This photo was taken from the deck through the open sliding door. The contractor had just finished and left so the floor finish is completely wet — but oh so shiny (and of course, oh so smelly). I’m finishing some blog updates then going to head out for the day and let the smell abate a bit, hopefully.
When hubby returns home tonight, we will look at the floor — in the dark, yeah right — and decide if a fourth coat of finish is wanted. Most likely that “look” will occur in the daylight tomorrow morning and while we are not looking forward to another day of chemical smells, we will take the carpenter’s expert opinion (also to be delivered tomorrow) and consider a 4th coat of poly finish. But in the mean time, I’m putting on a wrap and heading outside to open the deck door and look from time to time. The latest report — after an hour of drying time — still quite shiny!!!
Doesn’t the floor look wonderful? And doesn’t that stupid column right in the middle of it look bad? Unfortunately that column is holding up part of the house, so it will remain. Though I haven’t said anything about it before, it has been stripped of its former outside layers of mirror, decorative wood, etc, that were applied in former remodels of this space. Our carpenter is building sides for it of cherry that will match our cabinetry with a wide header and footer to decorate it a bit and that will match the legs that will eventually appear under the granite island.
And, just in case you (and I) have forgotten, I’m inserting an old photo that I called “old kitchen be gone” — so we can see how far we’ve come . . .
And, in this photo, some of the old kitchen was actually already gone — the cabinets on either side of the sink had been taken down in preparation for installing the new bay window above the sink. Wow, it’s really not the same space at all any more.