810 Kitchen Remodel

Week 20

The Kitchen Remodel puts the "Labor" into Happy Labor Day weekend. This week has brought big improvements to the kitchen, mainly the addition of 3 functioning appliances actually located in a permanent location and not the dining room. During the week, our shiny new glorious stainless steel appliances were delivered and placed in the center of the kitchen. Some assembly required, to be specific the utility connections.

To help us celebrate Labor Days, Foreman Dad and Mom Socie made the trip to help out. It was also the Foremans 53rd Birthday. A celebration was held by birthday breakfast cooked on the new stove. Let's not forget the anchoring of cabinets to the floor. Word has it that Evil Shelia at home ate half of the birthday cake that Amy had made.

Let there be Light. We also bought Foreman Dad a new pair of sunglasses. His opinion is that we have a "well lit" kitchen and there isn't any shortage of accent lighting. Anything will seem brighter than 1 fixture with a 50 watt bulb. We prefer the zoned lighting plan which includes: work lighting, task lighting, accent lighting, party lighting, microwave programmable lighting, fridge automatic sensor lighting and away lighting. But in fact there is no track lighting.

A lot of odds and ends were picked up this weekend, the final lighting plan installed, anchoring of the cabinets, installation of the appliances, paint stripping of the basement door and confirmation of countertop selection. Look for future blog postings on the countertops.

The fall season is upon us, which brings a lot of distractions, like football and weddings. It is going to be tricky to squeeze in the final renovation work between all of the upcoming events.

posted by Missy and Joe @ 7:51 PM