On Our Own Again

Larry left us on Tuesday and went back to enjoying his leisure summer in Michigan. His last assignment before leaving was to change some broken glass from our french windows and bring it back to life with a new coat of paint. Larry managed to put on a coat of primer and two coats of white paint before his departure. I finished the job by putting on a third final coat of paint to mask all the discoloration from years of neglect. The white paint really brighten up the little room a lot.

After hours of scraping off the excess paint, looks pretty nice.

My other project this week is putting the kitchen cabinets together and installing them. Well, as usual, we ran into some problems with the cabinet placements and other miscellaneous stuff which prevented me from finishing the installation this week. But this is what we have so far. One of the obstacles is the farmhouse sink I requires a lot more customization that expected, so we are opting for an easy solution by getting a regular drop in sink (we haven't found one we like yet). We might get a bigger cabinet (21") instead of the current 12" cabinet to go next to the peninsula, since our space can accommodate it. We still need to purchase hardwares for the cabinets because Ikea didn't include them on our order list. We have to exchange one of the butcher block countertops for one with deeper dimension to use on the breakfast bar/peninsula section. Our tiles should be getting here next week, so when the kitchen is done, bathroom is next. So much to do, so little time...it's late, I need to catch some zzz's.

All the cabinets came in flat packed parts which required assembly.

Organized, and ready to be assembled.

Rough assembly finished.

Roughly hung, they are level!

Our future kitchen. We were worried that it was going to feel cramped, but it's actually pretty roomy for such a small kitchen.