Sneak peak

Just a little sneak peak... I want everything to  be put away before I give a full 360 degree view of all the fun things. It's already a mess. I keep pinching myself to see if it's real. We are learning about it. Making things fit and work. We LOVE it! 

Countertops!

We have countertops! Yahoo!! We originally thought we wanted concrete and got talked out of it. Then we thought quartz would be a cheaper option. Adam really doesn't like busy counter tops. He does not like the look or generic granite or fancy granite. I knew I liked the look of solid black, so we finally decided on Absolute Black Granite and it actually turned out to be one of the cheapest granite options! It looks great but might be tricky to keep clean! 

We were not supposed to be here when they installed it but Corbin got sick before our big friends family camping trip :-(.  So he and Adam where here when they came to install it. (The did get to join the camping fun later that day!).  

I guess Absolute Black is really heavy! 

It was so cool to come home to it today! Our trim is all finished, the crown moulding is up, and the stove hood got installed today too. Our tile was supposed to start today but was on back order and did not arrive till this afternoon. Hopefully tomorrow. 

Such a big open nice space! Cooking, homework, hanging out, food, eating breakfast and drinking coffee! 

We also got lights today. The lights over the counter tomorrow. 

Perfect place for snacks!

 And now for our one grumbly part... again, I am not sure how I could have prevented this or asked different questions... We ended up getting an instant hot water heater/cold water dispenser and our faucet has a soap dispenser. We thought we would put one on each side of the sink. Then when they came to take measurements for the sink, they said that there was very little room on the left side of the sink for the hot water, so we decided to put them all on the right side. We are pretty sure we told him to put the hot water on the corner and then the soap in the middle but giving them more space in between...instead it's like this.

And now the faucet handle is going to be really close to the soap dispenser. The hole on the right was supposed to be on the corner, not on the edge. Ugh! So we are not sure what to do now... we are going to call them tomorrow. 

This kitchen is going to be beautiful but I have never had granite (dark) and stainless steel before...so any advice on how to keep them clean and streak free is welcome :-)

Cabinets!

Our cabinets arrived on my birthday! The delivery truck was here before 8 am and it was like Christmas!  It feels like a real kitchen! I was nervous to have them put up, what if I didn't like them. As soon as I saw them, I loved them...but there was this little bit of feeling like I made the wrong decision on the drawers. We chose not to have the drawers have the shaker look but to have flat fronts. I was regretting that decision... not that it looks bad but that for my own personal taste, I was not sure it was what I wanted. But now with handles and less cleaning of those little ledges, I think we made the right choice! 

With trim and crown molding!

Crown molding going up. 

We also hit one of our first opps! The cabinet that goes over the fridge didn't fit. Our contractor thought our cabinet maker had messed up...but then our fridge also wouldn't fit. They realized that they measured only on the bottom and not at the top and the old wall leans! So they had to tear out the new sheet rocked wall between the pantry and the fridge, shave down the studs, and add a thinner sheet rock. Ugh! It didn't take quite as long as we thought but more painting for us and more money on labor. 

Pantry doors and space for fridge

 Then the dust barrier came down and we can see through the whole space! This was amazing to me! It felt really real!

see the handles too?

Don't mind our mess! So light!

Love this view...wishing for a new dining light fixture, this one just is not right any more... but it's not in the budget. We will see when it actually happens :-)

Trim on the windows! We have been painting trim for the last 3 days! 

The stove will go under this window. 

Trim and handles!

Wine rack and finally cabinet above the fridge...you might notice how uneven the ceiling is and how much the trim piece is bigger on one end.

The view as I walk into the house.

The counter top comes on Monday...it's really coming together!!!