LONG POST WARNING
Halloo friends of el bloggo!
The latest from the land of dirt:
We spent 3 solid days and had our first-ever sleepover at the cottage this past weekend (possible due to the gracious offer of toilet access from our neighbour).
Day one we went to the cottage to meet with the cantilevered dock guy and Dave the diggerman to get the ball rolling on the cantilevered dock. Ball rolling. Wallet melting.
I spent the day washing the fridge. All day. It was THAT filthy. Imagine it had been left out in a barn for 2 years, and the construction guys were using it as a storage shelf for their toolbelts, etc. So filthy.
E spent the day building upper cabinets for the sink side of the galley kitchen because he couldn't face the "how do I fix the cabinets lining up?" dilemma on the fridge side. In the intervening days since our last visit, I had come to the conclusion that the problem was the support rail (it was supposed to be shimmed if the wall was woopsy, and that wasn't done. In fact the woopsiness wasn't assessed at all.)
Day 2, R came with this sweet girl, M, and they both helped out. The cabinets came down off the wall, the woopsiness was assessed and addressed, and the kitchen returned to the point we had left it. The lower cabinets were then installed, doors put on and adjusted for aligment, and the one drawer we currently possess was assembled, ready to be installed once the counter goes in. The fridge was maneuvered into position.
R and M unpacked our "new" microwave, a gift from my mom and dad for the Old Cottage, which was too big to fit on our shelves at the time so it has been stored all this time. It was christened with some reheated pizza for Rs lunch.
R and M were delivered back to shore at sunset, and we camped out for the night in the only room with enough space for a mattress on the floor: the back bedroom.
In the evening, we got a better sense of the lighting at the cottage. I don't like it. The pot lights are too blue, the fan light is too orange, the chandelier is too bright, and running the fan in the evening causes weird flashing fan-blade shadows that are going to trigger a headache. Blarg. Not sure how to fix this one. Oh, and a lower cabinet was assembled.
We also were able to spot that the builder appears to have touched up some spots of the wall paint with the trim paint (different sheen) so that will also need to be repainted. 15 feet in the air. Whee.
We slept like the dead that night.
The next morning 2 more lower cabinets were assembled (the last of them!). And we did some scheming and pondering about the sink-side cabinets and how they're going to fit. The trim around the windows and doors juts out into our planned cabinet mounting area, so some trimming is necessary. We also came to the decision that the planned 18" cabinet near the back door will not fit in the available space, so we're going to swap it out for a 15".
Day 3 brought the return of R minus M. We got counter top cut and mounted and caulked, and glory be it looks GOOD. It's nice to finally have a horizontal surface to rest things on. All but one of the upper cabinets on the sink side went up (all but the 15" we need to buy), and one of the lowers. A bunch of cover panels were installed, the countertop near the side door for the sink side cabinets was installed, and the stove was maneuvered into place. It will also need a deep clean. So grimey.
The pink walls look Really Pink in these pics. It's not like that in person. Much dustier/ beigier.
So what's left for the kitchen? Not much, and a lot, at the same time:
Two lower cabinets and one upper cabinet need to be installed. One of those is the sink cabinet which will be a beyatch with the cut outs/holes for drains, vents, waterlines, dishwasher supply/drain. Then cover panels, filler panels, deco trim, toe kicks, sink and faucet, final countertop section, drawer assembly, handles, range hood/fan, and paint touch up. Then we can consider unpacking. Eeeeee. Maybe by then we'll have running water?
I'm also in the market for an 11' carpet runner for the kitchen that includes dusty pinks/corals/navy, so if you see anything in your travels let me know! Must be 10-11' long.
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