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Thursday, August 4, 2022

Before and After Door Stop - Installed A New Magnetic Door Stop

If you have been following my blog for years, you probably know that my husband and I purchased our outdated home in 2016. We had really wanted to purchase outdated home to experience home renovation, and indeed, we've done a lot of renovations since then, and our home has a newer look now. You can check out my previous entries related to home renovations. One of the easiest projects we've done was replacing spring door stops. (By the way, replacing outlet cover plates was also easiest one. )

Spring Door Stop

Magnetic Door Stop Can Prevent Damage on Wall and Hold Door Open

As I mentioned in my previous entry, How to Install A Spring Door Stop, we replaced spring door stops in 2016, and those look still excellent. However, we found it difficult to keep open our home office door even though other doors have no problem. Spring door stops help prevent damage to walls when opening a door but cannot keep door open. That's why we decided to replace the spring door stop to a new magnetic door stop.

Lizavo Stainless Steel Magnetic Door Stop

I finally ordered this Lizavo Stainless Steel Magnetic Door Stop from Amazon. Today, I'm going to share how we installed this magnetic door stop.

How to Install Magnetic Door Stop

What You'll Need

A New Magnetic Door Stop (I installed a Lizavo door stop.)

1. 【Baseboard】Before drilling, cover the space on the baseboard with tape and mark the location with pen.

2. Drill the hole with a modest drill bit. Then, remove tape.

3. Screw in the plate.

4. Screw the door stop body onto it.

5. 【Door】Cover the space on the door with tape and mark the location with pen. Drill the hole with a modest drill bit. Then, remove tape.

6. Screw in the plate.

7. Turn the spring into the mounting plate. Turn clockwise to tighten it down.

It was easy to install, and the new door stop can hold the door open perfectly. 😊

Lizavo Stainless Steel Magnetic Door Stop

     These are my entries you might like.
■Before and After Wet Bar Renovation - Install Backsplash Tiles, Replace Outlet, Paint Cabinets and Decor

■ Before and After Door Hardware - From Door Knob to Door Lever

■ Before & After Painting All Cabinets

■ How to Install New Outlet Cover Plate - Hubbell Taymac Revive Decorator Wall Plate Review

■ How to Install A Spring Door Stop

■ Before and After Master Bathroom

■ Before and After Home Office - 5 Home Office Updates!

      My entries related to home renovations can be seen here.

      My entries related to kitchen renovations can be seen here.

My entries related to bathroom renovations can be seen here.

Saturday, August 28, 2021

Before & After Installing Our New Kitchen Faucet

I haven't written about our kitchen renovation since 2017. It's been almost four years since my husband and I renovated our kitchen last time, which was painting our kitchen ceiling.

Last weekend, he finally replaced the kitchen faucet and I really like the new one. As you can see the photo below, the old faucet didn't look too bad, but the new one looks much better to me. 😊

The Old Kitchen Faucet

The old faucet was the chrome pull-out kitchen faucet with the instant hot water dispenser. The reason why we decided to replace the old kitchen faucet to new one was that it's gradually getting hard to turn the faucet, so it's time to replace it to new one. We also realized that we have never used the instant hot water dispenser since we purchased our home in 2016, so we decided to remove it this time. By doing so, we have a little more space in our kitchen cabinet under the sink now.

Shopping Kitchen Faucet

Home Depot

We went to our local Home Depot to purchase a new kitchen faucet. At the store, there were so many faucets we could choose from!

Home Depot

Chrome VS Stainless Steel

The old kitchen faucet was chrome, but we looked for stainless steel one this time because our kitchen cabinet t-bar pulls are stainless steel.

Our kitchen cabinet pulls are stainless steel.

Pull-Out Faucet VS Pull-Down Faucet

We decided to have pull-down faucet this time because we have enough room above sink. These years, pull-down faucets are more popular because a high neck looks more elegant, and there are more pull-down faucets than pull-out faucets in the market.

Pull-Down Faucet

Pull-Down Faucets need more room above a sink and is better for a deep sink.

Pull-Out Faucet

Pull-out faucets are a better choice if you don't have enough room above sink.

Spring Kitchen Faucet?

These years, spring kitchen faucets have been popular because they have more professional look. I thought that spring kitchen faucets were very stylish, but I like a simple faucet which is easier to clean.

Spring Kitchen Faucets are popular right now.

Touchless Kitchen Faucet?

Kitchen Faucets with motion sensor are more expensive but are loved by people who look for hygienic option and love technology. However, I didn't choose a touchless kitchen faucet because I read some reviews that they sometimes soaked themselves unexpectedly.

Touchless Kitchen Faucet

We finally purchased this Glacier Bay Mckenna Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet.

Glacier Bay Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet

Replacing the Old Faucet to New One

He finally removed the old faucet and the instant hot water dispenser.

He installed this Danco Kitchen Sink Hole Cover to cover the hole after removing the instant hot dispenser. It was very easy to install.

Danco Kitchen Sink Hole Cover

The size of water supply lines were larger than the size of faucet hoses.

When he was installing the new kitchen faucet, he noticed that the size of the water supply lines and the faucet hoses weren't the same, so he needed joint adapters to connect those. He went to Home Depot again and asked a staff which adapters he should choose. He eventually purchased two Everbilt slip joint adapters (3/8 in x 1/2 in). These adapters work perfectly!

Everbilt Slip Joint Adapter

Everbilt slip joint adapters work perfectly!

Final Look!

I really like that the new kitchen faucet rotates smoothly. 👍

The turbo spray is powerful enough.

The spout has a button which switches the water from turbo spray to aerated spray.

The hose is long enough to reach all around the sinks. It's easy to wash large pots.

I really like our new kitchen faucet. 😊

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Bathroom Renovation - New Toilet, Paint, Towel Bar, Medicine Cabinet and Window Treatment

     As I mentioned in my previous entry, my husband and I finally finished our master bathroom renovation.

      These are my entries related to our bathroom renovation.

■ Before & After Painting All Cabinets (August 2016)

■ Shower Tile and Bathtub Paints (February 2017)

■Before and After Master Bathroom - New Shower Handles, Tub Spout And Shower Heads (March 2017)

■Before and After Master Bathroom (2018)

■How We Renovated Our Bathroom on A Budget - Tile Vanity Top, Sink, Faucet and Mirror Frame (2018)

■Installing Bathroom Floor Tiles - Our Master Bathroom Renovation (2018)

     As you can see the photo below, this bathroom was very outdated, but now it has brighter look! After installing new white calacatta porcelain tiles in this bathroom, we replaced old toilet, towel bar, medicine cabinet, and widow treatment to new ones, and we painted entire walls and ceiling white!

■ Toilet : Kohler Elliston 1.28-GPF (4.85-LPF) White Elongated Chair Height 2-piece Toilet
We purchased a guest bathroom toilet, Kohler Elliston 1.28-GPF White Elongated Chair Height 2-Piece Toilet, at Lowe's in 2017. We really loved it because it has a very impressive flush for its water usage. That's why we decided to purchase Kohler's one again for our master bathroom. :)

Lowe's

Kohler Elliston 1.28-GPF White Elongated Chair Height 2-Piece Toilet

We removed the old toilet before he installed new tiles.

Then, we installed the toilet.

Most new toilets save water and money. :) Replacing an old toilet to a new one sounds difficult, but it's pretty easy actually. You can learn how to do it through YouTube video.

■ Primer Paint : KILZ Premium High-Hide Stain Blocking Interior/Exterior Latex Primer

We chose Kilz Premium High-Hide Stain Blocking Latex Primer for the bathroom paint primer. This one blocked stain very well and resist mildew and moisture.

■ Paint : Olympic One Tintable Semi-Gloss Latex Enamel Interior Paint and Primer in One (Gypsum OL133 N32)

We went to Lowe's and purchased this paint, Olympic One Tintable Semi-gloss Latex Enamel Interior Paint and Primer in One. It's semi-gloss finish, which is durable, washable and mildew-resistant. It protects from humidity and moisture.

Olympic One Tintable Semi-gloss Latex Enamel Interior Paint and Primer in One (Gypsum OL133 N32)

■ Towel Bar : Moen BP5824CH Aspen 24-Inch Towel Bar, Chrome

Moen BP5824CH Aspen 24-Inch Towel Bar, Chorme

We chose this Moen Aspen 24-inch towel bar for hanging bath towels. It was very easy to install.

Moen BP5824CH Aspen 24-Inch Towel Bar, Chorme

■ Towel Ring : Moen BP5886CH Aspen Towel Ring, Chrome

Moen BP5886CH Aspen Towel Ring, Chorme

We ordered this Moen Aspen towel ring for hanging a hand towel. This one was also very easy to install.

Moen BP5886CH Aspen Towel Ring, Chorme

■ Medicine Cabinet : KOHLER 15-in x 26-in Rectangle Surface/Recessed Medicine Cabinet with Mirror

We went to Lowe's to purchase a new medicine cabinet. We looked for a recessed medicine cabinet for our master bathroom.

He removed the old one and cut a hole in the wall. Then he installed this Kohler medicine cabinet.

KOHLER 15-in x 26-in Rectangle Surface/Recessed Medicine Cabinet with Mirror

I like this medicine cabinet because it's stylish and functional. It has mirrors inside and outside. :) I put on makeup with using this inside door mirror.

■Replacing Old Vertical Blind with New Horizontal Blind