This week has flown by and since I was on vacation for a few days I was able to get out and source out a new kitchen. This past week we made a trip to IKEA to pick out the kitchen we wanted as well as all the extras. We’ve went to all the big box stores and really you will get the same thing just for a higher price. In my house in England I installed an IKEA kitchen and loved it. I did all the work myself which was pretty easy to me and when it came time to sell the buyer fell in love with it. We’re looking forward to the renovations but not as much as we are looking forward to paying the mortgage off in full!
Have you renovated and put in a new kitchen? How much did you spend and what did you put in?
In no particular order, sit back, go ahead grab a hot beverage some Stuffed Santa Strawberries then enjoy these good weekend reads.
Note: Next Week I will rename it the Mr.CBB’s Top 20 Blog Post Picks so I can control the length of this list. I know some of you might not care but for those that do thanks for your continued support! Mr.CBB
- Four Minutes That Changed My Life Forever- Frugal Rules
- Once A Month Cooking Help Your Grocery Budget- Eyes On The Dollar
- The $250 Bag of Ice, When Cheap Adds Up- Cents of A Country Girl
- Designing A Savings Plan- One Smart Dollar
- Meet Me- Average Joe- The Free Financial Advisor
- There Is No Magic Pill For Debt Freedom- Enemy Of Debt
- Cripes, Nearly All Our Emergency Savings Fund Has Been Eaten Up- Broke Ass Mommy
- The Cost Of Having A Home- Debt and The Girl
- Spending Money Isn’t Bad- When Life Gives You Lemons
- How Much Can You Save With A Balance Transfer- My Canuck Buck
- Hey, We Bought Another Condo- The Outlier Model
- Work Smarter Not Harder- Thirty Six Months
- Coping With Debt- Freedom Thirty Five Blog
- Protecting Your Possessions With Home Contents Insurance- Modest Money
- 5 Steps To Get Your House Ready To Rent- Fix em Up Rent em Out
- How Much Money Can You Make Blogging?- Tight Fisted Miser
- Big Surprise..My Best Financial Tip- Blonde On A Budget
- My Best Financial Tip- My Own Advisor
- First Cruise? 5 Big Ticket Items To Look Out For- IHeartBudgets
- Do You Want A Higher Salary?- Making Sense of Cents
- Creative Cash Gift- Dollar Scavenger Hunt- UGifter
- UBCP Mutual Funds- Canadian Performers Money
- Three Things My Mother Taught Me About Personal Finance- LBee and The Money Tree
- Financial Confidence- Budget and The Beach
- The Value of A Pickle and Other Lessons From Ghana- Money Master Mom
- When You Should Chill Out About Student Finance- The Outlier Model
- True Story- Pelican On Money
- The Can You Afford It Flow Chart- Financial Uproar
- The Truth About Why We Wait In Lines- Your Life For Less
- Konichiwa, Japan- Femme Frugality
- I’ve Paid Off Half My Student Loan Debt- My Alternate Life
- Making Money From Smart Phones- The Savvy Scot
- Beauty Tricks That Actually Work- Money After Graduation
- Buying Land and Building A House Part 2- Monster Piggy Bank
- Who Has Two Thumbs And Doesn’t Care About Black Friday, This Guy- This Is Common Cents
- How To Sell An Old Computer- Edward Antrobus
- The Daunting Reality of Financial Woes -Pelican On Money
- How To Find Quality Used Snow Tires- The Financial Highway
- 5 Products That Fight Indoor Allergies- Young Adult Money
- A Diamond or a String- Single To the Penny
- Quality vs Quantity- Debt and the Girl
- It’s Pickin Time- Lil Suburban Homestead
- 10 Good Cheap Presents for Kids- Money Bulldog
- Go Green, Save Money- Work Save Live
- Being Thankful- Frugal Portland
- Am I Dumb To Pay So Much For A Smart Phone?- The First Million Is the Hardest
- How Do You Get Out Of Debt Part 6- Celebrating Financial Freedom
- Personal Finance Over Simplified- Rule Your Wallet Blog
- We Paid Off $50,000 in Debt in Two Years- Newlyweds On A budget
- Top 10 Business Quotes- Well Kept Wallet
- How Do You Justify Your Consumption- Sustainable Personal Finance
- The Amazing Power Of Debt- Club Thrifty
- Seven Ways To Tackle Bad Credit- Married With Debt
- Cash Management Ideas For Households- The Frugal Toad
- Our $50K Duplex Is Worth $97k-Why Part 2, Calculating Market Value- Planting Our Pennies
- Reduce Complexity and Add Value Instead-Money Beagle
- Bruised Credit and Nicefications- Canadian Personal Finance Blog
- My 20 item Winter Wardrobe- Frugal City Girl
- The Top 20 Dividend Stocks November 2012- The Passive Income Earner
- What My Debt Has Taught Me About Receiving Gifts- My Personal Finance Journey
- Find Yourself Bored and Broke,Head Online- See Debt Run
- Why I don’t think Hiding Your Spending Is A Bad Thing-Mo Money Mo Houses
- What Does Financial Independence Mean To You?-Reach Financial Independence
Recipes of the Week:
- Bacon And Egg Muffins-Work Save Live
- Why You Need This Stuff In Your Kitchen- Aunt B on A Budget
Twitter Personal Finance #PF and Other Peeps to Check Out!
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- Modest Money- Twitter
- Finance Fox- Twitter
- One Smart Dollar – Twitter
- Work Save Live – Twitter
- Eyes On The Dollar – Twitter
- The Outlier Model – Twitter
- Frugal Rules – Twitter
- Money Bulldog – Twitter
- David Smith PBC - Twitter
- The Savvy Scot- Twitter
- My Alternate Life- Twitter
- Voucher Codes – Twitter
- L Bee And The Money Tree- Twitter
- My Own Advisor – Twitter
- The Frugal Path- Twitter
- Square Pennies- Twitter
- Club Thrifty – Twitter
- Vix Money – Twitter
- My Canuck Buck – Twitter
- The Flying Couponer- Twitter
- Lil Suburban Homestead- Twitter
- The Outlier Model – Twitter
- Terry Sprouse- Twitter (fix em up rent em out)
- Tight Fisted Miser- Twitter
- Credit Spark- Twitter
- Thrifty Dad- Twitter
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- The Flying Couponer
- The Frugal Path
- Monster Piggy Bank
- Save Big Live Better
- Eyes On The Dollar
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My wife and I visited IKEA when we traveled to Minneapolis a few months ago and I LOVED IT! They’re building one here in Kansas City in 2014 and I’m eagerly anticipating it’s arrival. If I do any renovating to our next house, I’m nearly certain we’ll be buying it from there!
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Hey thanks for the mention!
no problem mate, thanks for dropping in! Mr.CBB
Thank ye kindly for the link love. My house came with a newly renovated kitchen when I bought it – new cupboards, backsplash and cupboards. So hoepfully no kitchen renos for me anytime soon.
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Those strawberries are freaking adorable! Thank you for the mention!
They are aren’t they… cheers mates! Mr.CBB
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This is the most epic reading list ever. Those Santa strawberries are too adorable. Have a wondrous weekend, Mr. and Mrs. CBB.
I love IKEA. The closest one is 8 hours away, and it wasn’t there when we built our house, but I love all the modern designs. I could spend a day there, just looking. Thanks for the mention.
Nice list of blogs, I checked out a few and pointed out the one on blogs to my younger son as he is interested in that. He was impressed. We did our kitchen a number of years ago, can’t remember how much now but I remember dropping $1100.00 in one trip to Home Depot. It wasn’t Ikea but it was flat pack. Went with oak, the doors are wood not particle board. I’m on the same side as Mrs CBB….not a fan of the creepy crawlys, unfortunately we get them in this house…. the boys look after them for me. So long as the mice stay downstairs in the basement it’s OK, come upstairs and they are fair game for Stuart. If he can figure out what to do. We had a mouse in the kitchen about a year ago and Fatty sat on the mouse!!!! Still haven’t figured out what was funnier….. the sight of that mouse disappearing under a fat furry white butt or the look on Stuart’s face when it started to wiggle!!! We finally caught it and put it outside… away from the house….
Thanks for including my post in your list Mr.CBB. IKEA is great, but I often start to feel a little claustrophobic whenever I get in there with so many people squished into those narrow walk ways
Good links as always, Mr CBB. The flow chart cracked me up! Thanks for including my post in the list. I appreciate it.
Ha, I loved that chart glad you did as well lol.. Mr.CBB
Mrs CBB and I would get along famously! Last night Larry very quietly got a spider off the ceiling over top of me before I had a wee melt down. LOL
Ya, she’s not big into anything that crawls, she calls me over and over until I get BUT best of it is, I’m not allowed to kill it because it might have a family somewhere lol, don’t get me started with her and these little creatures lol.. She’s so sensitive.
Love how easy Ikea stuff is to put together! Thanks so much for the mention, friend!
You’re welcome darlin! Cheers! Mr.CBB
Thanks for the mention Mr. CBB! Would you believe that I’ve never stepped foot in an Ikea? The closest one is in Minneapolis which is five hours away. I hear they’re building one in Kansas City, which is three hours away so I might get to it then. Have a great weekend!
If you do, don’t wear a coat, don’t make your wife take her purse and have lots of time on your hands…. lol.. Cheers mate. Mr.CBB
Those Santa strawberries are so cute. How’d they make the eyes? lol. I enjoy going to Ikea and eating their very reasonably priced food. Then take a walk around their well designed show rooms. Pretty good place to go on a date actually. Confession: I only watched through that entire Acer laptop commercial because Megan Fox was in it :0) Thanks for the mention.
I thought so. I’m not sure what they used to make the eyes but you could get tiny black buckshot candies at the bulk store I presume. Anything candy that’s black or whatever color you want blue, brown or green should do. Ikea kitchens are awesome, I’ve had one and loved it! Cheers and thanks for dropping in .Mr.CBB
I too remodeled my kitchen, but I purchased a “like new” cabinet at a store that recycles construction materials, and paid only about 10% of what I would have for a newer one.
Thanks for the mention.
Hey that’s awesome, there’s always loads of stuff you can buy second hand and make it new.. kudos to you Terry. Mr.CBB
Thanks fot the mention mate! Friday once again eh, have a great weekend everyone.
You as well mate. Mr.CBB
I love Ikea! I had one near my work and used to spend hours dreaming about my dream house. Their kitchens are so practical, even for small spaces. I thought about renovating mine here, but we are thinking about doing another room first (sealed, scorpion and cockroaches free kind of room) so the kitchen will have to wait. Thanks for the mention!
Ya, sounds like a plan to me.. no creatures is a good thing! I know my wife is petrified of anything that crawls and some of my relatives are down under and she wants to go but is not too keen about spiders (big ONES) on the ceilings lol.. Cheers Pauline.. ya IKEA is great and practical… Mr.CBB