TKO much, me? Nah.

(totally kitchen'd out???)

I still can't believe my DH doesn't dream about it. I guess he would probably have nightmares!

I swear my husband is gonna leave me if he hears me utter the words "In the new kitchen...." one more time!

Whatever it is, it sure is fun !

pbear

I did a ton of research before buying a new stove to start the old house remodel. We moved to a newer house and I just can't afford to remodel quite yet. I'm planning though!

I'm TKO because when I go to the appliance store, I talk to customers and steer them into a better decision (it's sad because I know more than the sales people!). I'm TKO because I constantly at this forum for ideas! And yes, I've done the restaurant thing too.....but not in a restaurant.

You know you're TKO when you pay more attention to the kitchens in TV shows, movies and commercials than you do to the plot line or the product!

Yes Folks, it spreads to the bathroom!

countrygal905: THATS ME!!! At 11PM, I tell myself, "ok, just one more.." and I look at the clock and its 12:30AM!!!

pbear2007: Yes I do that, too. I have spent tons of money on remodeling magazines. IMHO, they dont make enough of them!!!

dees1: I did so much research on refrigerators that the other day, when I was at Lowes, I was trying to sell a guy and his wife on the Samsung FD CD. I think she was mad at me because he asked me what CD was and when I told him, he turned to her and said "Did you EVEN measure the depth of the other one?????" HA!

Lisa A: You should go into "hood" design..thats awesome!!

When your neighbor who is building a new house with a custom builder comes to YOU and wants advice on everything and even asks if you'll go to talk to the kitchen designer with her!!! And you really want to, but you don't want to offend the kitchen designer!

When you know more brands of faucets then they do at the plumbing store, even though they carry those brands, or you ask for something even your plumber has never heard of!!!

Or the best of all, you still have to say to yourself (or your husband says to you) "you've already remodeled...keep walking...keep walking," as you pass all the kitchen magazines at the grocery store check out!!!

I guess like the saying goes, once and addict always an addict and I have to fight my TKO addiction everyday! ;-)

It's not that we're arrogant know it alls, it's just that we LOVE kitchens and the thrill of the hunt!

Kat :)

I found GardenWeb a few years ago while researching kitchen faucets and I am go glad I did. The GW kitchen forum has saved me a lot of money because I quit buying all the remodeling and kitchen magazines after a couple of months of reading the posts. The magazine pics are lovely to look at but on GW when you see something you are interested in you can easily get all the info you need by posting a query. Best of all, everyone here is willing and eager to help.

My DH thinks I may need a 12 step program when the kitchen is done.

Hello, my name is Julie and I'm TKO.

When your father-in-law banishes you to the family room while his consultant comes by for an estimate of his kitchen reno. Because he knows once you get on the topic of kitchens, there's no stopping you and your suggestions. But it's his kitchen. And he likes his microwave OTR.

. . . when you're looking at a half-page photograph in the NY Times of a Palestinian woman standing in a pile of bombed-out rubble holding a long piece of burned, scoured metal under her arm and you think to yourself, "Huh, that would make a beautiful countertop."

As I said, shameful (but true).

2005 -- Chapter 2: We decided to move out of state, build again. I moved back to GW full time, I think. Not just kitchens, but maybe more here than any other board. We've been in since June, and I'm still here a couple times a day.

My question: How would anyone build or remodel without GW??

TKO, TGWO . . . that's us.

Spend nine hours a day reading threads on the Kitchen Forum. Seriously.....

...you check GW on your BB and in moments of extreme urgency (Judydel's stools!), you post a reply on your BB (while driving to a function...)

...You trust the opinions of GW'ers way more than poeple you have known and loved all your life

...Your kitchen is WAY done but you still get great tips for ways to spend even more money! :-) (looking into having a wood cutting board made for my sink a la circuspeanut)

...you get expert baking tips from trailrunner on gorgeous pizza (check out that thread, all - yummy!)

((((Group hug))))

Eliz

'Squeeby' (sweeby), 'Beemer' (bmore), and Buehl (that one, the biker gets right), DH says hi.

'listen here young lady - i'm gonna hide the trash behind a door. if you scratch the door to get to the trash you'll have to get a job and replace it.
Do you hear me?'

dear me.

Demo starts in my kitchen on Tuesday. Saying I'm a little nervous would be an understatment. GW has been a lifesaver for me. Coming into this process I didn't know anything about a kitchen. Now I can actually carry on a conversation for hours (or days) with someone about appliances, sinks, cabinets...you name it. You could say I'm a little addicted...lol.

Meanwhile....I sit here, reading and rereading posts, looking lovingly over my shoulder at my wonderful kitchen, while the rest of the house awaits my attention. I WANT it all to be beautiful, but I'd rather look at pictures of kitchens right now!

How about, when you know every brand and model of pulldown faucet on the market!

It won't be so bad to move because NEXT time you'll get it PERFECT. ;)

happy halloween everyone!

How about when you are talking about your kitchen you use all the kitchen lingo that we use on GW, like negative/positive/zero reveal, full extension, Blum glides, soft close, pullout trash, bump outs, inset/full overlay/, CFMs, subway tile, Waterlox, air switch, honed, zones--just to name a few--and whomever you are talking to looks at you as if you have three heads.

Not that it's ever happened to me or anything....

And whoever mentioned the generous spirit of the GWers was spot on...kinda makes you feel good about humanity. (Hokey, but true)

When you worry about the circulation in your legs from extended time on the chair in front of your computer. Are they numb yet? Swollen?

I found the kitchen forum when I was looking for a refrigerator. I love my stainless steel French Door refrigerator I bought at the end of 2006 but now that I just bought a stainless steel dishwasher, I wish I bought all my appliances at the same time and I wish I went with a counter depth refrigerator like others suggested. But this site and the appliance site has been wonderful in having me rely more on your opinions and no longer ask my friends or neighbors that are not TKO. :)

But I can also relate to looking for a dishwasher and hearing a couple confused and going over to them to teach them.

I love GW and the members are all so caring and there for one another.

When two nights last week of not sleeping either had me rearranging kitchen cupboards and sitting in my kitchen at 3:00 am, just looking, just admiring, just being satisfied.

When, as someone else posted, the rest of my house is a
D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R, but you could eat off the kitchen floor. I'm in my basement (where our temporary kitchen was) now looking around at piles of stuff, clothes in piles, coathangers on the floor, breadbox in a corner, old dishes stacked, who knows what on my ironing board, but I close my eyes to that, get on to see who's posting, who's got something wonderful and generous to say in support of someone else and then I go and look again at my kitchen where it's nice and clean.

Thanks for this thread - it's done me a world of good! I finished my kitchen in mid-September, and I've felt like I should be off this forum already. I was feeling like I shouldn't be here any longer - time to leave the nest. But I couldn't leave - I'm drawn back every day (ok - many times a day if I'm being truthful) Now I know I can stay as long as I want!!! Yippeeeeee

Well, it's 2:11 a.m. now, maybe I'll try to get to sleep now, right after I check just one more thread..........(as if!)

I also love the houses and kitchens in Desperate Housewives and can't wait to look again tonight.

Eliz

And very unfortunately, you are unable to purchase anything without making yet another excel chart. This results in no pendants above your island for a long time because the excel chart is not done and therefore you have not weighed every possible option.

(yes, markland, kitchen was finished in September and my "temporary" kitchen has also become a dumping ground...the rest of the house, so-so...but the kitchen is SPOTLESS, lol!)

You wake up in the middle of the night and think: Wait a minute, while the counter is off and they are remaking the top, I can make some changes! I can make the peninsula longer/wider and make the drawers at the end of the peninsula wider. And I can add another cabinet on the other side of the peninsula facing the family room.

I have to call the granite yard in the morning to see how wide the new slab is . . . . I have to call the KD and see how much it would cost for the extra cabinets + demo and installation. . . .

Let's see, we can't waste this opportinity. What else can we do?

Am I nuts or just TKO? DH votes for nuts.

I have honestly done that.

JG

In case it works, I am issuing you my very best wishes for you and your son. Been there, done that twice(first husband and father) with other forms of cancer.

Hang in there, sweetie.