Well… they started the installation yesterday, but didn’t quite finish, in spite of giving it a valiant effort and staying until 6:00pm.

We were short on hardware (drawer pulls and knobs) by 4. No big deal. They were overlooked in the order to begin with (though we’d picked them out by hand with the designer) so it was merely a matter of picking four more up.

The hinges that the manufacturer packed with the cabinets came in two styles. I’m not sure why there were two styles, only that there were two styles. That would be fine, except that one of the styles didn’t work. Those doors installed with the non-worky style didn’t shut without grinding against each other. Since there were no extras of the worky style, there was nothing further to do.

There’s two pieces of finished molding yet to put down. One next to the refrigerator and one next to the dishwasher.

The countertop… well, it’s supposed to be here tomorrow, but there’s good reason to believe it won’t fit. We were told that we could go ahead and order it on the measurements already taken and the design layout. Thing is, anyone who’s been through this knows that there are unknowns and variables in any sort of installation like this. In our case, the unknowns and variables could have/should have been known, but weren’t caught. So a few adjustments in the install to make room for this and that, and now we’re looking at countertops that are probably too short on one side, and too long on the other. We’ll have to wait and see, but it could be another few weeks w/o a kitchen for us… Fah *spit*

Everything else looks really good though. What was installed was done with care and consideration. Overall, I’m pleased with the performance and would go with these guys again, albiet a little wiser.

I’ll move a couple outlets and replace some switches, and then we’ll get the floor installed. With that done, we’ll feel a lot better about things. The floor is nasty, and I would LOVE to get something else in place.