After I was done sealing the grout, it was time to finish up with the electrical. I would replace all the ivory-colored outlets, switches and covers with the white ones Because of the thickness of the tiles, I needed to purchase longer screws so I could screw all the new switches and outlets back in…
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I initially was not going to write about this DIY project, because reading about painting, is like…watching it dry. But somehow, I can make even painting adventurous. Efiwym, my wife and I picked out the exact paint color we wanted for the kitchen and dinette area. I decided that I should paint the foyer the…
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The countertops were installed, so I could reconnect the plumbing for the new kitchen sink. However, the installer asked me to wait 24 hours before reconnecting the sink. Great, no sink for another day. Nonetheless, I could still install the faucet, air gap and soap dispenser. At least we would have running water. I retrieved…
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I decided I would eat supper before I finished up with the hanging of the pendant lights. As Efiwym, my wife, was preparing supper, I finished installing the second pendant light. I put on the new shade of the first pendant light and officially, we had pendant lights over the peninsula. Except, they would always…
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I just finished a project that surprisingly went quite well. So, I had time to work on the pendant lights for the kitchen. Working on two projects in one day was never heard of in my DIY history. The most important part of this project was laying out the pendant lights over the counter. And…
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That afternoon, Efiwym, my wife, and I went out to return the ridiculously priced wire nuts and get some drywall patching material and insulation spray foam. We went to the big box home improvement store to save 11%. I picked up what I needed and Efiwym found the pendant lights she wanted in clearance. (Read…
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I found a retrofit electrical box that had screws inside the box that you could use to fasten the box to the wall stud. When I got home, I was ready to install the box. I needed to separate and tape up the four bundles of wires to run them through the box. I tried…
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I compiled a list of electrical items I needed to install the switch for the pendant lights and to change all the outlets and switches in the kitchen and the dinette from the ivory to white. I thought white would look so much nicer against the new backsplash than the ugly ivory ones. After multiple…
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Efiwym, my wife, and I were discouraged that the pendant light we really, really liked was not available. Before we went home, we stopped at a couple more big box home improvement stores. We looked at their limited supply of pendant and overhead lights. We decided to go home, but first we needed to get…
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I already had in mine the type of pendant lights I wanted. A bronze-colored, single pendant light with a tannish glass shade. In fact, I already had it picked out. I showed Efiwym, my wife, the pendant from my phone. She said that she wanted to see it in person. However, it was not available…