Pantry Progress

Having our pantry in boxes and temp shelving became old quickly. So today we finished the upper shelves in the pantry. Stocking them is still in progress. Countertops soon. Although after battling with these shelf angles I'm not looking forward to the counters.

Another Fenceline Done

The south fence line has rails. Final touches happened inside. Pantry shelf brackets are happening as I type. We said goodbye to the dumpster.

Tomorrow the housecleaners come back for their last clean and the painters are coming to start exterior work again. We should have garage door paint soon which I'm so excited to see. The white doors stand out currently and not in a good way.  

As soon as the cleaners leave tomorrow evening, Jeremy and I start moving. Next Wednesday the stair railing will be installed and our final plumbing inspection will happen.

The Elf Has Been Busy

Pumbing wrapped up today.  Which means we finally have the correct faucet handles in our bathroom.  And pantry cabinet #3 is in.  Wall shelves and countertop coming soon.

Pantry Progress

The cabinet elf finished the second pantry cabinet.  But she grumbled something about being sick of buiding cabinets, so we'll see how the final cabinet goes.  😉

At Last

We dropped off the folding table in the laundry room.  We designed the entire room around this table and have had it tucked away for years waiting for this day to come.  So yay!

Landscaping Day 3

Landscaping day 3 was another big one!  Two trees are planted, along with a ton of salal.  More irrigation and wire progress.  Some accent rocks are set in place and beds are taking shape.  It looks so good already.  I think Jeremy and I will live outside and the kids can have the house. 

On the interior, kitchen pulls are on the cabinets.  The log set is in the fireplace.  And the pantry cabinet maker made good progress on the second cabinet.  😉

Landscaping Day Two

Another busy one!  Accent rocks were delivered but not placed yet.  They are laying irrigation lines, installing sprinkler heads, and running low voltage wire out to the different areas of the yard.  Bed shapes are in.  Soil amendment is happening.  The fire pit has been brought down.  The big slope out back has been mulched.  They got a ton done today.

On the inside, cabinet pulls are being installed.  They have the kitchen pulls staged so I'm hoping they go on tomorrow.  Pantry cabinet shelves are finished.  Just some touch up paint needed but I'll wait till the end and do them all at once.  On to cabinet two next.  

And in absolute cosmic timing, we were notified we're now eligible for Starlink internet service.  We've been struggling to get internet for months from CenturyLink.  And even once we get it, the connection is awful.  We've been on the waitlist for Starlink and it looks like it's finally happening.  I hope we can bypass CenturyLink altogether.

Pantry Progress

We worked so hard to be ready for landscapers.  Then found out they're starting tomorrow.  🙄  I guess they couldn't get all the material they needed in time to start, but we should be good for tomorrow.  The builder is scheduling the final pieces and hoping to give us a firm move date soon.  I popped over to mount the first pantry cabinet to the wall and start adding shelves.  Work in progress!

Just Us

I think today was the calm before the storm next week.  Nothing new except we fixed the ladder rollers and did some shed platform prep.  This weekend is shed building, moving the pile of leftover lumber so the landscapers have access, and pantry cabinet progress.  My very sweet hubby volunteered to help me tonight.  ❤

Best Truck Ride Ever

What a day!  I reached out to a landscape supply company to see if they'd sell me the supplies for our landscape lighting.  I'd prepared beforehand, but had a few questions.  The guy that helped me said because I was organized, mostly knew what I needed, and didn't take up much of his time, he'd give me contractor pricing!  This saved us over 1k on supplies!  All our lighting is ordered and should be ready to pick up in 2-3 weeks.  

Since I was in Woodinville ordering the lighting, I swung by Flower World and drove home with a truck cab full of the scent of daphne and sweet box.  No way were they going in the bed of the truck.  The fragrance was incredible.  Costco bulbs came home with me too.  

Then the builder texted that landscaping starts Monday!  And most of our cabinet doors were re-installed today.  Casement window crank handles are on too.  Huge day.  Jeremy and I have some library ladder goals for this evening too.

And Cabinet Doors Too!

Bonus post today!  The rock out front has finished joints.  And the garage is full of cabinet doors and drawers.  I haven't heard whether this is everything we're missing but this is a happy sight!  The tiler is still working tonight.  Another busy day.

Weekend Elves

Some elves delivered the crate and installed the corner shelves in the laundry room.  

The housecleaners worked today and unwrapped the island!  I've been dying to uncover it.  This slab is just gorgeous.

Cursed

Not a single thing went right at the land today.  Not one.  Our stair railing arrived and was a lesser version of what we'd requested.  They've been working on it for months and now they need to start over.  Our bathroom mirrors were installed and the reflection is like a fun house mirror, so they need to go.  The doorbell the electrician installed isn't ringing inside the house.  And our exterior lights are still stuck in Seattle so he can't wrap up the electrical.  I''m glad no other subs showed up today because the site is cursed.

(As long as you don't look in the glass, they're fine. 🤣)

Off-site projects seem unaffected by the bad luck.  I finally started working on the pantry cabinets.  I've never built cabinets before, so we'll see.  If this goes south, we'll have an expensive pile of firewood.  

The tentative plan for the week is tomorrow the finish guy continues with door handles and barn door installation, and the concrete crew is going to create tents with plastic to cover the areas about to be poured.  While they're doing that, I'm going to ignore my weather app that currently reads "chance of snow" for Wednesday.  Wednesday is the concrete pour.  Please cross your fingers for this one.  We really need concrete so the exterior can be finished.  Wednesday is also the return of the plumbers.  They're still missing a bunch of parts, so we'll see what gets done.  Friday our long lost cabinet doors are supposed to arrive.  Not holding my breath on that one.  And I'm guessing the concrete cutters will do their thing Friday, assuming we have concrete to cut.  Hoping tomorrow is a better day!