Floor

The professional measuring service from Home Depot came and measured our kitchen this morning—we should get an estimate tomorrow or the next day, so we're in a holding pattern on that. The electrician also came today, and will call us back (or so he says) later tonight. Holding pattern—and we can't do the walls until the electrician's done, since he'll need to get into them to make everything code. Lots of outlets.

What did we get done today? One sample Ikea cabinet got fully built so we could test colors and depth from walls (it still has no legs, but the height is a more or less fixed issue. The cabinet wasn't bad.  Ikea directions are always a bit frustrating, since there convinced that the pictures tell a universally comprehensible story for the directions, and they don't. The drawers were a dream to put together, however, and the rest wasn't too bad.

We've decided to eliminate most of the tile, so what will remain I've outlined in red in the image that's not currently available—for the rest, we'll fill in, possibly using tiles of the same size, but in other colors (like white)—this is my idea—or possibly using small blue tiles (Lilya's).  I started removing some, and it's hard. Hard work, hard to remove without breaking everything, and lots of dangerous, incredibly sharp chips flying about. I wore eye protection, of course, but also flip flops. At one point, I looked down to find my foot was wet with blood. Tennis shoes tomorrow, even if it's hot.

Finally, I "floored" the area underneath where the cabinets will go, to make it approximately level with the rest of the floor and to give it a more or less consistent look. Lilya was bothered by it.