Third floor beginnings

Although it might not look like much from the street, we were very happy to see that the floor of our third floor is now just about complete. The third floor covers the rear two-thirds or so of the house. It's been a very slow building week, despite relatively good weather. For various reasons, the crew has only been on-site for just under two of the last six working days. We were happy to see the construction get back on track today and look forward to third-floor walls soon.

Tonight, our designer sent us some updated drawings of our kitchen. A few months ago, John had an attack of worry that our cooktop and sink were too far apart, compromising the effectiveness of the critical "working triangle" of a well-designed kitchen. So, to try and accommodate our request to have the cooktop closer to the sink, our designer sent along an alternative option. With only one full wall in the kitchen, though, it was definitely a challenge. John and I will give the new design more thought and order our kitchen over the weekend. We're going with Ikea Adel cabinets with glass doors on the upper cabinets and solid doors on the lower cabinets. Good price, low-VOC, non-formaldehyde glues, real wood. Should be nice.