Tuesday, October 20th. The kitchen crew returns and installs the rest of the base cabinets, giving the kitchen the shape it will eventually have. The wall cabinets can't go up just yet, because they have to finish spackling around the new bay window, plus it turns out that the built-in range hood is on backorder. Custom is a bitch.
More old siding comes down outside, more spackling goes up throughout the house, and Deck Dude continues to do his thing. The material we chose looks just like teak and needs no care other than an occasional powerwash, with white and cedar-look railing.
Wednesday, October 21st (See? I told you we'd catch up to real-time eventually, and it took only 27 entries). Six trucks are outside by 8AM again - my new favorite sight. First, I go over the placement of the new columns along the front walkway that will replace the aluminum-clad rotten ones. The contractor, his assistant, one of the carpenters and I spend about 20 minutes discussing the most practical way to install them, as they each came in two parts with no instructions or hardware, although they were made exactly to my specs. They're some sort of PVC material and look like craftsman-style wood. Again - custom is a bitch. But finally we arrive at a solution.
The siding guys and I (as well as a translator) discuss some of the trim going up that perfectly matches the imitation cedar shingle siding. We went with a deep taupe-y/brown with white accents that really look sharp. Every other house on the block will turn green with envy - a couple are already green so they'll just turn greener.
More spackling inside, more planning for the next several days, and finally I can leave. But, at this stage I can actually look forward to coming home so I can see each day's progress.
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