week has brought a number of changes to the kitchen and it's really starting to look like it's a kitchen. The under cabinet lighting is in as is the decorative lighting. There's no way I can complain that the kitchen isn't bright enough. The light over the dining area by the banquette is a bit larger than I thought it was when we ordered it. I'm short enough that it shouldn't be a problem for me, but for a number of our friends (including Mark) there could be a lot of head banging (and not in a good way). We're thinking about trying to find a smaller fixture or maybe a pendant and moving this light into the dining room.
The light is a bit large for that room but I think it'll work nicely and while we've talked about putting a ceiling fan in the dining room, this light would be over the table where it wouldn't be likely to smack anyone in the head.
We met with the foreman (Dale) for the cabinet crew from Kitchen & Bath Galleries
this morning to go over a few of the concerns I had with the cabinets only to find out that while they look done, they are not finished. They still need to be fine tuned so hopefully that will resolve all the concerns I have.
Dale was hopeful the glass doors would be in today and he could install them tomorrow. Mark & Dale also discussed the cook top There was some concern that the brackets that supported the cook top had a problem. But when we got home tonight the cook top was installed so I guess they figured out the problem and resolved it. This is why we hired John so we don't have to worry about this (thanks again John and Chris)
I've also made a decision about the banquette. Ok, I know, you thought this was all resolved but listen, the more I thought about it, I really like that banquette and I really wanted to show it off more. If we just painted it, it would get lost in the wall color and I really didn't want that. So my plan is to either stain or wash it. At the worst I'll have to just paint over my ideas but it's worth giving this a try.
Looks like the cushions for the banquette are going to be a bit more than I thought, but as Mark pointed out, they are being custom made so the price for that is reasonable. Besides they are going to look so good with this kitchen they'll be worth the price and as a family mentioned, they'll look great with the gray fur sprinkled all over it.
We understand the flooring will be in next week. Once it arrives it'll need to sit in the house to acclimate before it's installed so hopefully by the end of next week, we'll have flooring, that will be so exciting for me.
The stove is installed and it's great. It has cut outs in the rack that pot holders will fit into giving you a good grip for pulling the rack out. And get this, the bottom rack extends fully out of the oven on some kind of rail system. It's so cool.
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