June 20

This weekend you said your name - "Annan"!
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Wow qu'on aime!

... and it's DONE!!

We had the painter and his coworkers do a thorough cleaning (after we had spent 2 days clearing the first layer of dust), and here is the spectacular result! We love it!





It's now ready for us to come back home...

Presque tout est fait, sauf le ménage...

Getting closer...

Everything is almost in place except for the fact that there is dust EVERYWHERE! We started by washing our new set of plates; here's Jonathan very enthusiastic about the task...



The pantry now has all of the shelving installed. All that is missing now is the washer/dryer...



Here is a daytime shot of the bedroom, giving a bit of a better idea of the dark blue-grey colour of the wall.



So far we are very pleased!

Et la lumiere fut!

Cette fin de semaine l'électricien est venu installer une partie des lumières et c'est vraiment magnifique!

Le couloir:


cuisine:


Notre penderie dans notre chambre:

Almost the end!!!! But...

Though we are approaching the end of this major project, there are still little snafus that come up along the way... usually these involve return trips to Rona/Ikea/Home Depot to return unnecessary items or exchange incorrect pieces, but some are more serious, like the latest discovery:



Yep, that's a big crack in our new sink. The contractor will try to exchange it next week. Not quite sure how the crack got there...

Now onto the other new additions:

New toilet in master bathroom (dual flush!):


Medicine cabinet, faucets and vanity installed:




Close-up of faucets...


Shower doors nearly installed and all shower plumbing installed:


Awesome kitchen faucet and tiled backsplash:

And finally a great picture of the main area. Things to notice:
- new radiator under window
- painted walls
- tiling of backsplash
- dropped-ceiling lighting above the island
- sanded floors (to be varnished this week)


Almost there!

Comptoir

This part is really exciting... they installed the countertop in the kitchen! It's Staron (the Samsung version of Corning's Corian), which is a composite material. We chose this because we wanted an undermounted sink and we did not want a joint in the giant slab that is on top of the island (which would have been the case if we went with quartz).

I think it looks superb!



A creative close-up shot:

On approche de la fin

Now it is the time when finishing touches are being done and the place is really taking shape!

Here are the new door handles installed on the (84") doors:

The kitchen is coming along - you can now see more cupboard doors, and the island taking shape in the center of the room.  Also notice the hood over the spot where the oven/stove will go (and the hole through the wall, through the brick, leading to outside!):

It's getting close to being done!