No post yesterday - it was a crazy day. Meal out count is up to 2 because we went to Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast. Not totally motivated by the renovation, but it certainly was a factor. Dawna was kind enough to have us over for dinner last night (drank too much wine!), so we did not have to deal with dinner.
This morning we had our first meal in our make-shift kitchen. It was not too bad. We still have a stove, a sink, the dishwasher, and, of course, the refrigerator. We broke out the new toaster - I have had the same under-the-counter toaster for ~14 years, so this was more exciting than it sounds.
I am pretty impressed with the progress made so far. All the walls are down. Of course, they have to build temporary walls so that the second floor doesn't come down, so it looks kind of funky, and we are currently blocked from walking from DR to LR, which is only inconvenient because all our stuff is in the LR.
Today I have a guy who is coming to buy the cabinets. Once they are out of my garage, I can continue the packing and moving of the other objects into my garage. I also want to go to Ikea and buy my butcher block counter top. Once that is done, I will just have the refrigerator and hardware to buy, and all the shopping will be done for what I need to have available for the renovation.
Dave says that the plumber is coming on Monday. Then he is trying to schedule the electrician for early next week too. I'm working from home on Monday, so that should be interesting.
We encountered our first real glitch - there was a heating pipe that was coming up through the load-bearing wall. The pipe is about 10" out from the exterior wall that was supposed to become one seamless, uninterrupted wall. Now this pipe will have to be moved, and my seamless wall will have a bump in it. It's unfortunate, but it's the way it has to be. I just hope they can make it as minimal as possible. I'm sure that it won't be the last glitch we encounter.
This morning we had our first meal in our make-shift kitchen. It was not too bad. We still have a stove, a sink, the dishwasher, and, of course, the refrigerator. We broke out the new toaster - I have had the same under-the-counter toaster for ~14 years, so this was more exciting than it sounds.
I am pretty impressed with the progress made so far. All the walls are down. Of course, they have to build temporary walls so that the second floor doesn't come down, so it looks kind of funky, and we are currently blocked from walking from DR to LR, which is only inconvenient because all our stuff is in the LR.
Today I have a guy who is coming to buy the cabinets. Once they are out of my garage, I can continue the packing and moving of the other objects into my garage. I also want to go to Ikea and buy my butcher block counter top. Once that is done, I will just have the refrigerator and hardware to buy, and all the shopping will be done for what I need to have available for the renovation.
Dave says that the plumber is coming on Monday. Then he is trying to schedule the electrician for early next week too. I'm working from home on Monday, so that should be interesting.
We encountered our first real glitch - there was a heating pipe that was coming up through the load-bearing wall. The pipe is about 10" out from the exterior wall that was supposed to become one seamless, uninterrupted wall. Now this pipe will have to be moved, and my seamless wall will have a bump in it. It's unfortunate, but it's the way it has to be. I just hope they can make it as minimal as possible. I'm sure that it won't be the last glitch we encounter.
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