Yippee!

The cabinet doors are here!  And all the appliances are in the kitchen!  Function at last!  In addition to beautiful cabinets we have much better organization and function in the cabinets!  Friday we unpacked and shopped for all the organizing elements we needed!  We had a great weekend cooking and eating in our new kitchen.

Still coming...light, rugs and back splash.

Sneak peaks...

We are nearing the end of this journey.  The floors are complete, granite is in, plumber and electrician are finished.  All that remains are the cabinet shelves and doors, touch up trim and nail holes in cabinets.  New appliances arrived yesterday and they are beautiful!  Area rug for family room and new dinning light are on order.

Backsplash tile is on a boat headed to us but will not arrive until the end of Oct.  I will do a final reveal once the cabinet doors are in and before the back splash goes in but until then here are a few sneak peaks (due to some not so friendly demands).

Floors...darker than they appear here...

Granite

Convection microwave, Photog thinks is silly...soooo not silly :)

Bird I purchased while looking at lighting.

Single handle faucet

New Duel Fuel range.  You can hear angels sing when you see it!

Tile for backsplash...coming soon!

Visit to Grandma's...

Last week we were kicked out of the house for three days so the floors could be completed.  Photog and I stayed in a hotel the first night and then he left with the boys for a weekend of fishing.  Sister, Photog assistant and myself headed to Colorado Springs for a visit with family.  After a visit to the new IKEA (still too new and had to proceed thought the store in a single file due to mass of people with the same idea)  and The Great Indoors we arrived at Grandma's.  Uncle, Aunt and Cousins arrived to shared a nice family meal.  We stayed with Aunt and Uncle and headed over to Grandma's for lunch on Friday.  Photog's assistant, sister and I enjoyed a lazy after noon with Grandma in the backyard before we headed back North.

Same swing that sister and I sat in when we were PA's age :)

DIY Project

Our front door lock has been in trouble for awhile and has been the subject of grumblings from my sister, Tracy the Contractor and others.  It was impossible to lock with one hand and in the past week it had become impossible to open the door with one hand.  Photog's assistant and I went to Home Depot yesterday and picked out new hardware.  This morning I decided to install the new mechanism myself.  Deadbolt was simple.  Checked to be sure the key actually worked and went to work on the door knob.  Removal was simple.  I put the first piece in and the directions, (yes I did read the directions) said to check and be sure that it was installed in the correct direction for the opening.  I did this by shutting the door.  Hmmmm...there is not yet a door knob to reopen the door.  I opened the garage door and went around to the other side.  Kind neighbor Scott was in his driveway preparing for a trip.  With a screw driver he had the door open in seconds and said he would be around for 30 minutes yet if I needed more help.  Determined to do myself I set back to work.  In a few short minutes all was installed and the key worked in this as well.  Success!  That was the tough one now to change the others in the house to match!  Maybe another day...now for a cup of coffee.

Some cleaning and touch up paint is all that is needed!