The ice maker might have been the first appliance to officially gain entrance to the new kitchen, but it was the Kitchen Aid Island-Mount Hood that earned distinction as the first one installed:
It wasn't without its share of grief though. Despite the best guesses of three of the experienced guys working on the project, the two homeowners and a visual inspection outside the house, the pathway for the vent was not an easy one. (I think the Kennedy "mystery bullet" took a straighter path than some of the plumbing, electrical and venting work of the original house!) Herb had quite a challenge re-routing existing venting, water, etc. before it would work.
It was starting to look good - but also looked low. Herb had to take it down and cut the support brackets ~ 7" so that neither Gerry nor I would scramble our heads while scrambling our eggs! (Herb thought he was wrong when he located the hood and that it would have to be moved. Fortunately it turned out he WAS wrong - and it could stay where it was!)
Meanwhile, the boxes and cartons of cabinets, appliances and accessories seemed to be breeding - I'm quite certain that every time I turn my back another few appear. They are everywhere - in the tv room:
In the piano room:
I wish I had thought to snap a photo of all the cardboard accumulating in the foyer, because all that cardboard meant that boxes were being uncrated and cabinets finding their way into the kitchen. First, the guys turned their attention to the wall of cabinets and appliances (because we thought maybe we had all the pieces that would be going there!):
And eventually they met up in the middle as they put up the "light board" between the two:
Finally, the base of the hutch was moved into its eventual home (though there is much work to be done here before this little part of the project will be complete)!By the end of the week, a lot of cardboard was gone and a much larger portion of the floor in both the TV room and the piano room is now visible. PROGRESS!
~later, tw
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