Meet George

George is our kitchen designer and we met him at his brand new, still being assembled, showroom which is less that 10 minutes from our apartment. George is another one of those people passionate about his job who we've been lucky to meet in this house-building adventure. He spent a couple of hours with us on Saturday asking all kinds of questions and showing us dozens of samples - including a few that he pulled out of yet-to-be unpacked crates. This chore that we were dreading actually quickly became fun! We discovered we knew more about what we wanted than we thought we did.

We've selected a cherry wood cabinet in a medium stain and an Arts and Crafts style. George didn't bat an eye when we said we really didn't like granite and he showed us some beautiful high-end laminates that we really liked. We've worked out a layout that we think works and he is getting together some sketches for us to look at. He's also working on some ideas for the bathrooms. We should have something to look at by the end of next week. Now lets just see if we can keep it within the budget - or at least close enough!

We've also done shopping and research on appliances and we are gathering pricing on that as well. So all the tough decisions should be done pretty soon. All we wiill need now is for the rain to give us a break, not a day this week without heavy rain. All we need is a few days for the wood to dry so that they can finish the roof.