Homer Vs. Kidd

The cabinets and countertop are in! The next phase of the project starts this weekend: compounding, retiling, and painting. I’m unskilled, pretty slow, and I lose interest in things quickly, so this will probably take me a couple of weeks to complete.

Although we’re not finished with the project yet, we couldn’t be more pleased. The changes completely met our expectations, and the guys who did the installation did a great job (and they were really nice). Send me an email if you want his name, I don’t want to post his email so he doesn’t get spammed by viagra and poker ads.

The new sink drawers. There’s less room underneath the sink now, but much more cabinet room. We also added one of those lean-out drawers in the sink base for sponges and stuff. When I came home, karen had turned on the dishwasher and it was making the worst sound imaginable. They simply forgot to turn on the water under the sink to the dishwasher. A quick turn of a knob, and we were in business. There’s also a fine layer of grit over everything, which was totally expected.

The new peninsula cabinets. Glass doors on both sides.

The crazy squiggly line underneath the cabinets is scored-up sheetrock that needs to be compounded. This entire strip will be tiled.

Stove-side cabinets. Tile will go back here too. They also raised the oven a few inches, which was nice. It was really low before, which allowed dirt to fall to the floor easily. We also raised the microwave about 4 inches from the stovetop, bringing it to code. This will make working on the back burners a little easier.

An empty dining room. On the right is the new bar, which is almost 4″ wider than the old one. We’re going to throw some stools in the dining room so we can eat on it.

New shelves in the pantry. I will need to throw a couple of coats of paint in here, and putty over the holes in the wall made by the old wireframe shelves.

You-know-who, nosing around while I take pictures.