Day 281 - Masonry, Cabinets, Lighting & More

Masonry

Ron, Charlie, Nate & Hank have been hard at work.  They have the stonework across the front of the garage and along the western foundation finished.  Today they started laying stone on the chimney & prepping for the stone across the front of the house.  The stone looks awesome with the gray siding.

Foundation stone

Stonework starting on the chimney

Chimney cap

Cabinets

Gered made another trip up from Sheldon, IA over the weekend to finish installing the cabinets.  There is no doubt about it, G&E Cabinetry do some very nice work.  Now all I need is about a gallon of Endust to clean off the dust from the trim carpenters!

Office built-in cabinet

Enough room for a basketball team!

Lighting

The other day while walking through the house, I noticed a rather gigantic mistake on the lighting plans:  We didn't have a ceiling light on the stairs leading to the basement!!!  Doh!!!  We have stair lights near the ground, but that is one dark stairwell.  This is a major problem.  How do you fix a problem like that without tearing big holes in the drywall?  Well, if you're me, you call Brian from Kummit Electric & say HELP!  If you ever have the pleasure to meet Brian, he's one of the most humble & easy going people you'll ever meet.  When I explained the problem to him, he simple said, "I think we should be able to make something work."  That was it.  Problem solved.  Long story short, we think he should be able to get a ceiling light into the stairwell without major drywall surgery!  Hooray for the Kummit Electric!  After Brian solved the stairway dilemma, we decided which switched needed dimmers & then he and his worker, Justin, began installation of the lights, switches & outlets.  They're looking very nice indeed!

Did I mention that Brian works hard?  We stopped back out at the house tonight around 7:30pm & Brian was still working!  I was beginning to think that 4:15pm was some kind of universal quitting time for tradesmen!  Strong work, Brian.  Strong work.

Betsy's room

Living room sconces

Office

Kid's bath

Odds & Ends

Appliances are scheduled to arrive on Thursday!!!  I'm just a little bit excited about that because I ordered the appliances during an online Black Friday sale waaay back in November.  They're been sitting in a warehouse ever since.  Every time they would call us to deliver them, we'd ask them to delay another month.  Not this time!  Bring on the stainless steel!

The H-bomb chunkin' the deuce with Mom

Peace Out...cause this is how I roll!