Rice Cereal

Duncan is really liking his rice cereal! Here is a video of his first solid(ish) meal from a couple of weeks ago.

Video for friends and family

Check out Mr. D's performance from yesterday!


Here's another one from earlier in the week!

Light Fixtures are in...

We are getting to the point where just a few things are done each day, but happy they are getting done. Over the last two days the flight fixtures were hung and the trim was stained.

New, Shiny Appliances!!

We were happy to come home to appliances this week. They had been sitting in our garage for several months and now they are finally installed.

Here is the fridge! Although it already made a debut in the living room when the old one died!
The stove and vent!

The fabulous dishwasher, sink, faucet and garbage disposal. It will be so nice not to wash dishes in a bar sink in the basement any longer!

And last but not least - our bargain of the weekend - bar stools! We found these at Hom on clearance for a steal.

I don't think we will see any more work this week but hopefully by next week they will be done. Items outstanding include a few cabinet shops items, installing 2 lights, staining the new trim and a final sand/stain on the floors.

And then there were countertops!

We are excited to see the space coming together. This week they sanded and stained the floors(no pictures as they are covered up again until all the work is done), installed the sink and installed the counter top.

This is the china cabinet (glass still coming) and the high bar. We envision using this space for working on the laptop, eating breakfast and as a buffet area when entertaining. Note from Tom - and as a bar:)

You can kind of see the under mounted sink in this picture - the open space is for the new dishwasher (thanks to our wonderful aunt).

Here is where the fridge will go and the microwave on the shelf. Funny note on the fridge, which is currently in the living room. Our nephew was over yesterday and asked why we had a fridge in the living room - really there is no good answer to that which wouldn't produce another why question by a 3 year old.
The final spot for the stove and hood. We are quite excited about the granite - it looks great. We selected this slab because we liked it but also because it called Mesabi black and is from our very own Lake Superior region (maybe Ely).

Trim and crowns

There hasn't been much to update lately from the kitchen. An odd bit of trim gets placed here and there which didn't deserve a post. However, the cabinet folks were back again today and installed the crown trim around the cabinets. I think it turned out quite nicely.

Also, you can see in the third picture that the doorjam around what were the doors to the entryway has been removed and some trim boards were added to cover up where the jams had been. Once the countertop is in, a painter will come and stain the trim to match the rest.

Cabinets!

Boyd's Custom Cabinets came out today and installed their work. It was quite a shock walking in to the room! They look very nice to me and I can finally envision what our kitchen may look like!