Mike's Place Mike writes: We are now past the point of no return on the kitchen remodeling, but allow me to digress and explain how this started. When we moved into the new house we had to buy a new fridge since Sandy saw fit to "give" the old one (which was not that old) to the people who bought our house in California. So I measured the opening that the fridge had to fit into and off we went shopping. After getting Sandy to only look at fridges that would fit in the opening she settled on what she wanted. It was delivered a few days later and when I got home Sandy was beside herself. The fridge was narrow enough to fit in , but because the floor and been tiled and therefor rasied about an 1-1/2" it would not fit under the cabinet above it. Pat & I took the cabinet down and trimmed the top and bottom. Once it was re-inatalled the fridge was wedged under it. The only problem now was the freezer door was so close to the kitchen wall it would not open all the way. Now jump ahead 5 years. Sandy was still complaining about not being able to open the freezer door as wide as she wanted so I jokingly said (and here was my major mistake) "lets re-do the kitchen and move the fridge to the other wall! " Now, I love my wife very dearly, but she did not note the sarcasim in my voice (I'm sure she did not ignore it). The next day she was off looking at kitchen cabinets. I was not too concerned. I figured (this was my next mistake) that the cost of new cabinets and counters would discourage her. Next thing I know I am measureing the kitchen (my next mistake). Next thing I know I am paying for a contractor to raise the ceiling so the new cabinets will fit. The new cabinets are due to arrive on Tuesday, so today I had to take the rest of the cabinets out. It is now apparent that I will be installing a new floor. I have been looing at tile for backspplashes and now tile for the floor. Sandy is getting the two confused and wants everything to be a nuetral color. I keep explaining that we will not be walking on the walls so why does it all have to be the same? (my mistake here was to actual voice the question). So tonight I am patching holes in the walls and tomorrow I get the "honor "of painting the new ceiling. Monday should be nice relief since I get to go back to work.

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