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The refrigerator is installed now. That’s the major kitchen change. We’re still waiting for drawer pulls to arrive and for the downdraft to be installed. We also need to order glass for the cabinet door inserts. We’re slowly moving everything back into the kitchen. In the bathroom we have counter tops installed and the sink […]

Today I decided I was up to tackling the bathroom fan in Dar’s bathroom again. The old fan didn’t really move much air and it turned out it just blew the air it did move into the attic. I was going to run the vent line through the roof, but then when the contractor did […]

Appliances got installed on Friday. Not all of them, we’re still waiting on the refrigerator, and dishwasher needs a test run before use, and the remote blower for the down-draft unit needs to be installed. That said, the cooktop works very well and I was able bring 1/2 gallon of water to a high boil […]

Two weeks ago we moved out for a week so the floors could be done. If it was just the kitchen floor then we would have stayed, but we had them coat all the rest of the floors too since the guy who did those didn’t do the best job on them. We’re trying to […]

Also there is grouted kitchen backsplash. First there is a kitchen faucet which is springy and has a front button to switch to spray mode for as long as you hold it. To the right of it is the soap dispenser, and to the right of that is the garbage disposal switch. The bathroom fixtures […]

The kitchen backsplash tile is in and today the grout is being done. It’s nice and sparkly in the morning sun but you can’t see that in the pictures.

I really really fixed the leak under Dar’s bathroom sink now. The water supply lines where they met the faucet were loose. I was able to hand turn each one at least another half turn. Also after watching splash patterns with the glass shower doors and how the water gets to the floor outside the […]

I was being good and productive this weekend. I returned some lights to Costco, I exchanged a light cover at Riverside Lighting, I put Frontline on the dogs, I got my Allegra prescription refilled, I did the recycling, and picked up everything the dogs had left in the last few days in the back yard […]

Just one more picture of the end cap. Last night we painted the living room and the color looks good but it needs a second coat. Today the lighting stuff gets installed.

Yesterday they installed most of the counter tops. It’s Caesarstone Oyester, 3cm thick. They have to put in the other end cap/vertical counter and cut holes for the faucet today. Also some pictures of the bathroom wall tile grouted. I think it looks really good and everything is starting to look like what it’s supposed […]