98% completed.

Over the past few months a great deal of progress has been made in the kitchen. A blog that started as a daily occurrance has trickled down to a few posts a month.

Most of the work has been completed, the granite countertops are in, the fixtures have been installed and all the appliances are working.

We just had the floors done in the last couple of weeks which involved moving all the items out of the dining room and living room so the floors could be done. This was a bit of a problem because of the amount of stuff to be moved out of the way.

This process requires a number of days to complete. Starting with sanding the floors, which includes the new wood and the existing wood so they match in height and color. Then the floor is swept to get all the sawdust out of the way. Then the floors are stained. My wife chose the stain she wanted by buying multiple options and staining extra pieces of floorboards to choose.

The one that was picked was a oil based stain.

Oil based stains take longer to dry than water based, and the floor guy wanted to use water because it would be easier to him, but oil stain will wear better in a high traffic area.

After the stain is put on they needed to let it dry and then put 2 coat of polyurathane, that then has to dry. This whole process took about 4 days. It was another 2 days before we put the stuff into the dining/living room.


The items outstanding include the hood over the island, which was just delivered and some finish painting (that's my job) and an outlet box for the heat on the main floor. The electrician came by on Wednesday last week and was prepared to install the temperature gauge but there was no outlet box, so he didn't do it.