Today was a HUGE day: the granite was installed! I am ridiculously happy! I took for granted how much easier life is when you've got a big flat surface to work with in the kitchen. For instance, you can:
- Put your groceries on it when you get home from the store
- Prepare your cat's medication on it
- Set things on it before putting said things away in your new cabinets
It's SO beautiful! Here's the full view:
Contrary to appearances the faucet isn't installed. The granite wasn't in place until around 4pm, so the plumber will come tomorrow. Eric is coming in the morning to wrap up miscellaneous cabinet work and then they're out!
Aside from this it was two steps forward and one step back with my other efforts today. I went to pick up the glass for the cabinets and figured out I was able to install them on my own (yay!), but two of the four panels were too wide by about 1/8" so I took them back. Hopefully they'll be ready tomorrow. I made two futile trips to two different Home Depots last night, but after waiting patiently for about an hour this morning I was able to order the additional cabinet knobs. It will likely be a week before they're in, however.
I've narrowed my tile quest down, which is a relief. I'm looking at Calacatta Gold marble in a honed finish, with this pattern:
(I laid it out on the floor and if you squint it looks better. And minus the bottom row of 3x6 tiles, I got overzealous.) My inspiration was this pattern posted on the TileTramp's website:
It's either the marble or plain white subway tiles. I love them because they're so classic (and they're already used in my bath so there's some continuity there), but I'm afraid the solid black countertops and solid white backsplash might look too 50s. Or just boring. Regardless, now that the countertops are in I can stop guessing about how many rows of each size tile I'll need and actually draw it out on the backerboard. That ought to keep me busy for at least a week, and then I can order tile with confidence.
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