The kitchen cabinets arrived the week of Thanksgiving. Ron and John started the install and all the uppers went in first. Then John finished the hardwood flooring in the kitchen, we decided to use 4" red oak flooring. Then it was stained and coated. We did a darker reddish color. Next came the base cabinets. This all occurred over month of December. John has been very busy installing all the hardwood flooring upstairs. Upstairs is nearly done, we have the baby room, hall/laundry area, and most of the master bedroom done. The stairs will be after that. We discovered a set back today on the stair treads. The framer built the steps very deep and a standard stair tread does not fit correctly. We will need to see if we can get deeper treads. Bummer. In December we rounded up 6 guys to carry the cast iron bath tub upstairs. It was quite an effort by all, thank you Aaron, Jeff, and Jeff. The bathroom wainscoating just got it last coat of paint (thank you Susan and Christina) and John installed the toliet, still need to paint the window. The laundry room is nearly put together now and we finished up painting all the walls and trim. We still need to paint the cabinets (re-used from the old kitchen). My friend from work, Laura and Harvey re-finished the art deco light and we put that up in the laundry room. Looks great! Also, the back steps off the laundry area were re-built. John, Tom, and Drew mixed up 28-80lb. bags of concrete for them, the brick face is yet to go on them. Thank to everyone for your help so far! I think we are nearing completion or so I am hopeful we are! LL
