Kitchen Update, Week (N+1)^2

We've officially lost track of what week we're on. Nothing more got built or done in the last two weeks except the grouting of the tile.



I mentioned that we spent Sunday, August 19th lining shelves. The following weekend, we actually brought the boxes containing the kitchen up from the basement (all 37 of them), unpacked, put stuff away, moved it, moved it again, rearranged, and... well, you get the picture.



Unpacking was entertaining. None of the boxes were labeled, so each one was a surprise. Dishes in one, then food, then the liquor cabinet, then endless platters, then more food. It was nice to get real ingredients back.



So 37 boxes of stuff turned into 3 boxes for the Goodwill, 8 boxes filled with packing paper, and the rest we found space for.

On the long weekend, we dedicated one day to restoring our living room to livability. KC of course had to rearrange the furniture (everyone needs a hobby). Other rooms are therefore returning to some sense of normality; our living room chairs are no longer in the bedroom, for instance. But we still have hung no art, and we are "missing" specific bits of furniture we need to acquire.



So what's left to do for the Reno that Never Ends?
• Install glass in the back hallway door;
• Paint the back hallway door;
• Install cable lighting in the entry corridor and dining room;
• Install pendant lamps over the sink;
• Install the hood fan;
• Change the shelves in the hall pantry to full depth;
• Replace cabinet doors that were marked when we got them;
• Replace the bi-fold cupboard doors with ones that open normally;
• Fix the trim so it doesn't catch on the red doors;
• Get proper inserts for the cupboards beside the sink;
• Finish the backsplash under the window;
• Replace the wrong coloured drawer trim on the bank of drawers;
• Get proper handles installed on two doors still missing them.

And we have a list, too, of things we have decided need changing. This includes (but is not limited to):
• Changing the paint colour on the wall around the window and the wall next to the fridge from blue to yellow (Elk Tan). We figure this will help the countertop blend in;
• Finish the cupboard bank up to the ceiling. We asked for this in the first place, and don't want something gathering grease and dust. The rope lighting up there does nothing for us.

Week (N+1)^2 x 2 here we come.