The kitchen cabinets arrived, as well - all doors, windows and cabinets were made by Orlando Rodriguez, a local ebanisteria (cabinet maker), who has a shop here, in Volcan. Paul decided he liked Mr. Rodriguez even before he met the man because when we went to check out his shop, Paul saw trunks of trees lying outside ... that's the way Paul builds furniture, too - he starts with the tree.
Oh, and Paul has been busy hanging lights - I love the fan he chose for the main area - actually, there are 3 identical ones -
This is Mr. Rodriguez - the fellow in yellow is one of his sons, and he's definately passing the lessons in craftmanship on. Here, you see them checking to make sure they brought everything ... they even made a lovely lazy-susan for the corner cabinet.
Here you see that they've set up 'installation shop' in the living room .... that rectangular thing Mr. Rodriguez is working on is the BACK side of one vanity counter ... no photos of that finished project in this post, because it's not totally done, but it's looking great.
These are the guys who are installing the kitchen cabinets:
And here you see the kitchen cabinets installed. As soon as we get tile for the wall and finish the counters & floors, and install the vent above the cooktop, this room will be totally finished.
In case you live near Volcan and would like Mr. Rodriguez to build you something special for your home (he makes great furniture, too) you can phone him at either 771-4356 or his cell 6634 4869.
Meet Louis, one of our painters - whenever he's not welding a brush or roller, he grabs the broom and starts cleaning:
Here he is doing touch-up out in the carport ... isn't that an amazing roof?
.... of course, I think the view of the garden is starting to look good, too.
This fella is Nicko - you've seen his photo before (he's generally on the roof). In this shot, he's pouting because it started to rain and he's waiting for it to stop so he can get back on that scaffold...
While Nicko is mourning the return of wet season, the plants are loving it - this is a bit of the rock wall we put in & 'planted' with moss, ferns and orchids:
We've literally have thousands of orchids living on the lot, but most of them as tiny - here's a photo of the most recent bloom we found - Paul put his thumb in the picture so you can see why we joke about the need to carry around a magnifying glass so we can totally appreciate our flowers.
