Thursday - Week 3

The kitchen cabinets have arrived. The contractor,Walter, said the Pearl-colored cabinets were coming and I managed to see the panicked look on his face when I said, "Were they supposed to be Pearl?" The two carpenters, Red and Bud, are brothers.
They, along with Walter, helped unload the welcome delivery.

Earlier, Wendell and Ernie finished up the drywall patching, leaving an empty canvas for the brothers to move in the cabinets.

We have inadvertantly chosen cabinets that match the doors in the kitchen. The hand of providence no doubt. Larry and I didn't give a moments thought to what is called the "cross and bible" pattern on our doors when we thumbed through the catalogues, narrowing our search for cabinet styles. Later in the showroom, I never gave the doors a thought. Today, I see that they are perfectly matched.

The finish is slightly whiter than I might have chosen. I have enjoyed the warmer golden ivory that we used on the kitchen trim in the past. We hope to warm the room by painting the ceiling the same ivory chosen for the chair rail and other trim. I learned to like this at bridge-friend Rhett's house, where the kitchen ceilings are a nice soft yellow.

It is a dirty job. Although everyone has done a good job cleaning up after themselves, the miniscule dust particles creep out to invade the grains of the wood floor in the living room and settle on every flat surface nearby. After the carpenters and drywallers leave, I have wet-mopped the kitchen floor every night in a vain effort to control the dust. Larry has mopped again after he gets home to keep us from tracking the dust all over the house. Some small corners of the house have not been impacted by either moving everything we own that belongs in the kitchen, or cooking appliances misplaced, or relocated cats. We are both anxious to get the house back in order and live as we are accustomed to, but with a new kitchen!

Tomorrow, more cabinet work. Maybe an electrician, but he is still awaiting an insurance adjuster for the damage to his home.