Where’s the Tiger? And Kitchen Remodel Week of Waiting

Our kitchen remodel continues. We knew from the timeline given to us before the project started that this past week would be the one with little to nothing happening. The quartz countertop templates were made the previous week, and their construction is in process. Next week we’ll have painters here Monday through Thursday, and the countertops installed Friday. But this week they only installed the cabinet hardware and most of the crown molding. 

The new refrigerator will slide in here (above). We’ll meet with a designer next Wednesday to measure three of the four kitchen/dining area windows for shutters. The fourth window, a deep ledge for plants over the kitchen sink is a wait-and-see item for me. Depending how the winter sun behaves through this window when it’s low in the sky, I may eventually put a valance there. But for now, nothing. 

Obviously, the island doesn’t have the countertop yet, but it does have the hardware! These drawers will be handy for pots and pans, Tupperware and other things. It will be nice to have an abundance of storage!

The sink will go into the big hole in the above photo, and the pull-out drawer - adjacent to where the stove will be - houses two lower spice shelves and three containers to house bigger cooking utensils, like spatulas, wooden spoons, and the like. 

The bracing at this end of the island will support the rounded quartz countertop/table. We did go out furniture shopping again this week and bought six swivel counter-height chairs. They, along with a new coffee table for the family room, will be delivered on the 30th. We are well and truly closing in on an end-of-the-month finish!

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I enjoyed spending time this week sewing some orange string blocks in keeping with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge’s color of the month. I sewed 16 blocks at 6 ½” (unfinished size).

Next week I’ll be working on crumb blocks and a scrappy orange coin column. 

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And where did that pesky tiger on this jungle panel go? Hopefully, back to Asia where he belongs. But do you see his outlined ears peeking out? I thought it wouldn’t bother me, but it did. 

So, another little fabric patch will be added there. Here it’s just pinned in place, but it will work well. I used more Dean Russo fabric that I found in my stash that matched perfectly. It probably came from the same fabric line.

It was my friend Wanda who mentioned “ghost block”, which perfectly articulated the patch idea I was mulling over. And with that help, I did actually sew patches in checkerboard fashion, and then added and subtracted a bit here and there. It was a fun exercise in camouflage. 

Other than that, not much else is new. Bruce had a cold this week that I think he passed it to me. Ugh, summer colds. But it’s not serious, of course, although we felt it best to stay away from the swimming pool this week. Summer is waning, and I’m ready. How about you?