Busy day today as both our contractor and the electricians were on site. We now have the new recessed lighting and the new fixture over the kitchen table installed and operational, new light switches and outlets throughout the room, new under cabinet outlets for the disposal and dishwasher (code now requires that), and the oven is installed and connected! Everything is in place for our guy to hang and connect the microwave which should happen tomorrow.
As a side job, we also got a new outdoor outlet today. It shared wiring with the kitchen so when he had gotten to that in the demolition, he just capped it until now.
I don't know if I mentioned it last post but the new pedestal sink for the bathroom was delivered on Thursday so he stood that in place today just for us to see it and so that he could see what work he needs to do on the water lines to get it installed.
He removed the cabinet doors and painted the underside of the soffit. He also put in most of the kickplate and baseboard today. He would have finished but the weather turned rainy so he had to pack up his saw and outdoor cutting station.
Over the weekend we went shopping for the backsplash. We found something we really like but the accent tile is very expensive. We only need about 4 sq ft of it but it's crazy expensive. I think we will end up going with it anyway as it's really not that much in the grand scheme of what the entire job is costing and we both kind of fell in love with it. It's just a lot for tile. We are waiting for the countertop to go in on Thursday before we make a final decision. We neglected to bring the countertop sample with us when we were tile shopping so we will go back with that and make sure it all goes together okay. If not, we'll keep looking. One problem is that a lot of the tile isn't in stock so there's a 2-3 week delay before we would have it.
They also came and measured for the countertop today. Then we went to the shop to finalize where each piece is being cut from the slab.
Like I said, today was a very busy day but a lot got done. Having the finished lighting is very nice and even though the room is still a mess, it looks a lot more finished between that and the baseboard going in.