Hardware In

This place is almost done. There is still cardboard on the floors and a whole lot of little things here and there (and everywhere), but we really are very close. They've been cleaning windows and fixing nail pops this week. Yesterday, they installed most of the hardware on the cabinets. It looks great.

Sara and I were out at the house for a while last evening with my parents. I forgot to bring the camera, so cell phone pictures will have to do. My parents had brought a nice little table with a couple of chairs for our front porch. I didn't take a picture of that, but it will be nice for coffee in the morning.

We measured up the hearth so that we could be absolutely certain what we wanted to do for the back splash and mosaic in the hearth. I think we're 99% there, and in fact will probably have Village place the order today.

We have the same knobs and pulls throughout the house, so here are a few decent pictures of what they look like.

This is a picture of the lockers in the mudroom.



These are the upper cabinets around the boarder of the kitchen. I think we're going to have more places to put stuff than we have stuff to put in places.


This is on the island. We have a big roll out drawer here for garbage and recycling.


The dishwasher, which for some reason was ordered late (after most of the rest of the appliances) has arrived and has been installed.


We showed my mom and dad around the house. They hadn't been in it for months, and although I know they follow this blog religiously, the changes since they were actually here are dramatic. We got some more good advice and a few things, and they helped us mark where we want the shower rod in the guest bathroom.

We have a few items that we now know will NOT be done on time. We have a vessel sink that didn't take the sealant well (and I guess has been ruined as a result). The replacement and the ring which is used to mount the sink on the cabinet are both on back order and won't be here until mid-June.

Our pendant lights aren't here yet, but we do expect them to be here before we close.

I'm anxious to head over there tonight or tomorrow during the day. It's actually nice and sunny out today (first day in a week), so hopefully they've poured the patio, and maybe they pushed it and poured the sidewalk too.

Lots of tours this weekend, which will be fun since it is so close to being done.