Ahead of schedule

Midland, Michigan
October 1, 2021 6:30am CST
Our two workers are ahead of schedule so they may not return until next Thursday unless they get other work that's been on hold done in two days and then they might return earlier. But that's okay because I still have glassware waiting on boxes to store away and then everything else will be cleared away from the bottom cupboards so those can be torn out too. My workers are a gal that owns her own business working for seniors mostly at twenty five dollars per hour. I'm guessing she's in her fifties. She has a helper, a young man that knows what he's doing too. They planned on needing two days this week to put together the new Ikea cabinets but it only took them five hours. So the next day they took out the old upper cabinets and soffits above. The soffits were a mess. One side was filled with insulation and plaster and lathes. But that only took the morning to get that gone. They spent the afternoon putting up six out of eight upper cabinets. The reason they're waiting on the last two is there's a pipe from the kitchen sink that will need a cut out in the cabinet to fit and it curves so they want it right. The first image is of the soffit with the lathe running along the bottom. The next shows bare wall where the old cupboards were with a small amount of soffit they are leaving over the sink. The next she's the whole area on either side of the sink with the soffit above. One shows views of the new cabinets both being white that are are up on the right and left side of the room. The last pic's the backsplash and laminate countertop we picked out. We haven't ordered the laminate yet. Btw, I use cupboards and cabinets for the same thing.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
1 Oct 21
You waited so long, I am glad that now you are ahead of schedule. I bet you cannot wait to have the kitchen fully finished.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
3 Oct 21
@MarshaMusselman I hope they can put the flooring and complete installing the kitchen.
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• Midland, Michigan
3 Oct 21
@LadyDuck They are going to finish what they can do on Friday. We will ask Lowes to measure and install the laminate countertops. They could take it more time or before it's done depending on how many jobs like that they have in their schedule already.
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• Midland, Michigan
3 Oct 21
They hope to have the bottom cupboards in next week but they need to get the flooring in first. I'm not sure if they'll have time for all of that.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
4 Nov 21
I like the designs on the new countertops.
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• Midland, Michigan
5 Nov 21
Thanks. We going the peel and stick tiles adhere to the wall when we get to that point.
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• Midland, Michigan
5 Nov 21
@RubyHawk That's what we're hoping.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
5 Nov 21
@MarshaMusselman That will go perfectly with the countertops
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
1 Oct 21
I bet you can't wait until everything is finished!
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• Midland, Michigan
2 Oct 21
I have things to get done while waiting for their return so I'm glad they're waiting before returning next week.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
2 Oct 21
@MarshaMusselman That should work out well then
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• Midland, Michigan
2 Oct 21
@snowy22315 I hope so. I finally got more paintings done yesterday. Now I need a second coat on the ceiling and begin painting the walls grey by the fridge and back door.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
3 Oct 21
Should be finished soon enough.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
4 Oct 21
@MarshaMusselman you are ahead of schedule so you have time to spare. Of course the sooner it is done, the better.
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• Midland, Michigan
4 Oct 21
@allen0187 It should be done in less time than it took to get it h here anyway.
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• Midland, Michigan
4 Oct 21
It could be a couple weeks yet as we have to wait on my brother to hook up the new stove and lowers to our in the new countertops.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
1 Oct 21
A great job they are doing there Marsha. I cant wait to see the final pics.
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• Midland, Michigan
2 Oct 21
They are almost to fast since we still have painting to get done. Today I had to paint a bit above the cabinets and hope not to drip since the ceiling above yellowed through the years.
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• United States
2 Oct 21
@MarshaMusselman Oh I see Marsha well that makes it difficult to paint then
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• Midland, Michigan
3 Oct 21
@RebeccasFarm I just have to be extra careful and I'm a messy painter.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
8 Oct 21
We have ikea cabinets here at Kasey’s house and I love them
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
11 Oct 21
@MarshaMusselman Kasey has these shelves that pull out even the corner one, it is wonderful.
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• Midland, Michigan
11 Oct 21
@BelleStarr are you saying drawers that pull out?
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• Midland, Michigan
9 Oct 21
I'm looking forward to the finished product. We doing all the lowers with drawers so we can access more easily what's in the back of them. When cleaning them out I found things I didn't even remember that I had.
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@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
9 Oct 21
Glad to know that they are ahead of the schedule. Hope they finish it soon
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• Midland, Michigan
12 Oct 21
They have other work to do also so I'm sharing them with others. They'll have to return once the countertops are completed and hook up our water to the sink and do the finishing touches like our up baseboards maybe then too.
@rakski (156200)
• Philippines
1 Oct 21
that means they are good in what they do
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@rakski (156200)
• Philippines
2 Oct 21
@MarshaMusselman that is good!
• Midland, Michigan
1 Oct 21
They are also installing Ikea cabinets which are meant for way installation.
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• United States
1 Oct 21
That's great that they're ahead of schedule. From the sound of it they are really working hard and quickly. It's going to look so nice when it's done Marsha
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• Midland, Michigan
2 Oct 21
They want to get it done since we had to wait so long after ordering.
@DianneN (254949)
• United States
3 Oct 21
It’s beginning to tak shape and looking good. I know you will love it when it’s completed.
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• Midland, Michigan
4 Oct 21
I expect that I will love it to. We've needed a new floor for fifteen years and was going to h get just that when my sister suggested replacing the whole kitchen. I can't wait to put my boxed up kitchen into the drawers and cupboards but I may want to wait until the countertop is done.
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
6 Oct 21
@MarshaMusselman Can’t wait!
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@JESSY3236 (22199)
• United States
5 Oct 21
cool.
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• Midland, Michigan
8 Oct 21
We're almost half done with the project. Now too order the countertops.
@nela13 (59367)
• Portugal
1 Oct 21
It is great that you are ahead od schedule, soon it will be finished.
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• Midland, Michigan
1 Oct 21
I'm less time than it took for the delivery, we hope so. It may still be a couple weeks out depending on if the gal can install the countertop too.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
1 Oct 21
Always good to be ahead of schedule. Have a good weekend.
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• Midland, Michigan
1 Oct 21
You have a great weekend too. We're going out of the area to spend part of tomorrow with my daughter, grandson and their little family and I get to return to work on Sunday. Yay, not really. But it is what it is
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
1 Oct 21
@MarshaMusselman Sounds wonderful. Enjoy.
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