Oooh, Ahhh, and the crowd cheers

It's been a couple of days since the last update and the painters have been and gone. The measles have been cured. It's amazing what a good painter can do. The kitchen is totally gorgeous (if I do say so myself).

Michael and his crew did a spectacular job and was worth every penny. It was really fun to hear them working, they were laughing and joking, it was really cool to listen. The crew found places to paint that I never thought of and they did an awesome job doing it. The crew cleaned up thoroughly after the painting and almost made all the dust go away (I'll be dealing with dust flying around this house for the next two years or so).

The banquette looks really good with the wood in the front panels and the white trim hides all my errors. The inside of the banquette is painted white as well so it'll be bright and cheery. We're going to look for wire racks that we can put in the banquette for all the infrequently used appliances we'll be storing in there. We heard from the guy making the banquette cushions and they should be ready in about two weeks so we'll soon have pictures of that as well.

The other bit of good news is the flooring was delivered today. Rodney did open the boxes to be sure it was the right flooring. According to Chris it will be installed on Friday. So this time next week, we're going to have flooring and hopefully Kitchen and Bath Galleries will be able to get us on their schedule for the final touches and adjustments. Unfortunately, Vince tried to come the other day, when the painters were here and without the flooring and the painters he wasn't able to do much of anything.

While speaking to Chris this afternoon I questioned him about the tile for the backsplash. We had a bit of a communication problem when he thought I meant the flooring. While I just adore his scottish accent, I have a hard time understanding him. Mark thought John should get Chris a video conference and provide subtitles. According to the email we got from Chris the tile is in with the exception glass bars but they're expected tomorrow. If all goes well, and the planets are in alignment (maybe I should light some insense to get my karma moving in the right direction) we might get our backsplash installed before the flooring.

Don't tell anyone, but I've been having doubts about the backsplash and wondering if I should have gone with something more flashy, you know iridescent blue or green......hmmm I wonder if it's to late to change my mind.

I did tell you were were having the laundry room painted as well right? We wanted a "tropical" feel to the room (humidity, heat, waterkinda goes). We found a terrific wall mural to go on the one wall near the commode. The paint colors are great!!! I'm so happy with the choices (though if Mark hadn't just picked a couple we'd still have splashes of color in that room.). This picture really doesn't do the room justice. I was joking with Mark and telling him now we're going to have to replace the washer and dryer to match the room. When this remodel is all done, we're going to install shelving in the laundry room to hold all the laundry stuff, extra tp, and stuff along those lines (and of course the infamous kitty litter). Mark's mom had a great suggestion to go with the shelving, a lip, just a little something to keep items from falling off easily (thanks Ma for that suggestion)