Do what my mom used to do when she finally got fed up: If you left something laying around, ie, shoes, clothes, books, etc., she would put them in the trash. Seriously. She had tried everything, and with 5 kids and a husband, she was at her wits end. So she'd just chuck it in the kitchen trashcan, (a big can in those days), which would eventually be dumped into the bigger outside can. If you didn't figure it out before trash day, you lost whatever it was. She did warn us, but of course we ignored her. Didn't take long for everyone to figure out that she was serious and start putting their things away! Granted, "putting your things away" meant just throwing them randomly into your room, but it was better than having stuff lay all over the house.

The end result of your beautiful kitchen was worth any bout of hiccups:) Bee - can they look at availability in another store? Maybe they still have some actually in stock... I was going to say "When you hire for peanuts..." But Circus Peanuts jumped in my head. Based on advice from this site, I just ordered extra knobs and pulls, so thanks GW. Thanks for sending the force out! I am frantically dancing. Do or do not, there is no try.

BWAA! I didn't post the last little adventure in glitchen dancing. After the fridge episode, which was fixed quite successfully, we install the oven. Big panic day - it was a Friday, and we were moving in on Sat, so lots of activity at the house as everyone tried hard to get things finished for us. Stove gets installed. I look over and say "don't tell me". Cabinet guy looks at me with a scared look on his face and says cautiously... "what?". So I walk over to the drawers that are 90 degrees to the oven (we decided to write off the corner in favour of big drawers), and... they won't open!! Yes, we left a filler, but it wasn't enough... So they had to take out that bank of drawers and rebuild them - with the countertop installed, of course. I seriously think my KD totally ignored my appliance specs. So we move in with the drawers that are to take the kitchen utensils, pots and pans, and baking sheets, not there. So we ate out for a couple of weeks then went on vacation :) Things are pretty much done now (although when we came back from vacation on Sunday the final set of drawer fronts were on, however they've taken two cabinet doors off that have been on for weeks and I have NO clue why) and I was able to unpack the final two kitchen boxes last night. That felt good! Just some minor tweaking left - door alignment, decorative piece over vent hood, a shelf missing etc. Then it turns over to me to pick pendants, light for eat in area, and cushion fabric for banquette, to really get the place finished. Pretty things I just couldn't deal with when I was up to my earballs in the structural stuff, plus I wanted to see the finished product before choosing some of these elements. Aren't you glad you asked? :) Dianalo, you are definitely doing the right thing by being present. Even if you don't catch problems, if they know they'll see you at some point they may wait to confirm things, or suggest better/different ways to do things. You'll probably find you don't have to be there a lot. Good to hear things are going well for you, Florantha and hellonasty (did your appliances go in smoother than mine??) - I've been away from this site for a couple of weeks while on vacation, so feel soooo far behind! Allie, yes, we need our kitchens before school!!

DLM2000, from your lips to god’s ears lol. My house is a bit different in that it’s on 12 acres so not a huge market for that! I’m competing with brand spanking new, super fancy houses. So my realtor told me to focus on staging the main floor. I’m looking at competing listings and it’s crazy how much money these people spend on living, not just staging! This house is up the road from me, on 5 acres grrrr. See what I found on #Zillow! https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/940-Pleasant-Hollow-Trl-Alpharetta-GA-30004/35945050_zpid If we get an offer right away, then we’re good. We’ve already bought the new cabin in the mountains and have moved a lot of our stuff up there.