Posted in renovations..

We are now in somewhat of a holding pattern with the renovations.  A few things happened today and it was a long one. 

We got a call from the company we bought our appliances from saying that the refrigerator will not be available to ship for a couple weeks.  We still have our old one so this is not a huge deal although it was disappointing. 

The flooring install was completed and it looks beautiful!  It's exactly as I was hoping it would be.  I wasn't sure that the sugar maple cabinets would go all that well with the countertop corian colour we chose (Aruba) but I figured if the flooring had all the colours in the kitchen in it, then it would pull everything together.  So far, so good!  The paint colour brings out the blues/grays and the browns match the cabinets very well.  Now just to see in a couple weeks if the same effect is achieved with the counters.  :) 

Also today, the bathroom was completed.  We noticed a few places where the caulking needs to be fixed, but otherwise it's done.  It is amazing how big it looks and how well things go together when I wasn't entirely sure that anything was going to match very well.  It will be nice to have a shower tomorrow morning! 

So...  now we are in that holding pattern, in a sense.  We need to install new baseboards and some door trim in the hallway including painting them.  I need to unpack my kitchen and put the stove in place.  Then when the counters arrive we will have the dishwasher and fridge plumbed in.  We have some under counter lighting to have installed as well but will likely wait till the dishwasher needs to be wired.  We will change out a few light fixtures and electrical outlets/switches as well.  It still sounds busy but it will be a much slower pace than we've been keeping for the past several months and that is a VERY good thing! 

Dee..