Notes at the end of the week

Here is a blurry cell-phone shot of my knitting progress.  The second sleeve for this sweater will be finished tonight.  It should have been finished before now, but I have fallen asleep on the sofa two nights running. I'm not yet that near done; Once I sew the shoulder seams, I have a large, roughly 8-inch shawl collar to pick up and knit.   

 

Temporary residence is getting wearing.  Luckily it looks like we may be in the house and living amongst the boxes within 10 to 11 days.  We close on the new house next Friday, and our old furniture is scheduled to arrive on Saturday.  Even if there are delays I hope it will be here no later than Monday, and we are in, even if still unsettled. 

 

These photos were taken at the beginning of the week.  Since then, more has been accomplished.  The floors have been put in.  That annoying little granite backsplash/ridge above the countertops has been removed and the tile backsplash has been installed, although I haven't seen it yet.  

 

G was surprised that I would chose such traditional cabinets.  Apparently my style is quite modern.  I reminded him of the agreed-upon parameters (stay within the builder's standard options).  I can always reassess in a few years.

 

For now I am ready to settle in.  

 

 

 

Comments

[RoseAG]

Staying in the builder's options is perfectly acceptable when faced with gazillions of choices and a finite bank account.

It's a nice looking kitchen and the garden room with the windows looks welcoming. I hope everything goes according to plan.

[Terri]

Crossing my fingers that everything goes according to plan. It looks to be a spacious kitchen.

[K-Line]

Intriguingly, when I saw those cabinets I thought - "Wow, those are very traditional. I wonder if G chose them". It appears we both think you have a modern interiors stance :-) For what it's worth, the kitchen is one of the rooms I prefer to have a traditional look.

[Mardel]

Rose, of course, staying within the builders options is perfectly acceptable, and the bank account had a lot to say on the matter.  I picked the options I liked among those offered.  And. I. do.  like them, that is.  Its not like the house is particularly modern either; it all fits.

[Mardel]

Thanks Terri, Im crossing my fingers too.  In this state of varying construction everything changes from looking big to looking tiny and back again on a daily basis.  But it will all be fine, and it is not a hotel kitchen.

[Mardel]

Kristin, your comment makes me smile.

Actually, our taste is very close and G is not very traditional.  If anything he would go more high-gloss chrome and glass than I would.    I think it is modern to not be slavishly devoted to contemporary things.  No, Im just being snarky.

Actually, I knew which door and color choice I liked.  I ten to be very decisive and know what I like when I see it.  It was not the most contemporary choice available and I am content with that.  I think that generally, kitchens and dining rooms tend to be where I am most a traditionalist.   And this kitchen will go well with my dining table.  Which reminds me that Ive never found a contemporary dining table I could live with.

[LPC]

I can only imagine the deep desire to settle in. Granite countertops help:).

[Mardel]

Lisa, :)

[Duchesse]

I found nothing looks like you thought, and nothing really looks like anything till your own furniture and objects enter the space. Hard work, but exciting too! (Can't believe you have the energy to knit and assemble a sweater!)

[Mardel]

Duchesse, I am already getting that idea, that it will be only when we are settled in that it will begin to look like anything much at all, and that the moving of our old furniture is just a part of the process.  There are a few things that will have to be done after we move in so it will be a process of settling, which is fine.

Knitting keeps me sane.  At lunch my son-in-law (who belongs to the local choral society) said that he is ready for choral practice again, that when he doesnt sing he gets crabby.  When I am not sewing or knitting, I get crabby.  Truthfully it needs to be both, sewing and knitting, but Ive been running on that half-tank for a while now.

[materfamilias]

Such a huge undertaking! And the sweater as microcosm, the assembly in purple echoing the bigger construction. Good luck with it all!

[Mardel]

Thank you Mater. At the moment I think it is the process on the sweater alone that is holding me all together, stitch by stitch.

[editor]

i have ALWAYS wanted to knit a sweater!!!

[Robbie Marinero]

Congratulations in advance! You must be very excited with your new home… Why haven't you seen the new countertops installed in your kitchen? You have to see it firsthand to check whether it's good or not. Also, why did you want to remove that granite ridge?