As the world churns

The neighborhood Kansas City flag is still up, but now it’s at half-mast.

The cheerleader didn’t fare even that well.

The front room and the deck at our house still look like this.

But the wall mount for the television set is in, and the path has been set to route the wires down the wall to the floor.  The wall mount is that wide picture frame looking thing on the wall.

The television on the wall will be much better than how it has been on the cabinet; less intrusive.

The linen closet cabinet has been painted its color.

Judy picked out the backsplash for the kitchen counter.

And with minimal cooking facilities at the casita, we’ve been hitting TV dinners and Teriyaki Madness take-out pretty hard.  This is the closest we’ve come to a homemade dinner lately.  Hot dogs!  With bread for buns.

In the meantime

Superbowl weekend!

We had to move a few things around and find enough wires to get the TV and satellite box plugged back in and working, but we got that, and two chairs dusted off for the big game.

Didn’t miss a single commercial.

Painting

It has begun.

…and on the other side of the plastic barrier.

Every cabinet has been primed.

The final coat goes on Monday.

Counters and cabinets

A busy day today.

The floor guys were back fixing a few defects.  The quartz counter guy was out taking measurements so he could do the kitchen countertops.  The cabinet guys showed up with a couple goodies.

The bathroom corner cabinet for a linen closet.  (We ordered it on Friday, and they brought it today.)  (Amazing.)

The dining room countertop opposite the kitchen quartz countertop.  This one will be painted wood.

Tomorrow the painters come.  The range hood arrived today.  We’re ordering all the drawer and door pulls tonight.  We had 44 doors and drawers to account for in preparation for this redo.  Today I counted 54 new doors and drawers that need handles.

This project is so fast, it’s making our heads spin.  We can barely keep up with all the materials and color choices, and all the incidental decisions that have to happen rapid fire.