Cabinets...

This tall cabinet is for dishes and a shelf for cookbooks.  The top will have doors with glass inserts.  When the First Baptist Church was being torn down several years ago, I was lucky enough to buy several of the windows.  I've been saving them for just this cabinet.  After I get the measurements, I'll take one of the window to The Glass Shop for them to cut. 

This is just one of the bookcases that will go on each side of the fireplace.  The bottom two shelves will have doors.  Sunday I got both of these bookcases sanded. 

Guest bath vanity.  Nothing fancy.  It will look much better when it's painted w/doors and countertop.  Oh, knobs and handles!  Another decision!!!  LOL!!!  I'll worry about that tomorrow.  :-)     I'll post this for now.  Can come back later and add more photos.

Ok... I'm back.  I did get several pieces sanded.  Can't do any priming until I get the wood putty to fill all the nail holes.  Then, one more sanding and the primer goes on... another sanding... first coat of paint... sanding... and the final coat of paint.  Whew!  I'm exhausted already!!!      :-)  This piece is the top of my computer desk.  It's just upside down.  There will be doors on the side sections with the center open.  I had planned to leave the inside of all the cabinets natural w/ a coat of clear polyurethane, but the open cabinets might not look right.  I need to do some research online to see what I like best.    

This is the bottom part of the desk.  I had originally wanted a corner desk, but with the sloped ceiling, it was getting a lot more complicated.  This is going to be just fine.  Four big file drawers!  And the big space in the center for the tower. 

Another upside down piece... This one is the over the range unit.  The vent hood goes in there.  There are several more pieces not here, but when Brian has time, he'll bring them out here.

Oh... This is the sink base w/a space for a trash can... a section w/ two shelves.  The open space on this end is part of the lazy susan space.  Down at the other end is a four drawer unit w/ space for another big lazy susan.  I know!  TWO lazy susans?  Yep! I was/am tired of having to crawl into a cabinet to get what has fallen into the black hole in the corner.  I have two of those right now, and don't like them one bit!!!  So, those two lazy susans are going to be AWESOME!!!!!   Oh... There is an open space between the drawer section and sink base for the dishwasher.  I almost forgot about it.

This is the big piece of the lazy susan unit that will go at the other end of the kitchen.  I don't know if those will have two shelves or three.  It really won't matter.  Every time I open that little door and turn that cute little shelf, I'm going to have the biggest smile on my face!!!  :-)

Lazy susan and set of drawers make up the bar unit.  The telephone will be located here on the bar since it's pretty much the center of the house.

Another upside down piece... There's two of these for each side of the window over the sink.  Another luxury I asked for was plate racks.  I've got 12 to 16 Fiesta plates in lots of different colors that will look good in there.  The one in back is a little different.  It has a very shallow set of shelves on the end for keys, phone books, note pad/pencil, etc.  I saw one similar in a magazine.  Brian did this just the way I wanted it!  Thank you!!!

This is most of the doors.  There's a few on top of the desk in the corner.  They're plain and simple.  I didn't want too much detail, since we've got the beadboard ceiling and oak flooring.  Shaker style, I think it's called.  I like it!

Drawer fronts... plain and simple.  Oh!  I haven't picked out door knobs or drawer pulls!  And there are thousands to choose from!!!! 

I guess that's it for now.  I'll post more photos when Brian brings more cabinets out here or when I get something painted.  I'm not sure when he'll want to start putting the upper cabinets up, but I'm hoping to have them painted first. 

It is so hard to believe we're this close... It's been such a long time since we started working on this project... There were times I didn't think we'd ever make it this far!

They're here! Our cabinets, that is...

Oh, M'Gosh! That's a lot of cabinets!!!  But, it's for the whole house, not just the kitchen.  Brian, the cabinet builder, came back with another load about an hour later, so we have cabinets all though the living room and sunroom.  I'll post more photos later, but this will give you and idea of what he's done so far.

You can see just the end of a bookcase on the left.  A tall cabinet is along the pantry wall.  Three of the base units are in the kitchen... The bar with the space for the lazy susan, then the sink with trash bin and a set of drawers... Space for the dishwasher, then the next unit.  I'll post photos of each piece later.  I need to get started getting ready to paint.  And, David & I are working on the deck to our other house.  It has several boards that need to be replaced.  

16 & 17 June 2011 Work on drainage system...

I was thoroughly impressed with the driver of the concrete truck.  He had to get that big truck up our driveway and through our yard to get to the cabin.  In the picture you can see where he drove across the grass.   It was hot that day... probably in the upper 90's.  Those guys worked hard, too.  I'm skipping a lot of pictures, but the concrete truck got here about 8am and didn't leave til 4pm. 

They did all of this and under the house they poured between 10 and 15 footings to level the house. 

It looks really good.  At some point we'll get this all cleaned up and finished.  It's been two months since we had this done and it hasn't rained enough to see how the drains will work.  It's been over 100 degrees for 2 weeks or more.  We've been under a burn ban for a while.  The water department has notified everyone to restrict water usage... no outside watering until further notice.  So the green grass in the first photo sure looks nice!  I'm watering our yard and our neighbor's yard with their water... they have a well and we're on city water.