swschrad's Journal: visible progress in the kitchen project

Hooooooo-kay. we're having some fun now!

cabinets are all sanded down, stained, and varnished. countertops with oak reveal bevel on the edges are built and installed. got the sink cut in and the water and sewer redone. dishwasher drain leak is fixed and it goes in tonight. the drawer fronts, all 21 of them, are cut from red oak and fitted, the staining and varnishing is done, and the interiors are to be painted this week. augmented wiring is fully done, and the tile backsplash is installed... still needs grout. first coat of paint is done. vent hood is back up. new light up in the kitchen, an artsy-fartsy halogen thingie.

still to do are grouting (next several days,) dishwasher reinstall (tonight,) stove slid back in (after grouting.) we have a quarter of beef coming end of the week, so have to clean up and power up the old freezer left behind when the previous homeowners sold and moved out. the final painting is needed. need to rip out the carpet and vinyl, and put down the engineered oak flooring, then put all the baseboards and chair rail up. the cabinets and crud have to go back on the wall.

and there is the small matter of building those 41 cabinet doors yet. almost all the oak is routed for stile, and then we need to cut rail ends on some of it after cutting to size, make the door inserts, and glue 'em up.

the week off was quite a success, in spite of having to spend half of both sunday and saturday blowing the 14 inches of drifting snow.

not bad work for me, the wife, and two sons periodically dropping in to eat, drink, and pitch in.