Load 'em up!

So they've loaded in nearly all of the cabinets... just two more to go. Let's show you what we have so far!

The pic below is the far wall. You can see the sink off to the left and there will be wall cabinets on either side of the window. The inset to the right is for the gas cooktop:



This next picture is a view into the kitchen from the Dining room. Looking at the same wall as above but from the other angle:



A closer in shot:



Next, standing by the sink and where the dishwasher will be, we look at the other wall and see the inset for the Refrigerator and the double-over and warming drawer (Below, but not able to fit in this picture):



Lastly, this is in the far corner, looking back at the new hutch. Same maple wood but painted with a glaze-- very country kitchen with a contemporary flare. The cut-out in the middle will house out new Microwave and this is facing the area that will be the new banquet:

Teaser

The cabinets were delivered today. Wayne and Spence will be here tomorrow to start the installation. It is a day and an half process, so by Monday afternoon, they should be done. But here is a teaser of what the cabinets look like.

It's stained!

The floor that is. Yesterday was sanding, staining and one coat of polyurethane. Tomorrow cabinets go in. YAHOO!!!

Oh Sandy!

Today was a short work day for Wayne. He is already done. He sanded down all the walls. Now we are again on hold until the floor guy can come back. Wayne was hoping it would have been today, but now it seems like Wednesday or Thursday. Big news though, cabinets are slated to go in on Friday.

The BEFORE Video

I've been meaning to upload this for some time. This was the "BEFORE" video that I took on March 17th, before the whole Kitchen project started. Somewhat shocking to watch this, now. It's changed so much over the past 3+ weeks. Anyway, gives everyone a sense of the... uh.... um... shall we say, "Challenges" we faced with our former kitchen and the reasons we opted to change it up and bring it into the 21st Century.

Even muddier

Wayne put on the third, and final coat of mud today. Tomorrow he'll be back to sand and maybe even skimcoat.

Early Morning Mud Pack

Wayne arrived at 7:40 this morning to put the second coat of mud (spackle) on the drywall. That will be it for today's work. Tomorrow he is coming back to do a third and final coat before sanding and skim coating the walls. We're hoping that the flooring guy will be able to come back on Monday to sand and put the first coat of stain on the floor.

So, no new photo updates for a few days and the changes will be minimal and not overly interesting.