During the day, the installers told me about a few snags that had me freaked out, but I'm getting excited now that I'm starting to visualize things.
Sorry it's so dark - notice the horrible priming job I did on the soffits. Installer guy says "looks like you dry brushed it" No. I just suck. He says it'll definitely need a second coat. Ah well. Live and learn - and then use a real brush and not the foam kind.
I was surprised that I get a great big drawer now where the old bar sink used to be. Unexpected bonus. And the cabinet on the left has a faux middle piece so it opens up really BIG in case I need to store something HUGE in there.
Notice the cabinet in the corner: there's a drawer and doors on the outside. No more big scary dark unusable corner anymore. I can store things like a crock pot or seasonal dishes there :)
But notice the flaw in this kitchen layout? It's not easy to tell just from looking, but trust me, when you have the dishwasher door open to unload it, you can't reach the upper cabinets unless you are Elastogirl. So you have to unload the dishes onto the counter first, then close the dishwasher, then put it in the upper cabinet. But... working dishwasher? yay!
Squee! Look at my corner cabinets. Lazy Susan babee!
Problem 1 - the fridge. Sigh. I thought all was well with it despite it being white (not silver/black like all the new stuff) and having yellowing dirty handles. But when they moved it, it leaked. He says the freezer coil is freezing up and then when it thaws out it leaks into the drip pan that then overflows :(. So I'll have to save for that.
Problem 2 - The whole house is sagging in the back. We've known this for years, and someone decided not to put in piers. The soffit thingy over the fridge is seriously not anywhere near being level. He's gonna do what he can with trim and caulk and we'll just hope noone notices since it's over the fridge.
Problem 3 - The floor. Big sigh. I stuck with this kitchen layout so that I could stick with the floor as is. But the new cabinets are a wee bit narrower and longer, so part of it sits on concrete and the other part sits on the floor. He said there's no way they can cut the floor away and that if/when I get new flooring that they can cut it then right up next to the cabinet or try to pull it out and shim under the cabinet. NOT ideal, but I don't know what else to do.
Regret #1: not ripping out the floor before starting this.
Regret #2 (maybe): sticking with the same kitchen layout (the peninsula bottleneck)
Installer guy did his best (bless him!) to push the boards together, glue them and hold them with tape till the cabinets can keep them mashed together. He thinks we can fill the gaps with brown caulk and I can get another 10 years out of this floor. That is good news. But it means my dream of having the same flooring running throughout the kitchen, breakfast room, den, front room is probably not gonna happen.
He says he'll put my knobs on tomorrow. Oh shoot. One more thing I haven't even considered. I know they are thinking "what is UP with this woman who hasn't made any girly decorator decisions at ALL". Opinions needed about knobs: I'm thinking black squished up C shape for the drawers. What about the doors though: Same as the drawers or use knobs?
Off to scour the internet for inspiration photos.
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