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Now that Seattle's the hottest it has ever been, Brian is hard at work again, after trips to Africa and Montana in the last month. In between trips, he did most of the backsplash tile in the kitchen. When I look down the hall into the kitchen, I hardly recognize it as my house! It's far too glamorous!As mentioned in an earlier post, we got the tile from Ecohaus. It is manufactured by Oceanside

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As promised to many people, here are photos of the new countertops! We purchased the counters through Ikea, which works directly with Precision Countertops. Once the lower cabinets were in place, they came and made a full-size template of the counters. Two weeks later, back they came with the perfectly-cut pieces. It took them about two hours to install, including doing the undermounting of the

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Not only are nearly all the cabinets done, but now the kitchen's a whole new color! We chose Porta Luca from Mythic Paint (purchased at Ecohaus). The color is almost like a dark cameo blue. For more on the paint-selection process, check out my earlier post on fume-free paint.And, here are the latest photos! First, a shot where you can see the color really well. Note that the skinny cabinet at the

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Last week Brian put most of the cabinets in, the stove moved back in, and the countertop guys made the template (counters will be delivered on the 18th!).A few snaps:In the sunroom:Also in the sunroom--I'm super excited about the tall pantry! I'll have to take another photo of how the door pulls out.

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Brian started on the cabinets last week--they're going up fast!The sunroom (soon to be known as the baking center):Wyatt considers the new cabinets:

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I've been pretty excited about my choice of flooring for the kitchen, and today was a great day because I actually got to see it in the kitchen for the first time! Like several of the other materials, we got the cork flooring at Ecohaus. They have many options for cork, and we went with the Vida cork planks in the Bamboo pattern. It looks very elegant in the kitchen, and adds a nice warmth in

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Over Memorial Day Weekend, I picked up some small cans of paint at Ecohaus. I'd narrowed down the color choices to a few shades of blue that I thought would coordinate with the tile nicely. We really liked one color, Porta Luca, but we were worried it was maybe a little dark, so I also got a can of Country Bay, for comparison. You can see here the paint test, with Porta Luca on the left. Matt and

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Last week the first stage of the electrical work was done by Boley Electric. After several days of ripping out more walls here and there, Brian started putting them back up, which, frankly, was more exciting than I anticipated. More than anything, it was just nice to have the kitchen feel like a real room again, and not some decades-old war zone. Plus, as a special Memorial Day Weekend gift to us

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Earlier today Brian posted some before-and-after photos of the demolition. Here's a super cool 3-D view of the future, created by Ray.I can hardly wait!

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Things are looking almost, well, clean. Except for all the dust, that is. All the cabinets, counters, flooring, and tile are out. Even the long-despised soffits are gone--hurrah! Here are a few photos from the current stage.Just yesterday, all that cold, hard ceramic tile was in a heap on the floor:No more pantry:Today--not much left:Soffit? What soffit? (Hey, is that the attic up there?)Stay

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If you've ever wondered how to get rid of the old insulation in your attic, then this is the post for you. Today we're having all the insulation "sucked" out to make way for new energy saving insulation. The insulation in millions of homes has been sitting in the attic for so long, that it's doing very little to prevent the obvious heat loss through the ceiling. Its been collecting dust and

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We are now on week two of the remodel! In the first week, Brian demoed the hallway wall, boarded up the stairway door in the kitchen, rebuilt the top stairs in the new curved alignment, and installed most of the Solatube. Today he started the demo of the kitchen! Here are a few photos of the first week.Hallway--the wall's gone and it's all sealed up!The stairway door in the kitchen is all boarded

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Most of the materials have now been ordered! Cabinets and handles, counters, backsplash tile, the sink and faucet, and the flooring. It took lots of looking around to pick out just what I wanted, but at least I had years of collected kitchen remodel magazines and books to help shape my style.The first task was to find the cabinets. Brian really recommended Ikea cabinets, for their style, ease of

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This week we started Phase 2 of the Bolhmann Kitchen Remodel. After a few weeks of sifting through designs, we came up with a great solution to Matt and Maile's needs. As you can see in the plan, we eliminated the door to the basement via the kitchen, and will move it into the hallway. Also, we'll be opening up the hallway space by removing a 100-year-old defunct chimney, replacing it with a

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View from the street.

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Existing kitchen layout.

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