Thursday Rvamping kitchen remodel

After spending yesterday at various home stores I submitted all new materials for the flooring and countertops to the contractor.

The contractor came back with thumbs up for the 'Natural Palm' flooring for the entire house and a formica sample that I'd sent him.  So I guess I can say that part is locked down on the remodel.

Reading between the lines on his email I guess there's a list of 'approved' products that the HUD financing program will pay for.  Good thing I'm not looking at granite and marble.

One piece down, a dozen to go.  He sent me the final sample of 'Winter White' for the cabinet selection.  Guess I should just smile and say okay.  At least the cabinets aren't white-white.  The on-line photos show off white that leans closer to grey than cream.  When I get back to VA in a couple weeks I should be able to get my hands on a cabinet door and use it to finalize things like backsplash and paint.

Originally everything in the kitchen was heading toward pale sage greens and light browns.  Now that everything has been thrown out I have to start over on the whole color scheme.  I have a hunch that the backsplash may tend toward dark brown and reds, maybe rose.  I won't know until I get my hands on it. 

Then I have to choose paint.  And it won't be eggshell.  I really don't like eggshell.  I don't want dark colors and the choices are just crazy.

The other thing that has to be fixed in the kitchen/dining/great room area is the ceiling.  It's an old ceiling with textured paint.  It's been water stained, painted over, patched, etc.  The contractor is leaning toward just adding sheetrock to the ceiling, mud and tape all the seams, then paint everything with a flat paint.  That will leave the textured ceiling in the hallways, bedrooms and bathrooms.  I can live with that if I can get it painted without too much drama.

I know the trend right now is to remove all the texture but I like it.  It's my house.  I can leave it if I want to.

Meanwhile the shingles for my current house are supposed to arrive here this afternoon.  Then I sit down with the roofing people to work out a schedule to put the roof on while I'm on my cruise.  Sigh.  One more thing that can go wrong or get delayed or cost more money.  After all this the Charlotte property better sale before the end of July.