Approaching The Home Stretch In The Kitchen - Or Maybe Not

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​APPROACHING THE HOME STRETCH IN THE KITCHEN - OR MAYBE NOT

       On Thursday, September 26, with the cabinets installed,

...the rest of our downstairs still looking like this,

...and a two-week sink-less and countertop-less wait until the next and final leg of our kitchen remodel would happen, Tom and I decided that this gap would be a good time to pull down the remaining wallpaper,

...and do the painting.
​    The walls would get a re-coating of their current cream color. The color of the woodwork, I decided after overcoming much apprehension, would be changed to white.
       And so while Tom prepped then painted the ceiling and walls,

...I pulled down the wallpaper,

...and painted the woodwork.

     In fact, I spent my 70th birthday painting woodwork, 

      (Okay, I didn't only paint woodwork on my birthday. Later in the day Tom, Theresa and I went to Tommy and Emily's house for pizza, birthday cake and birthday pie, 

​...and to meet their new poochie Ronan).

       It took a few days to finish up the painting.
​       The old look: 

      The new look (with the refrigerator in the way):

       Yesterday the workers returned on schedule to install the quartzite counter tops.

     Alas, as it turns out, we have discovered a wee glitch in the countertops which we are hoping can be remedied ASAP, as next week come the appliances, sink, tile back splash, and the last of the electrical work, which would finish the project. However, said wee glitch may - or may not - throw a cherry bomb into the works and blow the so far timely schedule to the winds. We'll soon find out the verdict. Fingers crossed.