For years now wifey has wanted a new kitchen, so she and I have been thinking and saving for this project for over 2 years. She saved a lot more money than me on this one
We did all new floors, cabinets, counter tops, and appliances. A complete redo!
I have a history of doing ceramic tile flooring so I took it upon myself to do the flooring for this remodel.
As you can see in the pics / gallery below, they turned out well.
Now the cabinets were done by a local cabinet shop Wilbourn Cabinets of Grenada, MS. They do fantastic custom cabinet work.
The tile back splash wall behind the stove was another task I completed.
The counter tops…yes the counter tops….This may surprise you but I made them and I made them out of concrete.
I know what you are thinking…. “a concrete counter top?” ….. How Ugly?
No not at all. Concrete is not just for sidewalks anymore., no it is fast becoming the new popular item in most kitchens these days. It is quickly replacing granite. Yes it really is. See granite is what everyone “thinks” they should put in there kitchen. Everyone is doing it so why not me right? Well I don’t always want to do what everyone else is doing. I want my kitchen to be unique and custom and with engineered stone or concrete you can do just that. You do not have to be limited to the puke colors that granite offers. We thought about granite and other leading products but we never could find one that wasn’t too busy and that we liked. One actually looked like vomit. I knew that with concrete the shapes, the color, the texture, all could be up to me and I could get what I wanted from it.
Whether it be color, shape, feel or whatever you like, concrete can give you what you want. No Limits!
This is a great video I found on YouTube that explains some things.
Not too long ago I purchased some mini spy dvr sunglasses off of E-Bay to use when I was hiking or bike riding or something. They were so cheap and really couldn’t pass them up.
I think I spent $22 dollars total on them and waited about 3 weeks for them to arrive from Hong Kong, then I went to Wal-Mart and purchased a $20 micro sd card, I think the size was around 8 gigabytes.
From the parking lot after I inserted the memory card to record the video too, I set up to the gym. Here is the video of this trip
I think the video quality is exceptionally good.
Here is a walk around the back yard.
I think these glasses are great and could be used for all sorts of things like sports, hunting, fishing, cycling, etc.
Wow your deck is huge!(that’s what she said) but no seriously it is. We decided to make it like we wanted it now rather than add on to it later.
The pool is a 24′ round Sand Dollar II with a 7 foot deep end. The deck is hard to give dimensions on but its just friggin large as you will see in the pictures and videos in this post.
The backyard is a never ending project and it seems that there is always something to do, but I love it. Its like my own backyard oasis. I love staying busy doing things out there.
For years I have pushmowed the yard and thought “man it sure would be nice to cut and go right into a pool for a swim”. Well now I can and have done so!
Next on my list of things to do is to get some night time lighting on the deck. After that I need to work on some tunes for the deck. I am thinking marine speakers and some place to plug in mp3 players and iphones.
Oh and just so you all know, I did not build this deck….so you cannot book me for work haha. Kevin Craig at KevinsCustomDecks built this awesome deck. He is local to North Central Mississippi. I am not going to publish his contact information here on the web, but if you are serious about having a deck built contact me and I will release and email address where he can be reached.
The month of October is amazing, its my favorite month. I love the fall and the leaves as they change color, Halloween, and temperature change. Who doesn’t love the fall? You know what the best thing to do in the fall is don’t you? Its CAMPING!
Every October my friends and I like to take a camping trip into the woods on a stretch of land my buddy Gordon owns. We don’t use an fancy campers and such we use tents. Its a lot of fun.
We usually have a pretty decent fire and roast hot dogs all night and play guitar and such.
This year I took my dog DL with me and let me tell you he is just the best little camper.
He doesn’t bark all night or anything annoying like most dogs would do. He just stayed close to my side the entire night and when he was tired he went into the tent and turned in for the night.
It was a pretty uneventful night, just us campers having a good time.
