Week 5 - New coverings

The drywall of the ceiling is done, the heat duct has been moved and 2 walls have drywall inplace. Its starting to look more like a room and less like a disaster area. The kitchen are is so much brighter already, we orginally only had 3 recessed lights, now we have 8, and there will be lighting over the island area as well.

I have been looking at lighting options for the island. I think I like the idea of a 3 light pendant. I found one at Lowes, and they have may different globes to pick from.

Week - 4

The ceiling furring strips have been leveled and the wall by the window has also been squared up. The new entry door is in place and the plumbing should be done this week or early next week.

New Header In Place

The kitchen looks so much larger without the @#$* poll. All the rough electrical work has been done. We discovered that the dining room walls have a layer of drywall, then paneling, then another layer of drywall. We think that the room was a bedroom, then maybe a den then a dining room, but who knows. At some point in the future when we replace the windows in that room, we may take down all the drywall and re-do the whole room (and check the outer walls to see if the original builder's work is as bad as the kitchen walls).

Week - 3 Poll Removed

Worked continues on leveling out the floor. The poll between the kitchen and dining room has been removed and temporary walls have been put up. They will be replaced with a new header sometime tomorrow. The contractor found several more construction "flaws". See in the photo the electrical lines were running thru the center of the old header. Also one of the wall 2x4's was resting on just plywood with no support.

The electrician will be in tomorrow to replace all the old outlets and install the new recessed lighting. I still have to pick out the lighting for the island and over the sink.

The new window and outside door are in and should be installed by end of the week.

Wall - Floor Repair

The wall where the window has been repaired and leveled. The electrician will be in on wednesday of next week to do all the electircal work. The work on leveling the floor is being done today.

I received word that all the cabinets are in. They wait time was originally 6 weeks, then 4 weeks, but they finished in 2 1/2 weeks.

All appliances are in as well. I have picked up the range hood so the venting work can be done. The range, fridge and dishwasher will be delivered when the contractor is ready for them.

Week - 2 More Snow

The floor at the center of the kitchen is about an inch below the rest to the floor. This week they are going to raise the center to level it out. Also, we have noticed while doing other home improvements that the original builders of the house took some short cuts. Some were not to bad, others were well, not so good. The wall where the window is located needs some re-building, its looks like the builders took some not so up to code short cuts, Hopefully this work can be completed this week and we can get back on schedule.

Side Note:
I think that I have had enough of this snow. At this rate we will not be able to get out on the golf course until sometime in March.