final cabinetry work

This week was tough but exciting. We finished the cabinets tonight, and we celebrated with another Ramen Club dinner. We did:

1. Install the floor and wall cabinets
2. finish and sanding of all drawer faces and cabinet doors
3. Install drawers, faces and alignment
4. Install hinges and doors and aligned them
5. installed the wine fridge and regular fridge
   
6. The island was also installed with doors and drawers
7. installed the border walls to cover up the cabinet sides, and the long back side facing the family room
8. Kenichi even installed the remaining natural plyboo at the one stepdown to make it look consistent with the cabinet wall.
   

We did not install the china cabinet. Since it's supposedly furniture, I wanted to have the floor finished in that area, so we'll install it later. Kenichi was a little bummed because he wanted to see it in the house, but he'll be back so he can admire it later. ;)
The house now looks almost like a proper home! With the floors basically in place throughout the house and the cabinets, it's really starting to look like the home we envisioned!

The next few days are critical again. Terry & Cody will be in to do a finish sanding coat, and then apply the stain and finish coats of oil sealer. Then hopefully the counters will be ready and installed by next Friday. I'm also hoping Eric will get in for a few days of lighting and electrical install because we need them to live in the house! Next week Shaun, Jed, Mauricio and day guys need to finish the deck and siding so the house is presentable and we can walk in from the backyard.