furniture was delivered today; everything is now set up in the family room!!! still have some stuff in boxes, but i think everything that i NEED is put away where they should be. now to decide if i want to stuff EVERYTHING back into the kitchen, or should i just get rid of a lot of the stuff that's left???

OMG!!! that family room cabinet is gonna be the death of me yet!!! i started putting the shelves up (i put the brackets in) then realized that the shelves were all too short!!! they're all about 3 inches too short lengthwise!!! made a quick call to the contractor, who said they'll get the right shelves, and it'll take about two weeks to be delivered. will this never end???

but there is a silver lining; i wanted to get extra shelves for the kitchen cabinets, but would have to order them through the cabinet maker to get the same finish. nina said that i could just keep the short shelves (the manufacturer would just send the right ones, but doesn't expect the original ones back). so, all ron has to do is cut down the shelves about 6" to fit the kitchen cabinets!!! at least something good came out of it!!!

more good news; lane home furnishings called today to say the furniture has come in (this saturday would have been three weeks, so it's in early). everything's being delivered on sunday!!! yippee!!! maybe we'll have movie night on sunday instead of saturday, so we can just be potatoes on the new sectional!!!

final inspection completed today!!! yippeee!!! so the kitchen is finally done!!! i mopped the floors and am now finishing the shelf paper (in the pantry). time to start moving back in!!!


the first picture is of the infamous family room cabinet, the one that took an extra two plus weeks to arrive, two weeks when nothing was being done but wait, and wait, and wait...

the furniture for the family room (sectional, end tables, rug) should be arriving pretty soon (3-6 weeks, and this week is the third). maybe it'll be delivered earlier than expected???

still nothing new; waiting for the trim kit for the bottom of the island, glass for cabinet, and the family room cabinet.

we did go looking for new furniture for the family room, though. last weekend we went to a few places around fremont and got some ideas. this weekend we went to lane home furnishings in walnut creek and found what we wanted. i guess we're eating mac&cheese for the next few months (poor bradley will starve!!!).

we got a sectional (hendrix by lane), two end tables, and an area rug (greenie abstract pattern). the first pic is of the sectional we bought (the top is the sectional style, but in the bottom color). the second pic is the layout in the family room. the "cutoff" for the family room lines up with the doorway into the main hallway. the big square on top left corner that's at an angle is our old "white" leather recliner (it'll stay if it fits in). the wedge we got is actually rounded on the back end, not squared off as in the picture (the program ron used to set the layout didn't have any curved wedges). i hope the sectional actually fits in the room; from the measurements they gave, it's gonna be close, but according to their setup program, we should have lotsa space.

the furniture should be coming in 3-6 weeks, so that will be just when they'll be finishing up with the remodel.

it's been five weeks, and it's almost done!!! all the granite (countertops, island top, backsplash) was put in yesterday (yes, in one day, but they did finish at about 7:00!). today the electrician came back and finished all the lighting; the under-cabinet lights really came out nice; the backsplashes look so good!!!

all the appliances are in and working, and the handles were all put on today.

all that's left are the little details, and i wonder if they're gonna do more fixing on the base boards. there was an issue about the quality of work done there. they did fix up some of it today, but there's still a little that i think should be fixed.

the glass for the window cabinets come in on monday, and they're waiting for the trim kit to finish off the base of the island. the family room cabinet now is scheduled to be delivered on august 8, so that's still a ways off.

been a slow week so far this week. no one came on monday. the lone worker bee from saturday came back yesterday to finish up the stucco outside. today another worker came in and put in all the baseboards by himself. i thought the electrician was supposed to come in today and finish up the outlets, but i guess not. ups should be delivering my handles today, and the counter installation should start tomorrow. i wonder how long that will take...

the one cabinet in the family room wasn't ordered until after all the other cabinets were installed and they realized one was missing. that one should be delivered on august 3 and installed soon after. bummers, a big empty space in the wall until then.

didn't think anyone would be coming in today. one lone worker bee came in today to do the stucco outside, around the new door and windows. here are some pix of the completed floor (yes, in the pantry, too!!!).