I wanted to title this "Casegoods are good" but it is really millwork

A few pictures of some of millwork that has been installed.

No, that's not a coffin about to be place under the window John always felt those two closets seemed out of place and like they were afterthoughts. He wanted to take them out, but the absence of closets would have turned our five bedroom house into a four bedroom house. Not exactly what one should do when relying on real estate appraisals for financing.

I'm about to unveil John's solution to the orphan closets.

A window seat really kind of does the trick. I must admit, a cushion and a few pillows and I can see some reading getting done in this spot on a Sunday afternoon. Or a rainy afternoon, or even a snowy one. 

Our little Butler's Pantry is starting to come to life. The color is just the primer. They will eventually be painted in Farrow & Ball's full gloss Hague Blue.

You can see how it snuggles in this niche between the kitchen and the dining room.
The upper cabinets will have glass doors and the entire alcove walls,
backsplash and ceiling will have wood paneling in the same color. 

I love how the base board on the cabinets is a different scale than the base boards on the walls.

 I think those upper brackets are going to be gone. They built them correctly, but I did my math wrong. The slide out shelves on the bottom are meant to hold liquor bottles which can be pretty tall.

The Living Room mantel built but not installed. I think some additional trim work gets added as well.

Me, not sure what I think of the new mantel. I think I liked it better on paper, but think it is perfectly fine. And am waiting for it to installed before I make my final declaration.

One of our screen doors.

Bluestone and other bits

Entrance to the mudroom off of the driveway.

The three large pieces of premium bluestone have been put into place.

The grates are in over the basement egress windows.

Painters were busy at work.

Cabinet sneak peek

A lot of the cabinetry has been delivered but not installed. We couldn't help ourselves taking a peek under the plastic and cardboard that covered things up.

A mish mash of cabinets and appliances sitting in the Family Room

A little sponge hopper under what will be our kitchen sink. Cabinets were painted with Benjamin Moore Smoke Embers.

rubbish and recycling

Slide out shelf from the corner dead space.

This unit will sit on the counter top on the same wall as the wall oven and fridge.
It is the only place where we are having upper cabinets.

 

Vertical dividers for sheet pans, trays, cutting boards, etc.

Another shot of the vertical dividers, this will be directly above the microwave/oven combo wall oven.
The two big drawers in white behind this cabinet are the base for a window seat going into one of the bedrooms.

Master bath vanity has been installed.

Those holes in the walls are for medicine cabinets which you can see in the next few pictures.

Inside one of the new medicine cabinets.

Not only is this a thing of beauty by it is solid as all get out. So much more so than the Waterworks version it was
modelled on. And at only about 60% of the cost of the Waterworks version. It was even less expensive than a
Restoration Hardware version we were considering.

How Screenporch Got Her Groove Back

Made two trips over to the house this weekend. We both wanted to go back today since the painters were busy there yesterday and it was a little hard to see everything as close as we wanted to. Besides seeing more of the cabinets that have been delivered, the big excitement this weekend was the framing out of the screen porch. It already makes the house look better and feel more balanced and grounded.

 

 

You can see how the lack of screens (and balustrade on top of the porch) makes the house unbalanced and the porch
look like an afterthought.

Lucy inspects the progress

Still waiting for something dramatic at the house. Chippendale railings. Kitchen cabinets. Garage Door. We are dying to see something flashy happen. But I guess we need to be patient. The painters have begun their work and there are places where one can really see the beauty of the project starting to peek through the mess and chaos. Of course a good paint job is no small deal with all the prep work and such. So patience. Our master vanity was delivered this week. That was quite exciting to see.

And of course it was time Lucy had the opportunity to inspect the progress. If she doesn't approve I don't know what we will do.

From Family Room looking toward Dining Room.

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Although they are still in the early stages of painting the casing is really starting to look beautiful. Picture is taken from the Family Room looking toward front door.

Lucy advises that you make sure you take care when using solvents,

I can't even begin to tell you how exciting this vanity is. In our previous "master" bath, John and I had to share a single pedestal sink and a narrow, plastic Container Store drawer thingy on wheels. I've already started to plan what goes where.
Vanity color is Farrow & Ball's Shaded White. It looks whiter then it is when it isn't up against a whiter white.

You'll be hearing a lot more about Ivan C. Dutterer as the weeks go by. Look at those dovetail joints.

I think she approves