December 14th, Kitchen cabinets and floors

The floor in the pool room is finished now. It has one coat of sealer and four coats of polyeurothane in a satin finish. That should make it hold up well under the traffic of pool players and grandkids. The half wall seen in the distance is not finished yet. It still needs drywall. We were going to have built in cabinets there, but decided to just finish out the wall and buy a piece of furniture to serve as storage for toys, games, and any other pool room paraphernalia.

The picture below was taken looking in a different direction, from the top of the steps. The color of the floor looks a little different than in the previous picture but it must just be the lighting. It's the same floor, 4 inch wide, rustic red oak.

The cabinet maker has started the cabinet installation in the kitchen. This is the main kitchen sink cabinet, including space for the raised dishwasher, wine rack and stem holder. Denis calls the ones on this wall "his cabinets" as he promises to be the main clean up crew while I do the cooking.

This is the huge island, under construction. There will be a small prep sink right in the middle. The extended board you see on the right is the appliance lift for the mixer. That way the mixer can stay hidden underneath until needed, then it can be raised to working height without any heavy lifting.

This is the fridge and cooking wall. The big empty box on the left is where the fridge will go. In the middle will be the cooktop with venthood above. On the right are openings for the built in oven and microwave.

There are many many drawers and doors to be installed yet. Here they are lined up and waiting, along with some of the painter's supplies. We can't wait until they are all in and the appliances in place. I'll do an update on the kitchen at that point.