Middle-aged married mom looking ahead while enjoying today Lots of changes this week that are making the kitchen area look finished, at least from the waist up.
The cabinet trim is installed on the upper cabinets.
The hood is installed and it works great.
The contractor was able to modify the cabinet doors above the oven stack but they now need to be painted because one corner got a little banged up. He has them sanded and ready to paint. He has a paint that should be the color of the cabinets but the reality won’t be known until he paints them and holds them next to the existing ones. If you’re thinking like I used to “Hey, it’s white – how hard is that?”, let me tell you that it’s mind-boggling how many shades of white there are! Our mantel is ‘flour’. The kitchen cabinets are ‘linen’.
The laundry cabinets are in.
The garage light switches and door switches are moved so they are located next to the exterior door that was moved earlier. This is a detail I didn’t think about but we’re used to opening the garage door and touching those switches without actually going into the garage.
The pendant lights are installed over peninsula. The globes are clear and it took three rounds for me to find bulbs that didn’t blind me when looking at them while on but do provide useful light onto the soon-to-be countertop area.
August 13th, 2025 at 04:42 pm 1755099777
August 28th, 2025 at 09:01 pm 1756411294
Good point on moving switches to where it makes the most sense. We had to move one light switch from our kitchen to our family room (opposite side of the wall) because we were covering the space with the fridge but that wasn't really a big deal.