Kitchen Cupboards, Flooring, and Some Cheeseball Garage Doors!

Well, Beck got a bunch more done on the kitchen cupboards and I like how they are looking. They even have a soft-closing piston action on the drawers and doors.

You can also see the travertine that we're using for the kitchen floor. We had to wipe it down and seal it so that the grout doesn't stain it.

I put the fake hinges on the garage doors today and I have to say I'm not all that impressed with the overall look. What I had originally envisioned was wood doors that looked like barn or carriage doors. Well, wood doors are a pain to maintain and I wanted something that was insulated so that narrowed things down quite a bit. Another thing I've learned while building this house is that just because you see something in the US (pop. 300 million) doesn't mean it's available in Canada (population 30 million). Also, we wanted something that matched our trim and so that narrowed things down even more. I didn't want to have to special order and pay a million dollars for doors so we went with what our local supplier had. Then in the supplier's brochure the panels actually look like there a vertical pieces of wood running through them whereas if you look at the final door it doesn't look like that at all.

To me it's kind of like the difference between solid wood mouldings and those plastic, vinyl-wrapped moudlings they used to put in mobile homes in the 80s.

That's my rant; thanks for reading.

Cabinets and Flooring

We got the subfloor (?) laid down for the tile in our kitchen this weekend. Also, we set up some more of our cabinets. We still have to go back up to Ikea® to get the rest of our kitchen. Charlton and Hill came out last week and installed our wood stove so we tried it out on Saturday. I've also included a picture of Becky and Cobalt.

Hardwood Floor

We bought this hardwood at an auction almost a year ago and we finally got to see what it looks like. Chad Lister who is Becky's niece's fiancé came and put down the wood for us today. He also laid down the tile for the fireplace. I'm so glad we were able to have a pro come and do this for us. He did a great job and we are really happy with it.

Dormers Complete

Reba was working on finishing the dormers while I worked on some domestic chores inside. We also put the steel around the garage doors.

We are tired.

Painting Finished and Dormers Started

I put the last coat of paint on the stairways and that is pretty much it for paint. We still have to paint the ensuite bathroom. We want to choose the tile before the paint colour.

If you like the stairway and LR colours let us know because we still have two gallons of it left!

We are in the process choosing all of our tile and it is quite overwhelming. If anyone has any ideas, please comment. My niece Tiff's fiancé has generously agreed to come down and do the tile and hardwood. Sweet!

Becky is working on the dormers so you can kind of get an idea of what they'll look like when they're finished. I'm more happy with their fake vinyl-ness trying to look like cedar than I thought I would be.

Electricians and plumbers are returning next week as well.