April's Handywork

April has realy been working hard to find just the right stain for the cabinets.  We've been trying the Stain+Polyurithane blend but it hasn't worked out.  Today, April tried a gel stain.  

To me, it looks really good.

The interesting thing about the gel stain is that you wipe it on, then wipe it off.  April is wiping off the excess gel stain in the picture above.  

We are going to experiment and put on a layer of Java gell stain, a layer of Cherry, then a final layer of Java.

April is using the back side of one of the drawers as a test board.

As for Electrical, my brother-in-law Kevin suggested I use nail guards on the 2x4s that the wiring goes through.  These protect the lines from screws going into them.  Now I just wish all the walls had these.

I've called for an inspection on Tuesday; however, I only left a message for the inspector and havn't received confirmation anyone can do it on Tuesday.