What a difference good friends make.

Friday October 3rd.

Our good friend Nick was nice enough to come help install my new countertop and even helped put in most of the kitchen/dinning room flooring.

Below he is putting the starter holes in for my sink.

And then attatching the plumbing back up.


This picture(below) is of the new flooring about half way installed.

The tile laminate was much more difficult to install than the wood laminate. The material goes together a lot harder and you have to be more careful about getting the tile grout lines to match up. However, I love the way it looks and I didn't have to do all the cementing , spacing and grouting. It is still easier than real tile and is supposed to hold up better and be easier to clean.

Saturday Oct 4.


My dad helped me finish that flooring. He also put in my tile backsplash (made us appreciate the effert tile flooring would have taken) and my mom helped me put all of my cubbard doors and hardware on.


As you can see below it is really turining out nice. This view is from the mud room. As you can see we kept the old hood and with the color choices it looks nice.

Here is a close up of the tile prior to grout with the under cabinet lighing on.


Sunday Oct 5.

Sunday we moved a load of stuff to the house, grouted the new tile, wired the cooktop to my stove, wired the outlet for the microwave and oven and cleaned up the house a little. Ben also put in my closet organizer.

Below you can see my cooktop, the tile grouted and it gives you a good view of the kitchen from the hall/living room side of the house.

This picture is of my dad finishing the outlets and switch in the backsplash area.

Ben and I also tried to fabricate a new piece for our lazy susan to see if we can salvage it. We are now thinking we will need to trim the door down a little on it to get it to rotate without rubbing all the paint off.






The house is really taking shape now.

Monday Oct 6.

I took a van load of stuff to the house. Dad and I worked on the shelving for the oven/microwave cabinet. I also was able to use my cooktop for the first time and eat like real people out of a real kitchen. wow!