Bar Sink

 I have one working kitchen sink.

YAY.

Kitchen Countertops

 Today my Corian countertops were installed. The color is Rosemary. They did a nice job; the seam is hard to see. I got the integrated seamless sinks, too. Tomorrow Hal is going to start installing the plumbing. The photos are rather washed out from the sunlight but the final photo with the green cabinets is the closest to how it really looks.

Appliances will be delivered next Wednesday, a week from today. Except for the fridge, may be March before that comes in.

this shows the colors the best

Master Bath Vanity

 Hal got the sink installed the other day. I sealed the granite (Blue Pearl) counter yesterday, still need to install the backsplash. Because of the way the vanities are constructed, Hal had to move the drain and then I filled it all back in and painted. Neglected to get the paint photo, but I have to admit that both bathroom fixes came out well.

masterbath

guest bath

master vanity

The Post-Holiday Push to Finishing the Palace

Since Ember and family went home last Thursday, Hal and I got back to work on the Palace. (Have I mentioned we call the new house the Palace?) We also decided that with a bed and a working sink and toilet, old fridge in the mudroom and a microwave, coffee pot and portable induction burner, we may as well move in, sort of. While the single induction burner is fine for breakfast, we still have to return to the farm for most cooking, laundry, showers, TV and internet.

Here is a little of what is going on.

Yesterday we got back to working on the shower walls. Here Hal is making sure the screw holes for the shower handle line up.

 We installed the wet wall yesterday.

Today we got the end wall glued up.

The dogs are officially moved in. All but one bed is here. Kaylee seems to be settling in, but Ziggy is unsure about things. Though to be honest, he's been out of sorts for weeks now. I can't figure him out; is he in pain, bored, confused? He never seems happy unless he's barking at something in the woods. An enigma of a little dog.

I've been moving kitchen equipment that I won't need at the farm over to the Palace. It feels good to move things over, but I will be so happy when the countertops and appliances go in. Last week the guy came out to measure for the Corian counters, supposedly they'll be installed next week. Looking forward to it but nervous something will go wrong.

the wall oven cabinet

As the new floors are all installed except for a couple thresholds which will be installed after the interior doors are in, we decided to take the dining table out of storage in the pole barn across the street from the farm and take it over.

I really like how the table looks. Plus, Hal installed the chandelier. the last of the interior lights!

The Great Room Flooring has Begun

 They only spent 3 hours working today because they didn't bring all the boxes of LVP! But they got this far, and I love it. The younger of the flooring guys even helped move the gas stove out and back.

Bathrooms

 Today I vacuumed up as much dust as I could in preparation for the LVP flooring going down tomorrow. I already did more leveling and sanding the previous 2 days, I needed the dust to settle out before I finished vacuuming. At the same time, M started installing the LVP flooring in the master bath. Hal created the luan oval toscrew the toilet flange onto and leave the floor floating.

This was unexpected, Hal and I were happy with his taking charge and getting all the kitchen cabinets installed. After he got a few rows in Hal installed the toilet and removed the toilet in the guest bath for Stanson's installers to run the new flooring into there. I am looking forward to seeing this happen!

Hal and M also placed the vanity in the master bath, top isn't glued down yet but it's ready to be worked on as soon as we have the time. 

They also unboxed the guest bath vanity and I was happy to see both vanities and tops were in great shape. They've been sitting in the garage since summer, and you never know the state anything is in until you look.

THE KITCHEN CABINETS ARE IN!

 Yes, we're not quite finished, there are a couple of panels to be installed, cabinet doors to be adjusted and knobs handles to attach but the big goal of having all the cabinets installed has been met. It is enough that I have the flooring scheduled for the 12th of January. Now that will make the place really feel like a home!

The island ended up being 4inches closer to the stove wall than called for in my original plan, but I'll just live with it as it's too late to change now.

I also called the KD about templating the counter and she said the appliances should be on site. I called the appliance seller about delivery, and she said the counters should be done first. Besides which the refrigerator, ordered in January 2020 is still not in and she doesn't want to set up a bunch of deliveries and installations, but do it all at once... So, while I figure that all out, at least I'll have a floor in 2 weeks@

The Kitchen Island

The walnut top is not secured yet, but it sure looks good.

Kitchen Cabinets - Part 4

 The island construction started yesterday. M was just a powerhouse putting this together. Hal and I were essentially the support crew, though Hal did create the cut-outs for the steel support brackets. It is very possible this will be finished in a couple of days as we already have the countertop! Have to let the top acclimate in place first.

my drawers, I wanted lots of them!

Hal making the support cutouts

the cabinet door side

Kitchen Cabinets - Part 3

 I'd say this is a pretty nice new year's gift! And many thanks to my sister's boyfriend, M, for working so hard on making it fit together beautifully! Hal cut a piece of OSB for a temporary counter.

Shiloh Cabinets in Maple with Sherwin Williams Clary Sage paint, inset New Haven doors and slab drawer fronts.