The Cabinets Begin...

November 25, 2012

Danika turned 12 today!  It seems like time is flying by even though this remodel seems to be moving along at a snails pace.  We had a great day snuggling in bed followed by opening presents and eating chocolate chip pancakes.  Then we went to church and came home to a really nice visit by Jen Ashton and Traci Fulford and three of the girls that are Danika's age came and wished her a Happy Birthday. After they left, we watched a movie together and went to dinner for her birthday. It was a really nice day.

This past week the cabinets arrived at the house and installation has begun.  Ken Knieper (our cabinet guy is awesome)  We also had Richard Palmer, our trim guy (also amazing) came and got a lot of the trim work done on our windows.  We had real problems with the work that Amp'd Electric did (definitely WOULD NOT recommend them to anyone) and so we had a new electrician come in and he was fabulous.  He had a lot of rewiring to do to fix the mess that Amp'd left.  So this past week we had wonderful workers and a much better feeling in our home.  Here is the kitchen with some of the cabinets installed.  The island is in the lower right corner of the picture.

Looking in from the edge of the bar area toward the dining room...

This is looking from the living room into the kitchen.  The microwave had been installed, YES.

Thursday and Friday David and I spent two solid days cleaning up the house.  We moved a ton of things out of the dining room so that we would have space to walk around. Then we brought the new rug into the living room and returned the TV, one of the sofas, and a coffee table.   At least we have a place to sit down in the living room again...

So the place is much more livable now and I am breathing much easier.  This coming week we are hoping to finish cabinet installation and get the counter tops as well.  I sure hope that isn't wishful thinking...  It sure is good to be back home...

~Mary