Day 17

It's one thing to watch people dismantling one's kitchen. It's quite another to watch them cutting a hole in the side of one's house!

This was window-framing day. The new window will be the same width as the old one but higher. The project lead cut out below the old window to the level of the countertop so the granite will extend six inches into the sill. Plus he took out a 2x4 that was beneath the header, thereby extending the opening above where it used to be as well. All to help bring in more natural light.

It will be a regular casement window, not a bow or bay window. We considered those options but the size of the opening was not conducive to them. Extending the height and the six-inch push-out seemed like good alternatives.

This frame on the outside is attached to the house with nine-inch lag bolts and a multitude of L-brackets. It's not going anywhere!

Meanwhile, the issue of the window stain color was resolved as soon as the project lead got here. It will be the color of the cabinets. When I apologized for the time he wasted staining the trim the wrong color (which was his own fault since he didn't look at the design), he just smiled and said, "No problem." I love this guy! Whatever we throw at him, he meets it with an unwaveringly professional, can-do attitude. He may go home at night grinding his teeth and thinking blasphemous thoughts, but to us he always presents a smiling, calm and unruffled exterior.

Now if the new window would just get here...