Kitchen Update

• By: Mo Morrissey
• On: 09/15/2008 23:18:02
• In: Personal
• Comments: 9

So we’re into the construction phase of the kitchen after having lived the weekend in conditions that could charitably be described as “survivalist:” No counters, no cabinets, everything piled in the dining room making it impossible to find anything (say, Salt?). There’s only so much frozen Wal-Mart pizza a family can eat, dig?

I spent the weekend painting the kitchen ceiling and finishing the wallpaper removal. However, we never did actually get around to picking out a paint color, and as such we have come to find that little bit of paralysis will come back to bite us in the rumpus room.

The delivery truck showed up dutifully on schedule at 8AMand my guy began setting up shop, making some pretty good headway. The appliances were delivered this afternoon. Okay, now here’s where the wheels fall off the wagon. 

It seems the cabinets were all slightly warped in some manner, shape or form, but one was so bad off, it couldn’t be installed. So right now, I’m not entirely pleased with Shenandoah Cabinetmakers. It’s going to take at least a week before that one is replaced. So there’s that. 

Model FRS6LF7JM

Model FRS6LF7JS

So, I start climbing over the survivalist mountain in my dining room and the refrigerator catches my eye. “WTF?” The  fridge had been oriented facing away from the pathway, so I didn’t see the front until I had climbed over Mt. Renovation. It was the wrong flipping fridge! Now, it may seem minor but we wanted Model FRS6LF7JS, but we got Model FRS6LF7JM. The difference is the handles: everything we bought HAD TO HAVE the same handles. They all matched up, a nice stainless steel bar. This one has black plastic handles. It’s a difference of $100, but it’s the difference between “Stainless Look” and “Stainless” as well. BEYOND Frustrated with this.  You can easily see the difference, AND it just wouldn't go with everything else.

They delivered the correct fridge, we bought that one, but it’s not the one we wanted.  They were right next to each other, as I recall, and I must've written an "M" instead of the "S."  It's all on me, I get it...just frustrated by my own incompetence. 

I know you’re saying, why didn’t you notice when you settled up. Well, we’ve got a receipt that has more paper associated with it than the mortgage paperwork we signed when we bought the stuff. In the greater scheme of things, $100 was just too small to be noticed in the total. It happens.

But the granite people are coming tomorrow for the template for the counter tops – the lower cabinets are almost all in and what’s not in will be.

Now, a few issues have come up. Where we expected to install the pendant lights is too close to the cabinet opening, so we have to cut open the ceiling again. Other than that, things are moving along. 

Here are some before and after shots:

BEFORE

NOW

From Blogger Pictures

BEFORE (and please note, this was as we were packing up...it's not usually this disorganized)

From Blogger Pictures

THIS AM:

From Blogger Pictures

NOW:

From Blogger Pictures

So things are moving along, but not quite as we had hoped....as my friend Old Harry says, I should have expected that. We bought our faucet tonight and we'll start to figure out what color we'll paint the place - a little late, but at least we're on it. Right?