.
@misheleen73 (6037)
• United States
21 Jun 07
Very, very nice. It look slike a kitchen from the new home models I have been looking at recently. Very nice job. It's good to have a handy hubby isn't it? Mine is handy too, we just don't have a house yet. He doesn't know it yet, so shhhh, but I have many, many plans for him once we are in our own home..LOL.
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@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
21 Jun 07
Once you own your own home, the projects never end! We always seem to be doing something around our house.
@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
21 Jun 07
Glad I could help :) I'd love to see pictures of your kitchen.
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@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
21 Jun 07
We created a photo album of all our before and after pictures. We also take pictures during our projects. It helps us to remember all the hard work we put into each project.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
21 Jun 07
he did a great jiob there, sweetie. i really liked the color and pattern.
thanx for sharing.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
21 Jun 07
Very nice. How lucky you are to have a husband who can do such nice work.
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@cwilson26 (2735)
• United States
20 Jun 07
Very nice. Looks like my husband and yours might have some things in common when it comes to these projects. If I could post a pic of mine I would but I can't. I really like our kitchen and our bathroom. We will be starting on our living room next and our bedroom is last. We are also putting a deck in front of our trailer, right in front of our sliding glass doors. Can't wait until it's all done. :)
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@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
20 Jun 07
My husband is working on a big deck in the backyard now, that's his new project. He has it all staked out and dug holes for the footers yesterday.
We have a bathroom that we want to redo soooo bad. But it seems like every other room in the house keeps getting put ahead of the bathroom.
@loopylou2406 (382)
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21 Jun 07
you husband is very telented. job well done it looks beautiful!! hope you enjoy it.
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