I finished my Kitchen Project.
Total Cost: $465.16
I did all the work myself. You read can about each project by following the links. Here are the cost breakdowns:
Painting the Cabinets - $34.99
- Sanding and Painting supplies - $0 (already had them)
- 1 gallon primer - $7.06 (on sale, plus a rebate store credit)
- 1 gallon paint - $0 (already had it)
- Cabinet door knobs - $27.93
Vinyl Plank Flooring - $136.24
- Floor leveling compound - $0 (already had it)
- Tools & supplies - $0 (already had them)
- Vinyl Plank Flooring - $136.24
Wall Paint - $23.16
- Benjamin Moore 'Antique Parchment' - $23.16
- Painting Supplies - $0 (already had them)
New Light Fixtures - $106.27
- 2 Schoolhouse Light fixtures - $106.27
Subway Tile Backsplash - $164.50
- White 3"x6" Glazed Ceramic Tiles - $39.15
- 7" Tile Wet Saw - $79.00
- Tile Adhesive - $11.97
- 1/16" Tile Spacers - $2.97
- Pre-Mixed Non-Sanded Tile Grout - $26.95
- Trowel & Grout Float - $0 (borrowed from my brother)
- Grout Sponge - $1.97
- Kitchen & Bath Caulk - $2.49
I still need to find a floor rug for the sink that suits me. I still need to play with the plant and basket thing above the cabinets. Other than that...DONE. Now what am I going to do with myself?
8 comments:
GREAT JOB!! I really love your new look. It makes the kitchen look bigger and brighter.
Congrats on a job well done.
FlowerLady
It really does look larger. Very good job. You can be so proud. Can't wait to see what your doing next. I know soon you'll be headed outdoors...Job well done!
Just gorgeous! Love the contrast between the white cabinets and backsplash with the dark counter and floor.
I love how it turned out! You sure got a lot for your money. Great job!
Hi Gayle, I tried to reply to your question by email, but it bounced back - Mailer Daemon. So I'll reply here:
We had the insulation done by professionals, mainly because we have a vaulted ceiling and a room on the other side of it, and the central heating unit is in the attic and hard to get around it. With the amount of hoses they have and their huge compressor, they could shoot most of it from the trap door (we also took some siding down to help with the part on the other side of the vaulted ceiling).
It was additional insulation. The original blown insulation had compacted down to about 3" in the main part of the house, and we put up batting type insulation in the ceiling when we converted the garage to a den. It was about 4" I think. The den was always about 10 degrees different than the rest of the house, even after we had another vent added, and an intake vent to increase air flow. After this insulation was added, it is about the same as the rest of the house. Considering it has windows on 3 sides, that's pretty good. We are amazed at the difference it has made.
When we converted the garage, we rented a unit from Home Depot and blew insulation between the studs in the two regular walls. It wasn't hard at all, but we did have to make a hole in the top of the wall between every stud. Home Depot only had cellulose then, and the stuff this company used is fiberglass, and much lighter in weight. I just got the bill for it - $475. Our square footage is 1800 sq ft, plus they covered the sides of the vaulted ceiling and they did the covered front porch too (which didn't have any before), which was another 80 sq ft. I don't remember how much the rental was at Home Depot, but our total with 5 bags of insulation was about $150, and that was just two walls, about 350 sq ft. so this seems pretty cheap to me.
Hope this helps,
Marti
THANK YOU MARTI. I sent you an email.
You've done a fantastic job! I'm about to add subway tile to my backsplash and I'm very nervous as I've tiled maybe once very long ago. Could you explain how you used the quilting square during your installation? I'm very intrigued by your method, but can't quite visualize it. That might be due to not knowing what a quilting square IS, lol. Any help would be very much appreciated. Marie
Gayle I found the answer in a previous post, I now know what a quilting square is! And I can see how it would work beautifully. If this post has a time stamp, you can see that I've been losing sleep over installing these tiles, but I think your system will work for me. Thank you so much for posting this!! Marie
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