Day Twenty One

There really isn't much new to see today other than a new toilet installed in our very small guest bathroom. We decided to spare you! :-) We went to the granite fabricator today to look at the final measurements of our two slabs of granite. It is beautiful! We will most likely have it installed the week following Thanksgiving.

In the meantime we have interior doors, trim and wood flooring to install. This will be like a new home when we're finished. What a blessing from God! We plan to celebrate with a huge Open House to commemorate the graduation of our son from college with his English degree. We are so very proud of his willingness to stay the course and finish, even with a new wife and two babies within the past three and a half years. It took him 9 years, but he did it!!! Woo Hoo!

I almost have a new kitchen!! I am blessed and grateful beyond words...

Day Nineteen

Today is the first day we've made real progress in seeing what my new kitchen will actually look like. I love it! I can't wait to cook and bake again!

Day Eighteen

Today we encountered our first real problem. We realized that when the door going into our laundry room was removed, three inches went away that are needed to line up with the cabinets on that wall. In addition the knee wall (actually the supporting wall) for the island is over too far - by 5 inches!! It took all morning to decide the best option in fixing these two problems. I must say Monarch Kitchen and Bath and Greenwich Construction conducted themselves in a professional manner; Not our normal experience with remodels - for this we thank God - and them! It is a relief to work with such people. Anyway, the plan is to add the missing three inches to the back wall and remove the extra five inches from the knee wall on Tuesday. These pictures show the discrepencies.