Cabinets starting to get unwrapped, moved into place
As of today, we’re a full 30 days into this project and lots of necessary behind-the-scenes work has been done. The problem is that electrical and plumbing work is only exciting to me and maybe two other people in the world… so the fact that cabinets are starting to be moved into the kitchen is pretty cool.
Nothing is officially installed yet, but we got most of our dining room back:
Hooray for usable space!
A lot of what was there is now roughly laid out in the kitchen:
Several components for the main wall and sink area
Still-wrapped cabinet pieces along outside wall
We’re getting our first real look at the cherry finish. These pictures really don’t do it justice.
Open shelves for under the cooktop
It’s hard to resist pulling the paper wrapping off all of them just to see what they all look like in the room, but there’s lots of work left to do and we’d rather make sure they avoid damage. We just had to take a peek at these shelves.
We also discovered that the drawers and cabinet doors have hinges that close very slowly and smoothly. You can’t slam them; when they’re almost closed, they slow down and move very gently the rest of the way. For some reason I love this detail.
The cats have spent a lot of time inspecting and playing in the new cabinets. We think Clyde likes them.
"This one's nice and roomy"
Too cute not to post
Ruskin’s pretty skeptical as usual.
"Why's there no food in this cabinet?"
Tonight we had a nice dinner with Mo & Mike at the Navy Yard Bistro in Charlestown. Really good food if you know where to find it. The place is tucked away on a side street in the old Navy Yard. Their prices are reasonable too. I had tasty pork dumplings and a large short rib with cheddar polenta. Mmmmm…
More photos to come as the kitchen project moves into its second year!