The stone is finally beautiful!

The saga that was our kitchen and bathroom floors is finally over. The tile company sent the stone refinishing contractor out again to finish the job on our floors and they finally look as beautiful as they should. They are now also sealed so we are finally completely done with those floors. Just in time too as the finish mouldings and counters for the kitchen are due tomorrow... well all the counters minus the island - the blank for that was delivered to the kitchen guy damaged, so another had to be ordered, but we can get mostly moved into the kitchen with the counters on the main cabinetry and the doors can finally be installed once the crown mouldings and fascias are up.

Finally - Beautiful floors.

From entry looking into kitchen

This shows the colours of the floor and cabinets well.

I can't wait to see this kitchen finished, I doubt I'll be able to fill all these cabinets though LOL. When DH asked the contractor if we had a lot of cabinets (while he was installing them ;) the contractor replied "Kitchen's with half the cabinets you have have a lot of cabinets"... auh well - go big or go home right!?

The siding is coming along.

We are waiting for moldings and counters for the kitchen, which has slowed down the inside work on the house, so they have been working outside and wow does that stuff get done fast once the trim work is complete! The pictures below are from Thursday as they were working on the side, but by quitting time Friday the entire new addition was complete right down to the fascia and gutters. I was a little nervous about the colours as you only get a small swatch to choose from, but I'm so pleased with the siding - it looks even better than I hoped. I can't wait to see the whole house done.

West wall of addition (11/03/2011)

North wall of addition (11/03/2011) 

In other news the floor sealer that the tile company gave us to try on the floors did not have the desired effect unfortunately. So they are sending the contractor back out to fix the floors. They actually came today and finished the floors, sealed and all and they look great - more on that tomorrow once the sealer is dry and I can get in there to take pictures.