Floors are done Cabinets are done (well almost)

February 2012
And so it continues. The floors are now all done and covered with a protective layer of painter's paper. The cabinets arrived last week (as you saw in previous post) and the installers arrived as well. The cabinets are now all installed EXCEPT for a few small details (back ordered handles and a few trim pieces). Yesterday Mike arrived again and started the finishing "stuff". He hung the internal doors (they still need to be painted) and started on the casings and base trims. Today he and Joe started the process of installing the dishwasher - oh, that is going to be fun. AND yesterday Trox spent all day working on getting the over-the-sink pot rack hung for me (he doesn't want it - I do) as well as installing over-sink lighting.

We were hoping to be finished by the 14th - that's not going to happen as that is the day that the counter tops go in.

Slowly but surely the pile in the living room
migrated to the kitchen.

Typical ... The floors aren't level so much
checking and adjusting had to be done.

The bases are in and
level (we hope).

The last cabinet to go in is
over the refrigerator hole.

It was just about the only one
that was a 2-man operation.

From here you can see most of
the cabinets - uppers and lowers.

Done! Welllll? See the "wall" to the left of that
cabinet? They ended up having to take this cabinet
out and removing that wall and shortening it.
They weren't very happy campers.
Plus they still had all the trim to do.

In the meantime ... on the floor front
Steve was finishing up the floor in the back rooms.

That's it! Good thing too since
he was down to about 1/2 cup of glue.

After a break of four or five days the
guys are back. This time it is Mike
and he is installing base trim, doors, and casings

All the trim is a few shades darker than
the paint and I think I'm going to like it.

The doors still need to be painted.
We are really happy with the look of the door.

Two light holes above the sink
as well as the outline of the pot rack!

Oops. All the plumbing and
wiring for the dishwasher is on the left.

The sink and therefore the plumbing end point
is on the right. Oh, well. They'll manage.

And just in case you were wondering.
Yes, it still looks like a construction site.