Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Slow and Steady

Let's hope the old Tortoise/Hare story is right.  We're definitely moving slow, not so sure about the steady bit right now.  The kitchen cabinets are being delivered and installed starting on the 17th.  Before all that we have to have:
  • our kitchen floors installed
  • two coats of stain applied to said kitchen floor
  • the trim finished in both the upstairs and downstairs
  • all three coats of stain applied to the upstairs floors
  • enough time for the stain upstairs to set so we can move things in there
  • move as much as possible from the downstairs into the upstairs to make room for the cabinets
  • all walls primed
  • kitchen painted
  • countless other things done I'm sure
And this all has to happen before the 17th.  Hopefully the contractor will return to their "let's amaze the client with how much we've accomplished everyday" ways of yore (two months ago).  Hopefully.

On the flip side, some of the trim is up and it's starting to look good.



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

There is never anything about renovations that moves as fast as is expected. I know the frustration!!! Been there, done that. Chin up! Just think of the valuable lessons you have learned!! Love to both of you, Grammie

Lauren said...

We painted our kitchen (walls and ceiling) after cabinets and floors were done etc - not probably as ideal, but if you have decent painters it shouldn't be an issue in terms of mess

lakelady said...

a little bit of my experience with refinishing floors - weather makes a BIG difference in timing. Humidity and cool weather slows it down. And each coat needs to be thoroughly dry before then next goes on. My floor guy then wanted the floors to cure for a week before we moved furniture in. Downstairs I compromised with several days. I'm still waiting to get into my upstairs. Last coat went on today (I think) so I should be in by next weekend.

It's worth the wait!