The kitchen cabinets.....
I told Mike we are going to be in the house by July 31. That doesn't mean living there, but to me that means done with what needs to be done to get the occupancy permit and able to move stuff in. While I am anxious to live there, since we're lucky we don't have a date we have to be out of a house, I'd rather have the kitchen all put away and all the major stuff situated. Whether we actually will be ready by the end of July is another thing...
Vinyl floors were done today. MASTER BATH--
Vinyl floors were done today. MASTER BATH--
KIDS BATH---
Countertops are what our current hold up is, because no plumbing or setting sinks can be finished until the coutertops are on. Supposedly they may be at the house early next week, then Mike will have to cut them. Electricians were supposed to be out there this morning, Mike went out there and they never came. Supposedly they'll be at our house tomorrow now. We can't do the carpet upstairs until the stairs going up and the balcony railing is done. Hopefully Mike and his Dad will have the supplies to work on that Friday. Mike will be out at the house alone for most of the weekend, though. Just found out tonight though there has been problems ordering it for some reason, so we don't even physically have the stuff to do the steps or balcony yet.
Looks like someone may be out next week to pour footings for the stairs for the porch, as well as move our dirt around according to our final grading plan.
Cabinets were finally delivered last week Thursday night. The kitchen ones look really nice, and so does the laundry room. The "L" shape bench isn't exactly what I had in mind (the back of it looks goofy)But when I saw the master bath I almost fell over. As Mike put it (and he is pretty laid back and doesn't comment on much of anything) he said "It looks like he grabbed a bunch of scraps of wood and put it together." The vanity looks awful. The doors on it don't match the drawers, besides the fact that the bathroom cabs. were supposed to look just like the kitchen ones. Then the lockers---they're fine, but I wanted space for boots underneath, and there is no way boots will fit. That's not a huge deal, we'll just have to leave the boots in the garage, which is fine. The kid's bathroom cabinets are fine; especially now that tonight I repainted the bathroom. The aqua color that was in there did not go well with the color stain on their cabinets. I went and bought a disney color yellow of paint today, and I'm glad I did. It's the perfect color to go with the cabinets, and the shower curtain. It looks nice with the floor, too. I made a huge mistake
with the kitchen design--I believe I counted 17 drawers. Only one is a deep drawer; the rest are normal drawers. So one big problem--no place for pots and pans. I had in my head I'd have a really deep drawer for some of the pans, but I ended up doing 4 narrow drawers on the island instead of a cabinet or deep drawer. So we are thinking either put large pans in the pantry, or maybe a hanging pot rack?? I have 2 cabinets, one on each side of the cooktop, but they are pretty small. So, we are thinking of taking out 4 drawers and making them into 2. We'll see how it will work out though...
Looks like someone may be out next week to pour footings for the stairs for the porch, as well as move our dirt around according to our final grading plan.
Cabinets were finally delivered last week Thursday night. The kitchen ones look really nice, and so does the laundry room. The "L" shape bench isn't exactly what I had in mind (the back of it looks goofy)But when I saw the master bath I almost fell over. As Mike put it (and he is pretty laid back and doesn't comment on much of anything) he said "It looks like he grabbed a bunch of scraps of wood and put it together." The vanity looks awful. The doors on it don't match the drawers, besides the fact that the bathroom cabs. were supposed to look just like the kitchen ones. Then the lockers---they're fine, but I wanted space for boots underneath, and there is no way boots will fit. That's not a huge deal, we'll just have to leave the boots in the garage, which is fine. The kid's bathroom cabinets are fine; especially now that tonight I repainted the bathroom. The aqua color that was in there did not go well with the color stain on their cabinets. I went and bought a disney color yellow of paint today, and I'm glad I did. It's the perfect color to go with the cabinets, and the shower curtain. It looks nice with the floor, too. I made a huge mistake
with the kitchen design--I believe I counted 17 drawers. Only one is a deep drawer; the rest are normal drawers. So one big problem--no place for pots and pans. I had in my head I'd have a really deep drawer for some of the pans, but I ended up doing 4 narrow drawers on the island instead of a cabinet or deep drawer. So we are thinking either put large pans in the pantry, or maybe a hanging pot rack?? I have 2 cabinets, one on each side of the cooktop, but they are pretty small. So, we are thinking of taking out 4 drawers and making them into 2. We'll see how it will work out though...
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