Monthly Archives: December 2007

Today our new Kitchen cabinets arrived.  They were delivered on a huge truck.  The driver skillfully reversed his truck up our driveway taking care not to drive over the lawn.  The two carpenters helped the driver unload all the packages.  … Continue reading →

The work day started promptly at 7:30am, by 8am it was light and Kohl wanted to go outside and check out how the work was progressing. As you can see from the ice on the pond it was quite nippy … Continue reading →

  Thought I’d a write few words about the people who we are working with: Our general contractor is Thornberg Construction the owner is Ted Jenneskens. Our Kitchen was designed by Vawn Greany from Savvy Cabinetry.  The cabinets were made … Continue reading →

The concrete was supposed to be poured on Tuesday afternoon (Dec 18) – but Ted emailed us the previous evening to say that the concrete had been postponed by one day – just as well really as we had torrential … Continue reading →

After completing the form work yesterday, the workers started work reframing the window in our bedroom. The night before Penny and I had moved the contents of our bedroom into one of our guest rooms (which is now completely full!). … Continue reading →

  Another prompt 7:30am start today – thankfully this time Kohl didn’t go nuts when the worker trucks drove up our drive. Today was spent digging the hole and preparing the forms for the concrete foundations. Ted had already told … Continue reading →

  Finally, after about 2.5 years of planning, 3 different general contractors and three architects our remodel has started. The photo above was taken on Saturday Dec 8, 2007 (one of the few days it didn’t rain in December) and … Continue reading →