DONE!

The painters came this weekend and save buying accessories (wall decor, curtains and a tiny table/chairs) the kitchen is done!

I can pick 'em

I picked a color called "stem green" for the kitchen walls. My mom and I were at Williams Sonoma this week and they had a similar colored spatula so I got it. Turns out it is really as identical as could be and they have a whole line of things in that color - including le creuset cookware and kitchen aid stuff. Too bad we don't need any of it and I am not a huge fan of le creuset (too heavy and too expensive). However I did get the mixing bowls and all the spatulas! Apparently I have high class color preferences.


We are waiting for the painters to show up. Hopefully I will have final pictures on Monday!!

That explains it.

So, miracle of miracles the interior is done! The good carpenters came today and fixed all our last minute things indoors. yipee...They still have to insulate some in our crawl space, which they would have done today save the unwelcome discovery of like a bizillion bees in that space. They took it upon themselves to spray the living daylights out of the area. (No worries about the baby, we can't smell it in the house) They plan on coming to finish that tomorrow.

We also found out about the contractor. Apparently he got a job at a rival company and when he gave his 2 weeks notice at his old job they didn't accept it and asked him to leave! That is why there was no appropriate transition etc. He was nice enough to call today to apologize and explain. This makes WAY more sense.

Once the painting is done, I will post more pics!

interesting development....

This may explain a lot. Our main point of contact for the kitchen, who ran one of the company's two storefronts, apparently is "no longer with the company.' He had worked for them for like 15 years so this is a bit shocking, especially because we only learned of it when Steve called to leave a message and noticed the answering machine had a different message. The company's owner returned our call and said he would be our point of contact and would review our final punch list and get back to us. Yikes, given the suddenness and lack of handover, I suspect he was fired. Not entirely sure why - he was a bit ditsy, but did know his stuff and after that long, one has to wonder. Glad our kitchen is 99% done.

Long time no post..

I was waiting to post "final" pictures of the kitchen. Sadly, it STILL isn't 100% done. We do now have all the doors installed, but are missing a few door pulls. There are a few other odds and ends for them to do. This was supposed to be done last Saturday but the contractor's car broke down (which I believe as it has seen better days). I guess with the holiday week they didn't get to us. We still owe them money for the final items, but I am thinking the amount isn't enough to push them that fast:(

The good news is now that it is functional we are very pleased and though, as is to be expected, there are a few small things we would do differently, it works for us far better than the old kitchen.

Now we really really need to finalize a paint color for both rooms!