Kitchen renovation: Skreeeeeeech

Everything has basically come to a skreeching halt, and it's pretty frustrating knowing how close we are to being done.

The stairs were scheduled to be stripped and re-stained to match the floor while we were gone over the holiday weekend. However, there was some sort of mis-communication, and the subcontractor had it on the schedule for this coming weekend instead.

The replacement pantry cabinet is just being shipped from somewhere in middle America today and won't arrive until Friday or Monday.

So they are looking to do the stairs on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, with the cabinet install on Tuesday or Wednesday. Hopefully we will have our pendants picked and here by that time, as well, and they can be installed, too.

We will be gone from Saturday to Tuesday, so the timing of the stairs is no problem. However, Mom and Dad will be back with J-Mav on Tuesday sometime and will be here until Thursday. So I'm really going to push for the cabinet install on Tuesday so they aren't banging around on Wednesday while Mom, Dad, and J-Mav are all at the house.

All of this aside, they have scheduled the "completion" walk-through for tomorrow morning. This means we will be able to use the kitchen and start moving things back in. (This will be pretty inconvenient since we have no where to put the food until the pantry cabinet is installed.) It also means there will be a lengthy punch list of things they need to finish after the walk-through, even though they will deem it "complete."
- Install pantry cabinet
- Finish trim work after cabinet is installed
- Replace cracked drawer front on trash/recycling door
- Have floor company replace/repair damaged floor boards
- Shave Justin's bedroom door so it will close
- Strip/re-finish stairs

And holdovers from the downstairs project include:
- Replace toilet innards so toilet stops running
- Install threshold and sweeper on door from hall to garage

I'm sure what tomorrow's walk-through ultimately means is that they want their final payment for project completion...