John & Colette's Adventures

Argh! We’re so close to being done. The last step was to slide in the (massive) stove and we’d be done. But, alas, it was not to be. The first problem was the gas line. The plumber didn’t bring the right size elbow to put a 90 degree turn in but he figured he’d just [...]

Colette had a busy weekend. She spent quite a bit of time moving dishes & food into the new cupboards. The new pantry is working out nice. We’re hoping since it’s a lot shallower than the big closet we’ll lose less stuff (we found a very moldy chunk of bread in the old pantry closet [...]

We are almost there with getting electrons where they need to go! The electrician breathed a big sigh of relief when I told him he could bypass 2 switches – one that controls a bunch of outlets (just about all of them) in the front room and one by the back door that turns on [...]

The electrician is not having a good time. He’s fighting the evil snarl of wires that lives in the center wall of our house. He hasn’t been able to get the overhead lights to work consistently and is now trying to track down where these wires go.

We have counters! And some very strong smelling adhesive.

Yesterday was a busy day for the cabinet installers. The upper cabinets went in as well as the pantry cabinets. Today is granite day.

It’s a great day.

The new corner cabinet that was delivered is damaged. The back of the cabinet looks like it was kicked or something. The carpenter is going to try to replace the backing but this single cabinet has been a pain in the ass.

Our garage is a disaster area.