Kitchen Renovation: Day 20

It's done! Well ... not completely. But it's functionally done -- we are fully using it.

Our appliances are installed and working. All the kitchen stuff is unpacked from the boxes where it's been for the last month. We cooked pancakes for breakfast, and we ran a load in the dishwasher at the end of the day. Amber is enjoying having her own little den in the laundry room. Everything is beautiful!

But there are some cosmetic things that still need to be done. The upper cabinet doors with glass will be installed on Tuesday. The quarter-round that meets the floor hasn't been added yet (because part of the floor need to be refinished and I'm not sure when I'll schedule that). And there are some paint and caulk touch-ups that still need to be done.

Most concerningly, though, is the news that the new refrigerator I ordered back in February still isn't in, and won't arrive until April or later. No problem, I thought. Our current refrigerator is the same size, so we can just continue using it until the new one arrives.

Except the current one -- perhaps due to its age? -- is bulging a tiny bit on the sides. I never even noticed, until the contractor tried to move it. It's stuck, halfway in.

Sigh. There's always something, right? The cabinet guy is going to take a look at it on Tuesday when he comes to put the glass doors in. Hopefully there's a way to get it to fit, otherwise we're living with a stuck-out fridge for many more months.