Glass and Audio

Things in the kitchen and bathroom are progressing. As of noon today, the counters were all in the kitchen, along with the island bar being placed (but, so far, not locked down). The vanity and counter in the 1st floor bath and the pair in the master bath are in, and work started on the vanities in the main bath.

We checked on a few things - Karen and I weren't sure we wanted locks on the kids' doors, so we hem and hawed about that for a while and finally decided to have them - but when I called the door guy, I found that they had read our minds, because he ordered and delivered the knobs last week and they had locks. Glad we decided that!

The french doors in the office had been installed opening in, and we wanted them to open out. That's being corrected. The carpenters, when they're not working on the cupboards, have been cutting trim and moulding. Almost all of it is up, and the painters were going around filling in the nail holes and the join gaps.

I got word today that the appliances will be delivered on Monday.

We also hemmed and hawed about two other things: glass doors on the showers (which we decided to do) and the timing and cost of the central audio and surround sound systems. The glass doors just seemed like a good idea in spite of the cost. The first floor shower will have frosted glass and the master will have plainer glass with a bubble pattern in it.

The estimate listed pairs of speakers for the central audio for $400, which includes 1.5 hours of labor each. We were a bit taken aback by the $230 speakers that would take 1.5 hours to install. We have half a mind to time the installers as they do their work. But despite our concerns about the final price, we decided to go for it. They will install the TV and the components we bought (which are basically more speakers and an A/V receiver). I can handle hooking up our CD changer, DVD/VCR player, and the cable box, but they may be planning to do that, too. Some things are a little unclear. What is clear is that they want to install the central audio speakers on Friday. We dropped off a check for the first phase of the audio plan.

I guess that's it - this is supposed to be a short week, but it may only be for us, and at least one contractor, the audio guys, will be working. We'll stop by Friday to see how things are going. Mean while, it is almost turkey time!