Day 8 - paint and more paint

Today was paint day. The walls are prepped, sanded, mudded, sanded, textured, primed, and now painted. I also got to meet with our cabinet guy - Rick - from Chateau cabinets. He is awesome! They started building the cabinets today (I thought they had been built, but they actually had another person with the same last name whose cabinets were finished a few weeks ago). I mentioned in here that we decided to tear out the pantry and rebuild. We called Rick to see if he had any ideas for us. Well, Rick had a great idea for the pantry and I love it. It is so much better than anything I could have come up with. It is going to make the storage much more efficient, with adjustable shelves, a few drawers, and two lazy Susans. (Why are they called that anyway - it really is a strange name if you think about it). And the great thing is that, because our cabinets are starting production today, they can just throw the pantry shelves in too, and have those ready and installed along with everything else next Thursday. Here are some shots of what the kitchen looks like mid-day today (Later, I may not have time to post, but I don't think it will look much different from this - just more coats of paint.)

As for what is next, Tim will take a few days off for Fall Break. He will be back on Monday, ready to get going on the floor. I can't wait to see how it looks in there. I think the wood is going to go very well with the blue.