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Thanks, mtngirl. Thomas, our kitchen is fairly small overall, too. That's one of the reasons I'm hesitating about the island. I considered putting in another run of cabinets on the wall opposite the sink and fridge, but not sure about that either. We just never seem to have quite enough...

Does the door move right away when you press the button, or is there a delay? We had a problem last year where the garage door opener would run, but the door would only start moving after a few seconds. Eventually it stopped moving completely even though the motor would still run. It...

Thanks! Haven't had a lot of free time to visit the forum lately, so I was surprised to see that this thread had a new comment after so long. :) The piece behind the stove is just a thin sheet metal backsplash with a black gloss enamel/epoxy finish. I picked it up at Lowe's along with...

Hi guys. Thanks for the comments! I don't get around the forum as much as I'd like to these days. Can't believe it's been 9 months already since I finished up the kitchen. We still really like it, and everything is holding up great! :)

Hi guys, Just following up on my fridge situation. When the Whirlpool guy came over, the first thing he asked was what kind of water supply was I using. I was using an existing saddle valve tapped into my cold water pipe under the sink. He said that was the problem, as those needle valves...

I replaced the filter not too long ago when the indicator went from green to red. I called Whirlpool earlier today and someone is coming over next Wednesday to check it out. It's still within the one year warranty, so hopefully it'll be something quick to fix.

It does have the option of running with or without a filter cartridge. I already tried removing it and found that it still runs very slowly. Thanks though!

Hi guys, I have a Whirlpool side by side fridge that's about 9 months old. It has water/ice through the door and lately the flow has been steadily decreasing. It was down to just a trickle so I replaced my supply line, thinking it might be deposits in the line. The flow seems slightly...

We're on city water. My wife's nose is very sensitive. I kid her sometimes about being part wolf. What would the results of a water test show? And if there is an excessive level of "something" what could we do about it? For the most part the water we drink comes out of the (filtered)...

Hi all, My wife, who has a nose much more sensitive than me apparently, had been complaining of a "metallic" smell when she takes a shower. I honestly have never noticed any kind of smell. So I drained our hot water heater a couple of weekends ago. There was barely any sediment and only a...

Is your island already in place? Any way to move it 3"?

I'm USAF 1987-2010. I'm on "terminal leave" right now as I retire. My official last day in the military will be Dec 31, 2010. When the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, I'm a civilian again!

rnddude, Thanks for that link! Our kitchen reno is complete, but we still have that blank wall opposite the cabinets/appliances and we're considering what we can do with it. There are some nice mobile islands on that website.

I'd rather not discuss finances in detail, but the complete start to finish was significantly less than $10K.

We installed cellular shades in our house. A bit more pricey than the standard mini blinds, but not unreasonable, and they have a really clean look. They're just as easy to install. The "basic" ones come in standard light filtering, or you can get light blocking ones. I put those in our...

thomask, The lighting was pretty simple. We just chose 2 new fixtures that we liked. We didn't run any new wiring or anything, just used the existing boxes. The main fixture is a 3 bulb flush mount with some crystal details that cast some nice reflections around the room. It adds a nice...

Thanks, everyone. There were a couple of reasons we went with the black appliances. First, we both like black. :) We wanted something that would tie in with the design. We knew we wanted the very dark slate flooring and counters and just felt that black would be a good choice...

Thanks guys. :) We're very happy with the way everything turned out. Brian, we worked on it in stages starting around April 1st. It wasn't constant though. A good portion of the time was spent waiting for items to come in. So figure about 12 weeks start to finish. It wasn't easy being...

Part 5: The final purchase was a new dishwasher. We decided to go with all black appliances to set off the neutral shades. We discussed stainless, but in the end we just preferred black. So here's the whole shebang. I know I've left out several details, like the lighting, the crown...

Part 4: Being a total noob to crown molding, I debated this next step for a day or so. I wanted the crown at the left end of the cabinets to come out and lay flush against this part of the wall. I managed to figure out the cuts and I think it came out looking pretty nice. The...