Week 23

Lots of exciting things got done this week. There's still a to-do list a mile long, but we're very close to at least having the kitchen back to normal. In addition to having normal meal preparation again,  this also means that a ton of stuff currently stored in the dining room also gets to return to its rightful home in the kitchen, making life just generally better.


Monday

Sheetrock was finished on Monday. Also, the bottom outside step was replaced and the whole staircase was bolted to the concrete:

Safety Inspector Pickles signed off on the work.

Tuesday

I'm not sure why, but the top step was replaced on Tuesday, and a railing along the landing was replaced.

This also passed Pickles' careful inspection.

The cement was poured for the footers:

The work to level the kitchen floor was done. It's a combination of special board and some kind of concrete-like substance:

Pickles, in her zeal to inspect the work, stepped right where she wasn't supposed to:

Oops.

Wednesday

For some reason, they blocked up the bathroom door on Wednesday:

Not sure what's lurking in there now.

They put most of the interior trim in downstairs:

And started on the trim upstairs:

They also took the forms off the footers for the stairs:

Thursday

Trim downstairs was finished:

And they got most of the way there upstairs:

The supports for the stairs -- which I hit my head on more than once -- were removed:

Stairs back in business!

Meanwhile, Pickles had a particularly good scavenging week:

Lots of fast food wrappers all over the place, & unfortunately, chicken bones. I mostly got things away from her before she could eat them, but she got a couple bones before I saw them. Not good for her, but she seems ok.

Friday

They began installation of the kitchen floor on Friday:

Saturday

They continued it on Saturday:

A few hours' worth of work left on the floor, & essentially we'll have our kitchen & dining room back.

Inspector Pickles, coming in from a tiring walk, took one look at the cool floor & flopped down:

Approved!

Next up: finishing the floor, working on the bathroom, light switches and outlets.