Well, I’m now into that last 10% that’ll take as long as the first 90% did to complete. Thursday, my mom stopped by IKEA for me and acquired some extra toekick, deco strip, those missing knobs, and a few drawer organizers. Friday, my contractor came back for the last time, to finish the molding that makes the cabinets meet the ceiling, and to get his last payment. He was truly awesome throughout this job, and I totally recommend him to anyone in the area.

Over the past couple days, I painted all the trim, did touch-ups on the walls where they got dinged during the install, and re-assembled the living room. I also went and checked out white subway tile at the two big box stores near me – bought one piece from each place to bring home, and it turns out, well, they’re both white subway tile. The Home Depot one looks just a tiny bit grey in the light in my kitchen, though, so I’m going with the Lowe’s one – it’s a whole cent more expensive per tile… which’ll cost me an extra 3 bucks, total. I think it’s worth it.

So here’s my functioning kitchen, now without blue tape confusing the color scheme! Also, my sink looks distinctly almond in many of these photos, and it really is not – it’s quite white, in real life.