After months of waiting to close on the house and then months of not actually living in the house or making much movement toward changing the house to be able to live in it - the construction engines have begun! Our renter moved out the first week of March and we had hoped for work to begin shorter after that, but it didn't happen. We got bogged down by waiting on other people (the City, contractors, bank representatives). Finally a week and a half ago, Grandpa Dave drove down from Iowa with a van filled with magical tools. Since then he has been living in the house and working hard every day on my long To Do List and because he is so versatile, the list is getting longer! The biggest change so far is going to be the kitchen annex, a small 3 x 7 foot area adjacent to the small kitchen. The fridge got moved to make room for the dishwasher - can you imagine living without one?! We are adding a run of upper and lower cabinets for storage and counter space. This week the microwave and dishwasher arrived. The cabinets have had a coat of stain and today await a second coat and a polyurathane coat and then they will move into their respective locations. I need to head up to IKEA to purchase the butcher block counter top pieces to finish it off. So exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then there are a myriad of changes that have less of a visual impact, but are super important too, like moving around electrical outlets, pipes, and soon my washer and dryer will be much less awkwardly placed! Truly Dave is a God send and he may just be here until the baby is born the way things are going. The more he touches then more he or I think of other things!
In Monday I signed the contract with the contractors to begin the addition. Yeah!!!!!!!! It rained hard most of the day on Monday, but I'm expecting to see a dumpster arrive soon - maybe today and for things to start happening.There I am with the General Contractor on the left and the on-site boss on my right.
