The Kitchen Project - Part 3 Nearing Completion

Well, we're getting close to the end. Most everything is installed except for a couple of problems with cabinet doors and drawer fronts. Two of the doors are the wrong size and two of the drawer fronts are missing. It will probably take about 10 days to get them. The granite installation went amazingly well. The granite contractor and his people really know what they are doing. The biggest remaining problems have to do with appliances. We can't seem to get a new dishwasher for love or money. The latest excuse is the Federal government's appliance "clunker" program. The story is that California is the only state that did not include dishwashers for the program Thus, California's allotment of dishwashers from the manufacturers was reassigned to other states. The salesman claims that the Northern California district for Frigidaire has over 300 dishwashers on back order! I wonder! The other problem is a real ghost in the machine issue. One of the heating elements on the cook top turns itself on automatically and you can't turn it off. Another of the heating elements turns off automatically after about 30 seconds. We have been getting the royal runaround for about two weeks. Now a new cook top is supposedly on order. We'll see. We would switch brands, but the opening in the granite is too large for our second choice, GE Profile. My advice is to avoid Electrolux. Here are some photos of the current state.