Screwed

The hallway floor boards are now completely screwed into the joists, as well as all accessible floor space in the powder room, which already was quite solid without the extra reinforcement.

The dining room is now ready for delivery of the cabinets, scheduled for Wednesday, June 1. Once they are installed, we can start transferring everything from the kitchen wall cabinets so we can remove and dispose of them. The kitchen cabinets and vanity for the powder room will be available for delivery around the end of June, which should give us sufficient time to tile the floor and remove the dividing wall between the kitchen and dining room.

We still have to work out the actual layout of the tile, which is complicated by the fact that we have so many perimeter surfaces to deal with in the various spaces. It will be a trick to avoid narrow strips of tile along conspicuous walls and transitions. Stay tuned!


Our granite counter top fabricator advised us last week that the two slabs of Red Malibu granite that they received for us had flaws and were rejected. I have located an alternate source, NSI in Glen Burnie, that has nine slabs on hand! I will select two slabs tomorrow and notify the fabricator that we are back in business. We have also selected an Emerald Green serpentine stone for the vanity top.