Day 27

We're done! Finished! It's over! It's ours!

This was a day of fixin' and cleanin'. The plumber came with brand new oil-rubbed bronze sink flanges. Don't know where he found them, but they fit, so they're obviously not Kohler. Then we got a new threshold on the door into the garage. They broke the old one, many moons ago (well, just weeks, really, but it seems like a long time) while taking out the old refrigerator. Now that the new fridge is inside, and nothing else heavy has to be moved through the door, it was time to put in the new one. Too bad he didn't wash that dirty white door while he was at it!

One final touch to the island--feet! Aircraft carriers do not generally need feet, but as a purely decorative accent, they look good.

The best and most exciting final job was to complete the outside of the window, i.e. putting the siding back on the house. They not only put that siding back on, but found matching siding to cover the window frame. The original idea was to simply cover it in white vinyl cladding, but at the last minute, the company principal (and principal idea-guy) decided the siding would look better. As good as it matches, I assumed ours was a pretty standard siding type and color, and it wasn't that hard to find. The project lead said yes, the color was easy, but the type--some kind of 3-in3 (three slats by three inches)--was difficult. He had to go to three places before he found it. Otherwise it would have been a special order which could have taken several weeks. Anyway, it looks great, as if it had always been there.

Dinner: one final Crock-Pot, just so we'll have some leftovers while we figure out how to use our new kitchen!