Week 9

The apartment is now livable, it looks now like a home and not a like a construction site anymore. The contractor removed all his tools and the paper floor coverings. He brought in cleaners who cleaned the whole place. This was of big help for me especially since the new kitchen cabinets were all full of dust on the edges of the drawers and inside some of the lazy susans and shelves. I really appreciated this since not all contractors clean up thoroughly after the work is done.

As for the inspections, the contractor said there were two inspections, one last Wednesday for plumbing, and one last Friday for electrical, but I haven't heard back from him, so I don't know what was the result.

We decided to install the towel bar right below the liner. There was really no other solution. I asked also the opinion of another friend who also said that I should use it for small towels.



I got furniture now. I got a sofabed for the living room so that it can be used as a bed when I have guests, which will be pretty soon since my parents are visiting.



I liked the dining room furniture when I saw it in the store but the chairs ended up being a little too bulky for the small dining room and the dark brown color doesn't match the kitchen cabinets. I have to find out if I can stain them with a different color.



One more thing for the kitchen is the space for the microwave. I think there is a plate at the bottom missing. It should extend out so I can place the microwave on it. I have to go back to the kitchen cabinet store to ask them about it.




Painting and more paiting...
I finally finished painting the kitchen walls and ceiling, 3 coats! I still have to do one coat of paint for the new half partition wall in the dining room. I painted all the dining room walls already once. In the living room, the touch up paint didn't succeed so well. I had the colors matched at the paint store, but it's not a 100% match. I will leave the painting of the entire living room as a future project.

Fridge Waiting Game
I had ordered a compact fridge from the internet, a Samsung counter-depth fridge with ice maker. This is the fridge that I thought was a good fit for my kitchen since it is compact in size, looked nice, and had the features I wanted. However, when I ordered it, it was on back order from the factory. They gave me a shipping date range of 5/26 - 6/2, which I found acceptable. But I checked again with them and they said it is still on back order and they have no control over it. It will be another 10 days before they expect to receive it. I paid another $75 for rush processing. Unfortunately, there is no rush delivery since it will have to transported on a truck from New York. So most likely we won't have a fridge during my parents' visit. Maybe that's better, so we will go out more!