It looks like a real kitchen now!!!

Happy Birthday to ME!!!!
This is my new kitchen. The cabinets came on my birthday. They are the most gorgeous things I have ever seen! The quality is unsurpassed. And the price is phenominal! Way, way cheaper than the big box stores. They are Amish built...High Point Cabinets in Apple Creek, Ohio. Stunning craftmanship. Dave is a master. And a real hoot to deal with. He cracks me up. I couldn't be happier with the entire experience. The two gentlemen that set the cabinets yesterday were a delight. We had a good time. They did this all in one very long day...about 12 hours almost on the nose. And they drove down from Apple Creek getting here at 7:20AM!!! It's a 4 hour drive!!! And they went home last nite too...I hope they got home ok.

I have to set the tile on the floor of the mudroom today. And I have a small list of last minute things I need to get to finish this remodel. Nothing huge...fireplace doors, new floor registers, a couple power strips....stuff like that. I am hoping the tile job does not turn into an all day affair. It shouldn't, but you never know. The floor is only 4' x 7'....once I get started it shouldn't take me any time at all to set 12x12 tiles in that little space. Then it is clean the new cabinets and reign myself in so I don't go stuffing the cabinets with all my stuff just yet. They are gonna make a huge mess setting the countertops and when that is done I can start the process of putting stuff away and moving it ten times before I am happy with the organization. But the best thing is I HAVE THE ROOM TO MOVE IT TEN TIMES.....hee hee. I don't have to put all my dishes in one ... yes ONE ... cabinet like my old kitchen....I am so happy!!!!

Well, gotta go get the day started.

Drywall Dust .....

I am inundated with drywall dust. I am supposed to clean it up today.....I don't want to. What a colossal mess!!! The contractors are done with the wall and ceiling patching and sanding and now it is my turn to clean, prime, and paint. Yipeeeeee.....

I am already using the new doorway to the diningroom....should have been there the whole time. It is amazing what a 42" hole in a wall can do to both rooms! Really opens up the spaces. The kitchen/diningroom will be much, much more user friendly now.

I bought the primer and paint last nite...have today off to clean...Greg is gonna help tomorrow and Sunday and we are going to get this house in shape in nothing flat....yeah right. AAAGGGGHHHHHHHHH.....

The range hood came yesterday....I want to peek in the boxes sooooo bad. But I will behave. Jim is going to hang the thing as soon as the floor is done. And the floor starts going in Monday! The subfloor is going to disappear very quickly. YEAH

Well, I am not getting anything done sitting here. I gotta go get my shots and then get my butt busy with the shop vac. Holy Toledo....

Later.....

Well under way....

I tried to post some pictures and that didn't go too well. Will have to play with it later and post some. I am not the most computer savvy person in the world...just slow.

Let's see....The doorway to the dining room is cut out. And low and behold, what did we find, but the gas line running right down the middle of the doorway....poop. Oh well, they got that moved today after much gnashing of teeth...it was a very icky job. Up in the attic one minute and down in the crawlspace the next. Everyone expected it to run up from under the house and the stupid thing runs down from the attic.

The "vestibule" is all framed in and is really cool.

The wiring is just about done. Can lights are positioned and wired, circuits are run for the fridge, microwave, the range hood, and added switches for over sink lights. They got the phone jack lowered so I don't have to sit the phone on a pile of phone books to reach the plug (dinky short cord or way too long cord wadded up on the counter). I think I will have some extra receptacles when all is said and done. Oh, and got the circuit run for the range hood and figured out what all that is gonna take to install.

I was doing some research on the laptop out in the family room and kinda rubbed my elbow along my side and a damn bee nailed me! Hurt like a son of a gun!!! Jim had to knock him off my arm..the damn thing had his stinger buried in my arm and couldn't get loose. I had hold of the laptop with one hand and couldn't drop it to knock the stupid bee off my arm. Jeez. I had a nice fat welt where the venim was pumped in...that has flattened out now, but it is still a big red spot and kinda hot. Stupid damn bee. I haven't been stung in years....can't say that now...hee hee.

Tomorrow they start rocking. Hanging drywall that is. They are gonna fix a few cracks and such and have to replace all the rock they cut away to chase wires, pipes and such. They will frame in the doorway to the diningroom and cut out the doorway to the vestibule (mini mud room) and finish frame it and rock everything. Jim thinks they will start taping and mudding on Monday. Looks like I am going to have to paint ceilings whether I like it or not. Lots of drywall work on the ceiling.

I should be able to paint (prime) everything next weekend I hope. He is bringing the baseboarding in too and I can get a coat or two of paint on them also. Shouldn't take too long to slap a coat of paint on the baseboarding...can do that after work.

Well, I gotta go get sleepy. My ACM at work starts tomorrow and I need my beauty sleep. ACM is bi-annual maintenance time we get to tear into big projects on the line. We tear machines apart, replace lots of parts and put them back together. Hopefully it all runs after that. That is the plan anyway... hee hee.

Later.....