Day 17

Give a man an inch and he will take 12 square feet.

We don't just have an new island, we have an entire continent. I thought we had decided to go with Design A of getting a new island but keeping the same footprint. It turns out that Matt had decided we should go with Design B of getting a new island with 1 extra square foot per side per cabinet. Plus the countertop overhang is now going to be larger.

The contractor sent Matt specs. But really, specs are just numbers on a piece of paper. This extra space has caused a little snafu in the total design. The space is pretty tight between the dishwasher and the new cabinet, only 36 inches of clearance. We will probably have to load from the side of the dishwasher instead of the front, hopefully we can open the dishwasher door without banging the cabinet or countertop. We will have to get rid of our 3 year old mobile butcher block island. And everything will be a little tighter than we anticipated. It's a good thing our new wall oven has french doors instead of pull down.
Because it's such a tight fit, the island really can't be moved in any direction. This puts the new light that Matt just installed off center. So, the contractor is having to move the light over 6 inches to get it as centered as possible over the cooktop. And that means calling out the electrician and the calling back the ceiling guys to repair and retexture the old hole. With the new island in place. That's going to be interesting to see.

Lesson Learned: Make sure the contractor provides a paper template of the new footprint! This whole debacle could have been avoided if the boys had been aware of how big the new island was really going to be when in place and what other changes would need to be made in advance.

The good news is that they have started putting on the new facade and I love it!!














Our toilet is back in place. Which I am sure makes the neighbors very happy. And he was kind enough to repair the broken flange that wasn't broken before the toilet was removed from the bathroom. Don't ask me, I just live here.

And he installed new shut off valves for the kitchen sink.

This will hopefully help him out in the unlikely event we ever have to call him back out to repair the sink. That way he wont have to shut off water to the entire house, just to the sink. At an extra cost of only $12.50 per valve. What a deal he is giving us. (insert sarcastic laugh here). I knew I was in trouble when he started calling me "Sweetheart".



Unfortunately, the plumber couldn't figure out how to bolt the bathroom sink back to the wall. Something about needing new anchors. So we are still waiting on that. He had an emergency Ale House call and had to leave before the job was completed. I'm sure the Ale House was a dire emergency and had nothing to do with Happy Hour.