Progress Report

The stairs have now been scraped

of the cement like

waffle padding,

which appeared glued to the steps.

Remember how they looked last time?

The missing cabinet arrived

and now all the kitchen cabinets are in place.

The granite people came last week

and created a template for the counter top.

All the pulls have been installed.

And, as of yesterday

the dishwasher is in place!

The mounting brackets for the microwave

have also been installed.

Part of my weekend project is to clean up 

some of the metal door knob plates

which had been painted.

After soaking all night in

mineral spirits, although not perfect,

quite an improvement and they will

certainly make a charming statement

to the doors!

Fiber person that I am,

guess what I discovered makes

an excellent tool for scraping paint

out of all those little etchings.

A large tapestry needle is perfect!

Because of the blunt tip

it didn't scratch the metal.

Here's my morning's work,

with their glass knobs in place.

Reminds me of

"...little flowers in a row."

I scheduled movers this week,

so I now have an official move in date of June 6.

Yikes!  
That's one month from today!

Fingers crossed everything gets

finished before then!