Thursday, June 12, 2008

Let the Install Begin!

This is one of my favorite parts of the remodel process . . . big things coming together. Cabinets are a huge part of the design so it's really nice when they get installed. Here's how things look so far:

As you can see here, the tall box form will house the fridge and is the darker wenge wood. The grain runs vertically and seems to intersect the horizontal grain teak cabinets. I really like the contrast of the two woods working together and the forms are really nice. Here's a shot a little closer up:As I was leaving the house the installer of the cork flooring was starting to bring in cartons of flooring to begin that install. That stuff goes down pretty quick and was supposed to be completed by the end of the day today. The key phrase there is "supposed to be". I just got a call from the flooring company letting me know that out of the 21 cartons of flooring only two were not damaged. The real bummer is that earlier in the day I spoke with the homeowner about how great it will be to have the flooring in when they get home. Yep, not my favorite kind of phone call to make after saying something like that. Basically I felt like crap. Fortunately the homeowner is awesome and understands that life can sometimes deliver damaged goods to your door . . . especially in a remodel.
The flooring contractor is working very hard to get a new batch of flooring overnighted to the site for installation tomorrow. I'll be crossing my fingers :)




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