Today's activity centered around running new wiring for lights and appliances. We will have under-cabinet lighting, can lights in the ceiling, and probably a set of 3 pendant lights over the island. One of the challenges for James was to find places in the ceiling for can lights without running into beams or joists. Apparently the joists run in different directions on different parts of the ceiling, and in a couple spots there are even diagonal joists. So he had a heck of a time finding an acceptable layout for the lights that would be approximately symmetrical. I think we've come up with a good plan now though. We are supposed to talk to him again in the morning about it. These pictures are bare walls showing the wiring. Very exciting !