OMG!

I practically hit a parked car pulling into the garage tonight, looking up through the kitchen window. Mr. Woo and his team rocked today.


View from the hallway into the kitchen:


Views from where the dining table will be:





Still debating our selection for the countertops. Isao likes the brown, I like the speckled white.



Here's a closer look to help you decide :)




The small 1x1 tile sample is for the backsplash.

woo-wheeee

Mr. Woo and his crew arrived this morning and were still working when I got home at 7.30 tonight! Lots of holes in the wall and ceiling with wires hanging out. Looks like they also set up the connection for the dishwasher and the range, put the new hole in for the vent, added a few electrical outlets and upgraded old ones, patched the wall where the old backsplash tile was, installed the ceiling lights, took out the ironing board in the wall, installed new plumbing for the sink... Whew!

finished with finishing?

Hard to tell from the photos, but today's coat of varnish looks less shiny, which is good. They basically blend in now with the old floors.


But, Yury's tools are still here, so maybe we're getting another coat tomorrow? The saga continues.

not fair

My impulse purchase arrived this afternoon, and I'm trying desperately to ignore the biting pain. They're flats! They aren't supposed to hurt!

These might end up going back to Amazon. But look at those sassy asymmetrical bows! And that beautiful matte teal satin! My shoe closet was really looking forward to making your acquaintance.

shiny floors!

Yury is quite the perfectionist, but he finally finished staining today and also added the first coat of top coat. The flash on the first photo makes the floors look a bit orange, but the second photo is more accurate.


E3 has started building our cabinets and should be here to start work on Monday or Tuesday. We're making progress.

first coat - take 2

Apparently, Yuri and Boris didn't like the way the first coat looked, so they resanded the entire room and stained it again on Saturday. Guess that means coat #2 goes down tomorrow.

Appliances were delivered on Saturday, too.

first coat

First coat of stain went down yesterday, Yuri and Boris will be back for the second coat in 30 minutes.

Kitchen:

Dining/Living Room transition:

And they fixed the floor in the closets!

And everything is reeeaaaaaallllly dusty.

new floors, new dooors

The doorway between the living and dining rooms was expanded today, and new floors laid in the kitchen. First coat of stain goes down on Friday. And everything is dusty.

lucky friday the 13th

So, without a kitchen, eating out is the easiest option. I met Chachi after work on Friday (the 13th) and we had a bite to eat at Puerto Alegre in the Mission. As we finished, we decided to check what was playing at the Roxie theater around the corner. Just so happens that the premier of Throw Down Your Heart was about to begin, and the director would be answering questions after the film - nice!

We really enjoyed the film - who knew the banjo was so cool!? Then, not only the director, but Bela Fleck himself answered questions afterward, and then played for us as well - way cool. We couldn't have planned this any better. What a fun night.

gone baby gone

The kitchen was demolished on Friday. Guess there's no turning back now!