Enclose and Organize

The work at the house continues at a frenetic pace and the crew is actually working inside the inside of house, adding features to the inside of the house that will make it possible to organize the contents of our new house.

The most spectacular transformation was in the kitchen, starting from a couple of long bare walls:




and ending with this:




This tranformation came about thanks to some of the most stunning, meticulously crafted, and precisely installed cabinets by the artisans at Mueller Nichols.





I confess I don't know a great deal about making and installing cabinets, and I'm not sure why we have to inflate the new cabinets; I just hope they don't spring a leak:



Of course we did not want the bathrooms to think that the kitchen was getting all the cabinet action and had the same folks build equally stunning cabinets for the bathrooms:



Next, the small hanger that passed for the master closet went from this:




To this:




The other two bedrooms in the house also got the California Closets treatment:




At the same time, the hardwood flooring crew were hard at work finishing the installation of the floors:





and then turning their attention to the tricky matter of applying hardwood to the most severly uneven surfaces in the house: the stairs.




To help us see all of this improvement, our electrician has been busy installing lights, dimmers, switches and outlets:





And some of the lights can be aimed to shed light with great precision:



Not every light in the house of the extra bright variety and some, like these, shed more subdued illumination:



Since light and heat go hand-in-hand, we also need a few of these smoke detectors to make sure we don't get too much of the latter in the process of creating the former:



And one of my favorite features of the house, the elevator shaft, got accesorized with four battleship Grey doors this week in anticipation of the arrival of the elevator cab and machinery:



And here's the view from inside the shaft:



Back in the kitchen, there was some discussion about how to attach the sink to the newly installed cabinets:



As it turns out, the sink is not a problem, but the 3 foot tall faucet is whole different story:



Meanwhile, on the outside, the construction of the decks proceed with the upper deck getting a discreet gate for ingress and egress:



And both decks getting water and gas plumbed for future projects:



Next week: Finishing the cabinets, getting some appliances, and the last couple of doors.