{"id":71,"date":"2007-09-17T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-17T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homegardencompanion.com\/house\/?p=71"},"modified":"2015-03-14T06:33:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T06:33:25","slug":"new-kitchen-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homegardencompanion.com\/house\/new-kitchen-continued\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kitchen – continued"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before I continue I would like to say that if I had realized all the work that I was going to be getting myself into, I would have somehow talked myself out of this project using whatever excuses I could think up: “it is way beyond my capability & ability”, “it will cost too much”, etc, etc… There were alot of things that came up unexpectedly (known as mushroom factors: where you encounter an unexpected problem that you must deal with, and in dealing with that one, another 5 crop up).<\/span><\/p>\n

But what I have discovered is that when you rise to the challenge, you will be amazed at what you can do. Sometimes, of course, it is a choice; other times it is a necessity. In our case we often had to go back to the “drawing board” to re-figure “custom” solutions to the “custom” problems.<\/p>\n

So: I am very happy that I didn’t give up. And 7 years later I still am delighted with the results and still amazed that I could possiblyhave built something so beautiful. So: don’t underestimate yourself!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before I continue I would like to say that if I had realized all the work that I was going to be getting myself into, I would have somehow talked myself out of this project using whatever excuses I could think up: “it is way beyond my capability & ability”, “it will cost too much”, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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":[2,27,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-handyman","category-kitchen","category-remodeling"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70,"url":"https:\/\/www.homegardencompanion.com\/house\/new-kitchen-cabinets-countertop\/","url_meta":{"origin":71,"position":0},"title":"New Kitchen – cabinets, countertop","author":"Ilona","date":"September 17, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Now that all the major, structural stuff was complete:New floor down to and including the joistsNew ceiling including new raftersNew interior walls and exterior siding including studs, etc.All new plumbing & electricalWe were now ready for the cabinet maker to deliver and install the new cabinets. 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