Recess is over!

DS and I stopped by the house just before 1pm today and all the guys were on their lunch break. The break ended quickly after they saw that we were there. :-D I really feel sorry for them working out there in this steamy, hot weather. We weren't in the house more than a couple of minutes before the sweat formed on my forehead.

The stairs are just about done. They were working on the very last small section closest to the attic level, so the stairs should be finished today. It's not nearly as scary to look down through the center of the stairs to the basement when the banisters are on, as it was without any railings. I'll try to remember to take another photo of the open area of the stairs from the attic level to the basement the next time we're out there. I couldn't get up past the stair guys to the 3rd floor so I don't know if anything has been done up there, or not.
The carpenters have been working on the closet shelves. This is the sewing studio closet. It didn't look like they had done any more work on the great room shelves.
The KD's cabinet installer was there working on the master bathroom cabinets (he backed up just as I was snapping the photo, but you get the idea). The granite fabricators will be templating for the master bathroom granite on Friday, while they are out to install the granite in the kitchen.

The plumbers were there today also, getting ready to install sinks, toilets, and faucets in all the bathrooms, and the sink in the sewing studio. He asked me a couple of questions and in the process we figured out that there must have been 2 Blanco kitchen sinks and 2 Blanco kitchen prep sinks ordered for the house. The plumber had one of each sink and I told him that the granite guys had taken one of each sink back to the shop the day they were at the house to template for the kitchen granite. I'm wondering if our builder noticed they were missing and re-ordered them, perhaps thinking they had been stolen. I'll let the builder, plumber, and granite people figure it all out!

The builder said that the hardwood floors in the family room, great room, and office should be sanded and stained early next week. After that is done, the electrician can come back and install fans and light fixtures.

DH thought it might be prudent to change our move date, given how much still has to be done on the house. Our original move date was 7-23 and he moved it back to 7-29, which is just before we close on this house, so there isn't any leeway left now. I called and changed the delivery date of the washer and dryer so we won't have to be out at the house on the 28th waiting for them to arrive. It will be good to have another 6 days to pack, but I'm anxious to get moved into the house.

Countdown to move date: 21 days and counting (again!).

More cabinets!

DD and I stopped by the house today to see what further progress has been made on the kitchen. Most of the cabinets are in place and the installer was working on the details. The island looks awesome! It narrows on the right end and is not a rectangular island.
The beverage area upper cabinets just didn't look quite right to me. I finally figured out that the center cabinet was supposed to be hung higher than the adjacent cabinets, so that the 5 cabinets alternate high and low. The installer only had the floor plan and no 3D drawing, so there wasn't any way for him to know how they were supposed to be hung. The two outer cabinets and the center cabinet will have non-transparent glass in the doors.
Here is the cooktop area with the eating bar adjacent to the family room. It's the section I forgot to photograph the other day. The installer found our notes about changing the hinges on some of the doors and those were all fixed when we were out there today.
This pullout spice rack is in the beverage area. I'm not sure what I'll use it for, as my plan is to store baking spices in the island and cooking spices near the cooktop. This pullout was added as a last minute change by the KD when the length of the beverage area wasn't exactly to spec. They needed a small filler and decided to put this pullout there.
These are the cabinets to the left of the cooktop - a 3 drawer stack on the right end of the run, a trash pullout next to that, a double trash pullout (for recycling), and then the sink cabinet...
We also got a peek at the master bathroom cabinets. They are the same style as the kitchen cabinets, but in maple and with a different stain. This isn't a great photo as we had to tip the cabinet backwards in order to snap the photo.