Paulette

The kitchen cabinets are being installed today!  I’m working from home to be available for any issues that might arise and because I can’t wait to see how it all looks.

Joe & Joe Jr. (yes his son) are here to do the installation.  They are very nice and meticulous.  I leave them for a while as they measure and mark and measure.

It doesn’t take long before a problem occurs.  The cabinet over the refrigerator is too wide.  It’s a 36″ cabinet when it should be a 33″ one.  We look at the drawings and he tells us that a 36″ was ordered.  He’ll cut the cabinet down but we’ll need new doors.

Then they put the island in place.  They call me up to see how it all fits.

Something is wrong.  It’s too tight around the island.  There isn’t enough space.  I was sure I had more room around than that.

I start measuring with them.  Then I point to the base cabinets along the wall.  These are supposed to be 18″ in depth not 24″.  There’s the 6″ that makes this too tight.

After a few phone calls they agree to take the cabinets back and have them cut down to 18″.

We finally agree on the island placement and they put those in place.

By the end of the day he has all the upper cabinets installed.  One glass door is missing and one regular door is missing.  We don’t know why, they just were not delivered.

He plans to finish tomorrow.

Hmmm, seems like a lot of work left to be done to me?