Epilogue

It's been about two and half weeks since most of the work was completed. The last of the punchlist has been slow to get finished, which is a little irritating. Brian FINALLY got the water line issue on the refrigerator cleared up so that the water will dispense and ice is being produced.  But, the never-ending issue with the microwave cabbie still plagues us.

Since I wouldn't allow Brian to leave the electical outlet free floating in the wall, he came back and installed a recessed outlet. Unfortunately, it was a single plug version that centered the plug in the middle of the box. The microwave cord is heavy-duty and wouldn't quite fit inside the recessed area. Therefore, the cord itself didn't allow the microwave to sit back far enough and instead of sitting on the shelf, it was actually balancing on the trim piece on the front of the shelf. Needless to say, it also stuck out from the front of the cabinet too far. I tried using an extension cord, but the heavy duty cord had the same issue with the size of the recess.

I told Brian that I'd seen a double plug recessed box at Home Depot and offered to pick it up. Home Depot also had a GE Profile microwave with the same cord as mine. Much to my chagrin, the plug would not fit into the double outlet at all. Where the single plug sat too low, the double sat too high. OMG! On the other hand, the extension cord plug did JUST fit, so if I can get Brian to come back and switch it out, it may just work. There is still very little clearance to work with, and I'm hoping that the extension cord will be flexible enough to allow the microwave to sit in the space correctly. If only that extra half inch had been added to cabinet depth. Too bad they weren't custom cabinets. Wait a minute! They ARE custom cabinets! <sigh>

The good thing is that once this plug is swapped, I think I can call it complete. I still need to figure out what to do about the light fixture over the bar and whether I want to change the fixture over the sink, but those are definitely decisions that can be put on hold. Slowly, but surely items are making their way back up from the basement into the new space. Someday, I am confident that I'll be moved in.