Day 26

We are definitely winding down.

The project lead finished the trim around the inside of the window and then installed the remaining appliances. I have to get used to hearing the hum of a refrigerator again, not to mention the ice-maker. The first time it dumped a load of ice, it scared me half to death!

This fridge is "cabinet-depth," so is not as deep as a standard refrigerator. It makes it look built-in, more or less. It still sticks out, though, as the doors have to open, and it still has a one or two inch space at the top. I haven't put anything in it yet, so I'm just hoping its shallow depth doesn't equate to less usable space.

The microwave looks decent, though it's GE and not Electrolux to match everything else. Electrolux did not have a shallow-depth, or "space-saver," microwave that would fit in an upper-cabinet installation. This one is 800 watts, so I'm hoping (again) that we don't notice its lack of power (our old built-in was either 900 or 1100, we can't remember which).

The carpenter spent the day finishing up the trim work around the baseboards and cabinet toekicks. We now have all new registers over the heat ducts. Isn't that exciting?

Actually, everything is exciting, and we're almost there, which is the most exciting of all!