Countertops!

We have counters! And they are beautiful. They are gleaming black and shiny. We even have a sink, and our collective fingers are crossed that tomorrow we will have plumbing. It looks wonderful!

I think we have decided to do hardwood floors in the kitchen and dining room. We need to leave the carpet until the dogs are no longer with us, because they don't cope with slippery flooring, and flooring doesn't cope with dog nails. So we are planning to get prefinished hardwood and install it ourselves and use area rugs to get the dogs to the back door. When we are dogless, we will redo the rest of the flooring with the same hardwood. Trevor is worried we won't be able to find the same thing, or that what we install now will discolour a bit with age, but I think it's worth it. I'd like to take the chance.

Of course now I want to paint the rest of the interior our peanutbuttery colour, and replace the door frames and doors and woodwork, but I'm thinking it will have to wait until the floors are done. Well, maybe I'll paint a wall at a time, but to do it properly, I'll have to move the books, which is a major undertaking in and of itself. Although I am most definitely not ready for all that, I think it speaks volumes about the planning of our current project that I am even still talking about more renovation.

So, here are today's views: North, WNW and WSW. As soon as we get the dishwasher hooked up and the lights done, I think we'll be set. Everything else is gravy, but no one gets paid the rest of their reward until the gravy is completely cooked and served with a parseley garnish.