Kitchen Remodle Week III

Day VIII: (Monday) Granite Day :) Things are on track now. Leif spent the day installing cabinet doors and drawer fronts. The boys from Fine Line arrived with the counter tops.  4hrs later we now have beautiful counter tops. Tomorrow the tile guy is coming to do the back splashes. We should finished on schedule, FINISHED this Friday

Day IX: BAD day!! Lot’s of little and not so little details to be taken care of. Thought I would go nuts for a few moments. Anyway we made it thru the day and hoping the resolves we came up with will do the trick. We will see tomorrow.

Day X: GOOD day the details were resolved to our satisfaction. Today the tile was all set and ready for grouting and calking. Dishwasher and disposal installed along with the faucet and most of the door and drawer pulls. Tomorrow the refrigerator , Stove and new doors are scheduled for instlation. Sounds like a big day!!!!

Day XI: Big day Things really started cooking today. In fact we can cook on the new gas range, put stuff down the disposal and keep something cold in the refrigerator. Even though none of the above have been done. They are ready! Waiting for a hose for the dish washer.  The tile is done! Tomorrow (Fri) there will be a couple small trim projects, The pantry door and install our new deadbolt. One of the larger mistakes by Kitchen Plus. Was the put a hole for a dead bolt in the kitchen door. So I took advantage of the mistake to negotiate and share the price of a deadbolt with a key pad.

Day XII: The Final Day! Leif arrived this morning and started putting the finishing touches on the kitchen. It was a full day,But he got her done!! Tomorrow morning the cleaning crew is coming in and then we can start stocking the new cupboards ect. Also next week Leif will be bringing in a couple of door facings that need some mods.

Old	NEW!!

Happy Thanksgiving Bill’s

Picked up Jason and Brook around 1:00 from SEATAC and worked our way to Key Center for a Thanksgiving day feast at Bill and Robins. Not only did Brook and Jason fly up from Los Angles. John came home from school at Washington State in Pullman. So ALL of us were togeather except for Jane and Larry who stayed in Selah. So it was Bill, Robin, Brooke, Jason, Adam, John and Tom and Anita. The bird was a winner. In fact other than eating just too much food it was a resounding success. Thanks Billy and Robin. There was even a little time for Billy and Adam to bond as seen in the picture

Kitchen Remodel Week II

Day I: (Monday) Today we got the cabinets above the stove installed, A bunch of skinning and moved and skinned the bar. It was a productive day. I am thinking things are on schedule. Also got a call from Crossroads Appliance and they got our missing refrigerator in. It will be delivered on Wed.

Day II: The Fine Line People showed as promised. We did have one problem NO POWER! Puget power was working on the main lines on the parkway. So we had no volts. The granite guy needed power for his hot glue gun to make the counter templates. He tried using a torch on the glue, but that got a little scary and we definitely did not to see the Big Red Truck coming down our drive. So rather than re-scheduling I grabbed the neighbors generator so we could power the pesky glue gun. It Worked! Thanks to Dave and Pati Page and their trusty generator. The Granite is scheduled for install on Monday. Yeah!!  

Day III: Today was a good day. Received the new refer this morning. Leif  got all the lower cabinets ready for Monday’s granite install. Also a couple more doors were installed. Look's like there is a little catching up in order as Leif is now planning on putting in a couple hrs. on Friday.

Day IV: (Thur.) Thanksgiving

Day V: Thanksgiving Holiday

Kitchen Remodle Week I

DAY I: Monday Leif our worker guy arrived around 0900. We spent the morning going over the details and he made some preparation for the teardown. Also our appliances minus the refrigerator arrived. Now we have officially moved out of the old kitchen for the duration. We have our necessities (coffee maker and microwave) set up in the cove room off the living room.  Life is good and we are anxious for this adventure to start showing some progress.

DAY II: Destruction Leif(the guy) arrived around 0730 and started gutting the old kitchen. The process went fast. The fun part was the discovery of lost treasures. Like price tags on the old cabinets The one I found was $22 for a cabinet base. The best one found on my wiring job was while changing outlets and switches I found one I put in when we remolded in 78 which was a outlet with a 3 for $1 Pay & Pack price tag. The ones I am putting in now are about $3 apiece and not as good. INFLATION! The destruction was complete around noon. Now we are waiting for the new cabinets to arrive tomorrow morning

DAY III: Waiting for the cabinets. Waiting,Waiting , WAITING! I hope this is not a sign of things to come. First the truck with the cabinets were scheduled to arrive around 0730 then 11:00 Now tomorrow morning. Waiting Waiting

DAY IV: Let the Progress begin. The truck with the cabinets and supplies just arrived. Good progress today. We now have the gas plumbing to the kitchen ,The sink plumbing is also ready for the new sink and dishwasher, And a few of the new cabinets are in. A couple of discrepancies in two of the cabinets but there should be no problem in working them out. Twas a good day.

DAY V: Friday Things should get a crackin around here soon. I believe today. will be spent putting in a few more cabinets and the pantry door.
The pantry door will wait to be installed so it does not get marked up hauling out the old and bringing in the new. All the drawers were installed today and some under counter skinning and more cabinet prep. This will all have to be finished up before next Tue when the granite guys come in to measure.
Starting Monday on Week TWO will be in a post above this one

Kitchen Remodel

Our Kitchen remodel is on track. After living with the same kitchen for over 30 years. Anita convinced me we should bite the bullet and redo the kitchen. We have been planning and checking out our options for a couple months now. The adventure is about to start. The people from Kitchen Plus are scheduled to arrive Monday Nov 16th. The new appliances should arrive the same day. Anita and I have been running around gathering electrical supplies as we are doing a little bit of rewiring (outlets, switches, and some lighting). It’s  going ok other than trying to figure out exactly how I wired the house 30 years ago. When I had to add new wiring to the existing original wiring. (No shocks or fires yet)
  I plan to follow this adventure through the process on this blog. Complete with pictures. More to come. Probably starting Nov 16th. 
ENJOY the Mess.

It’s now the eve of distruction. We are READY to rock

Happy Birthday Jane

Happy Birthday Lil Sis!! 
Love tommy and Anita