Painting Complete…mostly

The painting is over, the painters have moved out ALL their equipment and taken down the plastic wall between the kitchen and the living room. The Inspector General and I were checking out the results.

We are really happy with how it’s coming along. It sounds like things will come to a slow down now as we wait for the countertop to come in.

It’s not expected until the 29th so there will be little projects here and there but nothing substantial.

Since the drawers are out, here’s a good look at the hardware. Angela the designer assured us these drawers can hold a lot of weight. Now I see why.

Time to start thinking about where things will go. There are lots of adjustable shelves.

Meanwhile, Nigel is recovering from his day of being sequestered in the bedroom and bathroom by relaxing by the fireplace. He looks pretty comfortable!

Two-Color Tuesday

 

The painters were back today to finish the trim around the window.

 

In addition, they did the first coat of dark brown on the lower cabinets.

Doug (note the new hair cut) is practicing sitting at the breakfast bar because there is nowhere else to sit; the dining room and just about every other space is filled with painting equipment. Yes – it’s still stinky.

Smelly Day

 

It’s a very smelly day here today. The painting crew was here and sprayed the top cabinets.

We could smell it from the garage when we got home from errands and having lunch out.

Overall, it looks pretty good. There is some “overspray” which we’re not happy about but it sounds like that will be corrected.

They will be back tomorrow to do the lower cabinets.

Nigel was happy to have the weekend off from “visitors” and did some exploring of the new space. Unfortunately, he did not enjoy today. He had to be extracted from his hiding place and brought to the bedroom where the fumes would be less annoying.

Painting

We had a big day of painting yesterday.

IDoug had painted the wall behind the peninsula before the cabinets were installed so we “just” had the dining room and halls to do.

It was an all day project, starting at 9am and ending around 4:30 with some minor touch ups today. BUT – it’s done and it looks fantastic. To celebrate, we went to Wishfull, a new restaurant in town.

Nigel is about the only one who is not happy about the progress. It probably disturbed his nap time.

End of Week 2

The cabinets were delivered on Thursday. We both had to work on Friday. I pulled up in front of the house and noticed there were no work trucks parked there. I thought FOR SURE there hadn’t been any work.

It was so exciting to walk in the house and see all the cabinets installed. It’s remarkable that they can get so much done in one day. Ravel was VERY busy inspecting every inch of the new kitchen. He inspected every inside and out (and only got closed in one cabinet).

The fridge will go where the vacuum is now. The new pantry is to the left and the “broom closet” is the narrow cabinet. We will store a stepladder here so I can get to the higher shelves in the cabinets. 

This is the new hall shoe closet.

This captures most of the space.

Someone was back at work on Saturday morning, exploring while we painted…and painted…and painted.