Day 202 - We Have Cabinets

Now those are some nice looking cabinets!

Gered made the trek up from Sheldon, IA to Sauk Centre today and dropped off the 1st load of cabinets.  They look great!  Since the garage doors only have the vertical track installed, they had to take off one of the garage doors, so Gered could unload the cabinets.  It's a bit hard to tell what goes where, but so far we've identified the fireplace mantel, a bathroom vanity, the fireplace built-in benches, the pantry shelves, and the pantry ladder.  Only one problem identified so far.  The fireplace benches are 22" deep, but the opening in the wall for the electronics is only 17" from the wall.  My mistake on that one.  We lowered the electronics opening, and I didn't remember to account for the benches.  Grr...  Gered is going to figure out some sort of solution, but I'm not sure how it will work out.

Cherry ladder to reach the pantry shelves

Hello again!

More Drywall

Drywall continues to move along nicely.  The primer/"Level 5 finish" arrived today.  They should have all of the drywall sanded, sprayed and ready for paint by Friday.

Gallons & Gallons of mud.  Don't I look happy?

Design Stuff

If picking the interior details were left to me, there is a very good chance our house would end up looking a lot like PeeWee's Playhouse!  That's why Emily is meeting with Ashley, a designer from Ravnik Interior Design, to finalize the flooring and tile for all of the bathrooms.  We are also struggling a bit to find the right lighting for everything.  We bought a nice chandelier online for over the dining room table, but we're not sure if we're sold on the color.  Things always look different in person than on the internet.

Plumbing/HVAC

Nick is coming tomorrow to install the plumbing for the hot water heater & for the water softener.  Hopefully we can get the water softener installed later this week as well, because Brian with Albany Heating wants to get the geothermal loop filled with coolant and hooked up soon.

That's about it for now.  Progress continues!