And then the world imploded….
All hell started breaking loose in Minnesota with COVID-19 last week but thankfully our contractors kept on trucking! None of them seemed terribly phased, but then we also try to stay out of their way and were already pretty much social distancing for the past two months (because new baby + winter).
One of the electricians came back on Monday to finally finish up the kitchen electrical. We have outlets! We have a light fixture!
The light fixture was interesting since it apparently had multiple wiring options but didn’t come with instructions. One of the down-rods also didn’t seem threaded correctly and we discovered a little too late that the fixture was designed for the electrical box to be oriented a very specific way. Thankfully the electrician was able to come up with solutions for both these issues and still get the fixture up!
Unfortunately he also discovered that a hole had never been cut in the back of the sink base cabinet for the outlet for the dishwasher and when he tried to cut a hole it didn’t go so well.
He was also short one breaker for the electrical box and Menards was out* so only half our kitchen had power by the end of the day.
On Tuesday the plumber came back to hook up our dishwasher and stove. Do you have any idea how happy I am to have a dishwasher again?! The stove, however, was still part of the half of the kitchen that didn’t have power so we had our eleventy-billionth instant pot meal.
Wednesday seem to be the big day around here. The electrician came back and got ALL the outlets working! They moved our fridge out of our dining room! They patched the hole under the sink! And do you know what that means?
WE’RE DONE!
At least with the big stuff anyway… Matt and I still have a bunch of small(ish) stuff left to do:
- Finish painting walls and trim
- Order and hang wallpaper
- Build bench for the mudroom
- Install baseboards in the mudroom
- Organize all the things
- Add final details and accessories
And then I’ll have even more pictures to add!
*Is there no end to the hoarding???
Your kitchen looks fantastic, Lisa! Congrats!