{"id":49797,"date":"2015-03-10T05:50:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T11:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/10\/kitchen-project-day-124-bits-and-pieces.html"},"modified":"2015-05-11T11:23:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:23:48","slug":"kitchen-project-day-124-bits-and-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/10\/kitchen-project-day-124-bits-and-pieces.html","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Project &#8211; Day 124: Bits and Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So as far as Things Actually Happening, today was Insulation Day &#8212; batting installed in ceilings (mostly), with blow-in installed in the exterior walls, which <i>almost<\/i> looks like drywall.<\/p>\n<p>Almost more interesting is the various decision points <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103328827291075446110\" oid=\"103328827291075446110\">Margie Kleerup<\/a><\/span>  and I are working through &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Tracking down what paint things should be painted &#8212; keeping the previous color scheme (I think), but also looking at sheens (eggshell? satin? semi-gloss?).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Looking at different cork flooring sources, since we&#39;re suddenly leary of Lumber Liquidators (gee, thanks, <i>60 Minutes,<\/i> for harshing our flooring mellow).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Looking at backsplash material, both as the accent behind the stove, and (now that our previous choice turns out to be discontinued) for the rest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Considering sink hardware. (Not Cheap.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Considering cabinet hardware. (Very Not Cheap.)<\/p>\n<p>No dull moments arond here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6124477780532615249\/6124477780306667490'><img src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-1E06lVVAvWo\/VP6EF6Hzp-I\/AAAAAAADK2g\/SQRgnvz_0_E\/IMG_20150309_170331820_HDR.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6124477780532615249\/6124477781563173554' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-8g1Yxnowclk\/VP6EF-zYarI\/AAAAAAADK2g\/pYsQnyhpOBc\/IMG_20150309_142653468.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6124477780532615249\/6124477779200577074' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-QaUe74M_LX0\/VP6EF2AGDjI\/AAAAAAADK2g\/x55bDoi4Hyo\/IMG_20150309_142715403.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6124477780532615249\/6124477781638125890' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/--XDOLGR4gw8\/VP6EF_FQGUI\/AAAAAAADK2g\/3wJ_cEl8MZQ\/IMG_20150308_160433688_HDR.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6124477780532615249\/6124477779111316418' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/--cTDDu7Msh8\/VP6EF1q0C8I\/AAAAAAADK2g\/vly_jfb5vII\/IMG_20150308_143114523.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6124477780532615249\/6124477780161327362' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url(https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-l3MGdeyjmkI\/VP6EF5lJ8QI\/AAAAAAADK2g\/WLOpWA70eDs\/IMG_20150308_143906320.jpg?imgmax=300);'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6124477780532615249'>In Album Hill-Kleerup Kitchen &#8211; 2015-03-09<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/FVQpyZsWGwr'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So as far as Things Actually Happening, today was Insulation Day &#8212; batting installed in ceilings (mostly), with blow-in installed in the exterior walls, which almost looks like drywall. Almost more interesting is the various decision points +Margie Kleerup and I are working through &#8230; &#8211; Tracking down what paint things should be painted &#8212; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/10\/kitchen-project-day-124-bits-and-pieces.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kitchen Project &#8211; Day 124: Bits and Pieces&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,438],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-kitchen-remodel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_20150309_170331820_HDR.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49970,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/31\/kitchen-project-day-146-and-now-a-moment-of-silence.html","url_meta":{"origin":49797,"position":0},"title":"Kitchen Project &#8211; Day 146: And Now, a Moment of Silence","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 31-Mar-15 10:29pm","format":false,"excerpt":"So ... 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