It's Here!

The table, that is. Here's a picture, plus a shot of the top, prior to any oiling.

Cabinets Are About Done

It's like weight loss. The last 10% is the hardest. The cabinet paint is finally touched up and other than some window/door trim painting (and buying a table), we are ready to move in. Finally.

Oil

Last night the counters received their first coat of oil and it soaked in pretty well so they got a second coat tonight. Here's a picture of the kitchen before it was buffed off:

And another of the piece over the microwave. It looks a bit richer than when it was just wet with water.

(PS - the blue tape at the wall edge is intended to keep some of the counter clear so the backsplash tile grout/caulk will stick. The other markers identify some nail holes still requiring touch-up.)

Touch Up #2

After a few hours on Friday, the painter came back today to work on cleaning up the areas marked by blue tape. I guess this is the disadvantage of pre-painted cabinets, although much less time and fumes involved than if we had the cabinets painted onsite.

Soapstone

Dry

Wet

Makes a bit of a difference

We Have Lights

And appliances (only microwave drawer is new), and lots of little blue tape markers to show the painter where to touch up. Door moldings are still going in and painting those is our job.

Toe Kicks

It's not that exciting, but the cabinet folks came back and put down some of the floor trims. The sink and the "buffet" piece received extra fancy toe kicks. Things are coming together.