Day 33

There was a great deal of discussion about the shelves this morning.  They are 3" tall, which I was afraid would be too thick and overwhelm that small space.  It was going to be a huge pain in the butt to change them though, and add more time to the whole project, so we decided to just go with what we had.  These are not permanently installed yet, but the wall supports were put in, so after everyone left we stuck the shelves up there to see how it looks.  I think they are fine, and will look great when we get our new dishes on them.

The laminate is completely finished downstairs now.  I sure am glad someone else has to clean up the construction mess.

The door trim started going in today.  Its a little wider than standard, to go with our taller than standard baseboards.  I like it.

The niche in the water closet got tiled today.  A teeny wall-mount sink goes under here.

Day 32

The downstairs laminate is nearly done, the main areas are done, but the entry way/coat closet need to be finished.

Countertops in progress.

Countertops are done!  The color difference isn't really this noticeable in real life, the red is not this bright.

Day 31

The tile got set on the landing.  Since it was still wet, I couldn't walk on it to take a picture downstairs, but more laminate got put down.  Nothing happened in the kitchen.

Day 30

The rest of the kitchen cabinets got set today.  The shelves for the back wall are sitting there on the floor.

Apparently I forgot to take a Before picture of this, but there was a step down from the main house at the doorway, then another step back up partway into the laundry room.  It was a stupid design and everyone tripped.  The floor is now built up, and there is a step where it makes more sense.  I don't feel like unloading the entire laundry room, because its a pretty big storage area which is full right now.  Finishing the floor in there will have to wait  until the current project is done.

The countertops are done for the wet bar and the master bath.

The tile went in in both downstairs bathrooms.  It was dark and rainy when I was taking pictures, so better ones will have to come later.

Day 29

Laminate got finished in the office/sewing room

The linen closet in the master bath

The master bathroom sink cabinet

Several of the kitchen cabinets got installed today also.

Day 28

This is the wet bar downstairs.  A mini-fridge will go in there, and we can make coffee without having to go up to the kitchen.  The only problem is that we forgot to put an outlet up above the counter, so we'll have to figure out how to plug the coffee maker in.

Laminate flooring is going in.  He actually got quite a bit farther than this, but I didn't get back down to take a picture before it got too dark.

I like that these planks are a bit wider than most of the other patterns.

Day 27

We have cabinets!!  This is very exciting since we've never actually seen this exact cabinet.

We picked from samples of wood type and stain color, which isn't quite the same as seeing an entire finished piece.  I'm so glad we like them, lol.

Cabinets have arrived.  Since we don't have an attached garage, they had to come in the house until they get installed.

Here is our new pantry, minus the doors on top.  I did like seeing 'Super Rush' written on there, lol.  The top ones are pull-out racks that are accessible from both sides, which is very cool.

We won't have any upper cabinets, except over the fridge, but will have shelves on the wall with the stove.  These are 4 of the shelves.

The way everything is laid out, the right corner here will not be accessible from the kitchen, so we had a piece built with access from the bar side so that we don't lose the corner space altogether.  I'm very happy with how it turned out.

Most of the pieces are here, generally where they will be installed.

That's a Lazy Susan in the back corner, then a 4 drawer unit, then the sink unit.  I love it.

The downstairs cabinetry was also delivered, but not terribly exciting to take pictures of while its still wrapped up.