Day 13

The trim work for the cabinets has started with a valance over the window. Crown moldings come next.










We also have our under-cabinet lighting installed though not plugged in yet. These are called "puck" lights, for obvious reasons, and they are the task lights that replace the spotlights that were in the overhanging soffits of our old kitchen. These will provide excellent light coverage and are not visible--unless you stand on your head to look under the cabinets, which I did to take this picture!

More addenda. I wonder if they ever have an addendum that reduces the homeowner's cost?

One of them we asked for. It occurred to us that we would want more than one electrical outlet in our aircraft carrier--uh, I mean island, so boom! another $125 was added to our cost.

The second one is more of a surprise, and of course, more costly. When they pulled up the vinyl flooring, they found that the underlayment was glued and stapled to the subfloor and was impossible to take up (see Day 2 post). Nobody foresaw, however, that this underlayment would not be under the carpet in the family room. (How could they not? Carpet is usually installed directly over the subfloor. Not that it matters, as it still would have been an unexpected cost at that point.) The flooring expert came in and determined this. Now there's a 1/4 inch difference in the heights of the family room and kitchen floors. Not good. So we have to install the same underlayment over the entire family room, to the tune of--well, let's just say it's significant. And add a day to the project length.

Sigh. It's only money, right?