Overall: Continuing our slow, but steady pace to complete construction. Hired a granite counter top contractor on Friday. They are 3-4 weeks lead time to install. While we wait for them, will concentrate on all of the other tasks ahead of us, hoping the granite countertops will be the last project to check off before calling the Brown County building inspector to perform a final inspection.
Monday: Memorial Day. Took ANOTHER day off… really looking forward to doing this more often. Met friends from Minnesota who were back in Indiana for the 500. Served Ryan & Ann lunch and lively conversation as our first guests to Howard Ridge.
Tuesday: Back to work. Kyle continuing the interior trim effort. I sourced and ordered a shower door for the walk-in shower. Original plan changed. Two of the wetwall shower panels were supposed to have a bullnose finished edge. That way, we could install a shower door later. No bull nose on any of the 4 sidewall panels. So… shower door needs to be dry fitted and marked on the back side, so we can trim the last 2 panels, and install the shower door against the trimmed edge. Encountering problems & coking up with solutions…
Wednesday: Kyle spent the day installing the prehung doors in the shop building. I worked on the downdraft vent that will reside behind the island cooktop. Making sure everything will lineup after the countertop is installed.
Thursday: More of the same for Kyle – interior trimming. Spent the day painting additional quantities of mdf boards purchased this morning. I’m still working on the kitchen island.
Friday: Carole and I met with 2 different countertop contractors to select a winner. I visited both in March to get simple estimates using our floorplan blueprint. First contractor does mostly quartz, which is very popular right now. The other does as much granite as quartz installation. From the first place – we found an affordable quartz style & color we liked. Went to the other contractor and found a specific granite product we REALLY liked. Going with granite !
Saturday: Carole and I spent the afternoon at Howard Ridge. Carole was assembling RTA kitchen cabinets, and I was cleaning the shop building so Kyle can paint interior doors on Monday.
Sunday: A lovely summer day in southern Indiana. The house is totally opened up – all windows wide open with a nice breeze. Carole continuing to assemble kitchen cabinets while I worked through a repair of our downdraft vent. good times… a lovely day, both of us working on the house, both dogs hanging out and relaxed – I mean, how much better does it get ?
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