A few more days have gone by and now most of the foundation forms are in place. Ideal Building should have the rest of them done by tomorrow and then we are expecting the concrete to be poured into these forms on Tuesday.

Before that happens, a lot of stuff has to happen inside, like clearing the kitchen before they rip out all the cabinets on Monday. The dining room will act as a temporary kitchen while we wait for the cabinets to be ordered and then installed. We met with Ryan at Superior Cabinets on Tuesday and went over the initial kitchen design. We have made some changes and today we received and signed off on the final design. Some major changes are planned for the overall flow of the kitchen. A brand new pantry will be installed with full extending drawers that pull out for easier access to items that may be stored in the back. The oven will not be under the counter in the redesign and instead will sit up higher with the microwave above it, creating a microwave/oven wall next to the fridge. Additionally, all the cabinets will extend to the ceiling providing us with another 12 inches of storage above the current cabinets.

We also picked out all the appliances for the new kitchen and are going with all stainless steel appliances. Kitchen Aid fridge, microwave and oven and a Dacor 5 gas burner stove top for the new eating bar. I will pick up the new microwave tomorrow as this will 'live' in the temporary kitchen while we wait for the new cabinets to be built and installed.

More this weekend as we pack up the kitchen.