Just a few updates

There were no major changes over the last week. Looks like they were starting on the stairs, framed in the opening to the secondary laundry room so a door could be installed and covers were placed over the fire sprinklers.

The remaining decking was supposed to be delivered but that wasn’t there. It didn’t make it on the truck. It should be there now, so I’ll be heading out again to finish the deck this week. PLUS, my closet organizers are arriving so I need to get them into the house. The delivery driver drops them in the road, not even into the driveway and they told me the total weight is 600 lbs. Great…hope it doesn’t rain that day because I’ll have to unpack it on the street and carry it in piece by piece.

I arrived at the house to find a nice little gift from the builder’s office…it’s an unofficial gift. Not sure if it’s to make up for not getting my kitchen cabinets right. The cabinets were supposed to be white with a black glaze and I specifically said no brown. But, I ended up with brown. Was a nice gift, though.

Here’s what I wanted for cabinets and I sent them this picture.

Here’s what I got….yes, still nice, but not what I wanted. I don’t know if I’ll have them painted white and glaze them myself later or if I’ll end up loving them. Cost me $1200 to get them glazed the wrong color, so I’m a bit sad about that.

I also chose a grout color too close to the color of the tile (that’s on me). It’s hard to know what something will look like from a sample in the store. The store recommended a grout stain that I’ll use to lighten up the grout so there’s more of a contrast. Easy fix at least!

Start of trimming out the stairs. I thought they were going to put a knee wall up the side and put the open railing on top of that, but it looks like they are putting the railing below the steps into the wall there.

Septic is all covered, wiring is in and it’s been inspected. The trench from the garage to the shed is covered. Now I just need a chain harrow and a tractor that runs to smooth out everything, pick rocks, smooth it out, pick rocks, smooth out, pick rocks and plant grass. 🙂 I actually bought a chain harrow off of eBay, but it never arrived. Maybe I’ll make one with some cyclone fencing and cement blocks, or maybe I need to find a friendly farmer. Hmmmm