The cabinets have landed

Kind of a slow renovation week on Steinback Mountain. Most days there was only a single person on site. A few days there were just two. Early in the week the painters finished the final coats on both the guest house and BBQ room. Dave and Corey installed the railings for the deck stairs. They also removed the soon-to-be-replaced shower window. And on Thursday, Scott finished installing the electrical fixtures in the guest house. It was quite dramatic to return home Thursday night to see the guest house all lit up for the first time and the full moon only added to the spectacle.

But Friday was definitely the best day of the week because yesterday the cabinets for phase 1 arrived. Around 10, Gary (the cabinet finisher recommended by John Laughton) drove up with the main part of the BBQ room island. John and one of his crew soon followed with the vanity for the guest house.

The cabinets are very heavy because of the dense bamboo plywood and it took five guys to lift them off the trucks and onto the dollies so that they could be carefully maneuvered through the doorways and into the BBQ room.

It took a few trips back and forth from Gary's shop to get all of the cabinets delivered. Most of the doors and drawers remained at his shop, they'll be delivered and installed after the tiling is done. Monday, Mark is coming to start the under-floor heating installation which will be followed by the tile installation. We're hoping the durapalm coconut paneling for the guest house arrives early in the week because Dave wants to install that before the tile flooring gets started there.

Midcentury Modern returns to Steinback Mountain!

By the way, Jack has overcome his fear of the deck.

We're loving the high-density plywood detail on the backside of the island and the way it divides it into three panels. The cabinets are, without exaggeration, beyond beautiful.

We're starting to notice a pattern here. Something exciting happens on the construction site and the neighbors are the first to stop by to check it out.