Tomorrow’s Plan

House

So today we are in a major snow storm. I really didn’t expect anyone to show up to work as it is nasty out. Schools were closed last night already and now today half the town is closed. Imagine my surprise when I heard the door open and close at 9:15! Our painter, Andy, was here to start the kitchen and bathroom. He was able to get the kitchen done and his helper got the downstairs bathroom ceiling painted. The main contractor, Roger, who has done the majority of the work also showed up!

Anyways, to sum it up. Tomorrow Andy will be back to start the upstairs since we need that done in order for the guy to come do the floors. His helper will finish up the bathroom downstairs. When he is done with that, Roger will be here patching in the tile, installing our pine baseboards, swapping out the toilets* and hopefully moving the washer and drier in there! Can we say finished basement bathroom any one?!?! In case you can’t tell, I’m very excited!

*I should probably explain about the toilets. In the upstairs bathroom we had a new one and the one in the basement bathroom was in the house when it was bought. In all honesty I hated that one, probably because I wasn’t used to it. Well all it took for me to change my mind was a plumber telling me it was old enough to be original to the house. So now I’m putting the “old” one in the upstairs and moving the new one down!  Funny how that works huh?!

To make my post complete here is a picture of the kitchen as of today:

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Here is the actual floor plan for the kitchen:

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Counter tops:

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Cabinet door style:

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And this paper will be applied to the ceiling (and then painted):

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5 Comments

5 Comments

  1. Jen  •  Mar 10, 2009 @1:38 pm

    Wow! I’m amazed that 1. you got so many people to show up during a blizzard (although, it hasn’t been much of a blizzard down here in the cities… mostly rain with about 4 snowflakes added in), and 2. that you’re getting stuff done so fast! That kitchen will be gorgeous when you guys are done with it!

  2. Liz  •  Mar 10, 2009 @2:14 pm

    Wow! Very impressive. Your kitchen is going to be fantastic when it’s finished. You have completely motivated me to get my butt in gear and get moving on our kitchen! If you don’t mind me asking, where are you getting your cabinets from? I’ve been amazed by how pricey they can get. Thanks!

  3. Shane  •  Mar 10, 2009 @2:22 pm

    Jen: Yeah, it is pretty messy outside. When they first got here this morning though, it wasn’t too bad. Now you can see about 10 feet in front of you tops. Driving home from work is going to be a blast.

    Liz: The cabinets are by the brand Dura Supreme. We are paying a good chunk of change (at least for us) to get these cabinets. The original cabinets in the kitchen were valued around $3,000 (Menards off the shelf variety) according to insurance. The ones that we are doing are almost double that, so there is a significant personal investment in these. The quarter sawn oak was a promotion they were doing where we got it for the same price as the “standard” wood. If we were doing a full replacement without insurance, I would probably have gone with a cheaper brand.

    And don’t worry about feeling like we are moving fast or anything. If I was the one doing all the work instead of the contractors, I would be done in a few years.

  4. bungalowbliss  •  Mar 11, 2009 @7:16 am

    You guys are making unbelievable progress! The paint color is fabulous, and the cabinets–wow!! Is that quarter-sawn oak? They’re going to be perfect with the walls. I cannot wait to see this room come together. You guys have made some beautiful choices!

  5. Casey  •  Mar 11, 2009 @11:17 am

    I’m so glad to hear positives about the paint color! I decided last minute to do a lighter gold color, but the painter had remembered me telling him I wanted that one so he had already gotten the paint! In all honesty, I really don’t like picking out colors and I went back and forth about twenty times. I’m sure I drove Shane crazy! :-)

    The cabinets are quarter-sawn-oak and we did a dark stain called mission. I think Shane mentioned in his comment above me that the company was running a special on them.

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