Home remodeling blog: The kitchen of today

Mock-up design of what Roger's kitchen should look like when completed.

World-Herald reporter Roger Buddenberg and his wife are embarking on a major home remodeling project. He'll blog about the ups and downs, delays and accomplishments at omaha.com/living

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The Home Stretch

May 31

The project is near enough done that She Who Must Be Obeyed has stopped calling it the kitchen of the future. Now SWMBO calls it "the KOT."

The kitchen of today.

After all, we're cooking food in it again, instead of huddling around a microwave in the corner like cavemen. (I know, I know. Cavemen preferred natural gas or magnetic induction. But you know what I mean.)

Although we are cooking in the KOT, and have even entertained friends who don't mind sitting on boxes, it's not quite done. The last mile can seem the hardest.

The contractor is working down his punch list, the final to-dos before he packs up his tools and shakes our sawdust from his feet. There are still odd bits of painting to finish we're doing that ourselves. And curtains to choose. Pictures to hang. A garage to clean. Doorstops. Light shades. Details. Then we'll shoot some "after" photos.

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