I could have sworn I posted an update since 7/12 but I'm not seeing one.
Except for some finishing touches, the kitchen is done! We moved the fridge into place Friday morning. The dishwasher was delivered a short time later and our guy installed it. He had installed the toilet on Thursday and did the sink on Friday as well as installing the new bathroom light fixture and the toilet paper holder.
Every major component is now complete and we've started using the kitchen again. We moved the table in last night before dinner though we will need to take it out Monday morning before he arrives. We'll have to clean off the counters too.
What remains to be done? He needs to finish some painting in the bathroom, paint the woodwork and doors, stain the window frame over the sink, finish some caulking, and a couple of other things. As my wife put it, it now looks like a finished kitchen that just needs a little work done rather than looking like an active construction site.
We love how it has turned out. The backsplash tile is beautiful. The kitchen paint color goes great with everything. The bathroom paint color is bright and vivid without being too much especially thanks to the lower third being white bead board. The whole project came together very well.
I don't have final numbers yet but I'll post when I do. I had told our guy that our budget was 30K though I never expected to actually come in that low. he had said that 30K was realistic but would be mainly driven by choices we made as far as materials. We didn't really splurge on anything and I think the total will end up under 35K which is great. Even if it goes a little over that, that's fine too. It won't be over 40K.
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Congrats on being almost done.
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