Just a quick post.... The cabinets are going in and they look great.  We are very happy with them so far. 

This is our old fridge, the new one gets delivered today, but probably won't go in until the flooring is installed.    We are going to have so much storage space, we won't know what to do with it all!  It'll be a big change from our old kitchen.  It already is starting to look like a different house!

I am glad we will be away for a few days since we are now without a stove or a kitchen sink.  I can function without the stove since we have the grill and a large toaster oven and microwave (which are located in the garage), but washing dishes in the bathroom is inconvienent and sort of gross somehow.  Hopefully, though I don't know the exact plan the flooring will be going in the next few days so that when we get home on Monday evening, the appliances will be in too!  But I have a feeling that won't be quite what happens, especially since I don't see boxes of flooring in the garage yet! 

Bathroom is done, and painting has started.

 YEA!!  The bathroom is done!  We really like it.  And it is nice to have the room finished.  I love the counter top and Len's favorite is the faucets.  I think the boys love the "magic" closing drawers and the silent closing toilet seat, because it closes slowly.

There is so much more storage with the medicine cabinets.  We were thinking the walls which are grey would look strange with the floors, but all of it really pulls together.

Really, it looks great.

 Downstairs, and on the stairs, the destruction and construction continues.  The carpet has been removed all over.  I am glad I missed out on tearing out the carpet!  That would have been a pretty dirty job!  We are not sorry to see it go. The stairs are pretty noisy now though.  Especially for the dogs.

 All the way around downstairs we are walking on the plywood.

 The kitchen is now painted.  We aren't sure why they painted all the walls since only a very small part of it of it is actually going to be showing.  Seems like a waste of money and paint.   But the color is good.

So we are hoping that this week will be cabinets, the rest of the rooms getting painting and maybe the flooring started.  We'll see, what happens.  

Its been a slow process.   

Another week, some more progress...

 Lots going on this week at the house.  The kitchen's electrical was run and all the junction boxes and all that stuff are in. The recessed lights are installed in the kitchen.  This was terribly exciting to see, but  once they got the dry wall up, the kitchen was much much better.  It feels so much cleaner in the kitchen now with out all the exposed walls and insulation!  We still have plywood flooring, but I think that is suppose to change this week. I can't wait to see the new floor!
Walls,  then flooring, then cabinets!  We are getting closer!

 The Back 1/2  wall is where the new stove is going to be.  The electric line hanging down is for the new exhaust hood.

Len is cooking dinner!  

Our bathroom is very, very close to being done!  So far I love it! The counter top is so nice and so easy to clean.    We had a small issue with them not recessing the medicine cabinets, but the contractor went back and fixed them.  If they aren't recessed, the lights above them look ridiculous!    My only other issue is the color of the outlets and switches.  I want them  white, and they are the same color as our old bathroom, but we'll fix them later.  If we asked them to change them all now, the electrician would have to come back and that would cost us a lot more!  The only things left to do are to touch up the paint, and put up the hardware, such as the towel bars and toilet paper holder.  And then... that room will be finished!  

Kitchen progress...

This Week has shown progress in the kitchen.  They took out both old windows....  It went from this...

to this...   Framed out the spot for the new window....

 The next day, our new window was in.  This one is centered on the wall and will be over the new sink.

I believe that early this week we'll loss our sink and they will start working on the floor.  Our dining room and living room are just about empty, except for the biggest pieces of furniture, which they will move from one side to the other.  Those rooms look like we are either moving in or moving out!


Our bathroom is just about done.  The new counter with sinks is in, and the faucets.  Early this week the medicine cabinets and lights will go in and the finishing touches, towel bars etc will be put in and that room will be done.  I have started bringing things  back into the bathroom, so we have some organization upstairs, since the first floor is a mess!  Once the bathroom is finished, I will post pictures!  You'll have to wait to see the final results.  I do LOVE The counter top!