Our new kitchen counters are in!
We only had to wait a couple of weeks from the time the installers came to measure, but it wasn’t easy waiting. To be clear, it’s not purely impatience: we were able to put back the laminate counters while we waited but someone (cough, cough, Aron) threw away our faucet* when we took them off for the measuring, leaving us without running water in the kitchen for two weeks. The dishwasher makes all the difference in such a case!
Here’s a re-cap of what it looked like when we moved in…
A beautiful new range from Aron’s parents, a new dishwasher from mine, some knob exchanges, and a microwave on a shelf and it was looking much better.
When we pulled off the laminate for the new granite, we decided to paint the walls “chocolate froth,” partly because of the name, mostly to warm up the black and white a bit.
And then we made multiple trips to Ikea and other hardware stores trying to find a faucet that was well-proportioned to our little kitchen.
The stone was installed last week and we love it! I went right about making a cake and I’ve never been so inspired to keep things clean as I go–partly because of the new counter, mostly because we didn’t hook up the plumbing until the next day. (I say “we” but I mean Aron–he did a fantastic job handling all of the plumbing!)
* I can’t be too self-satisfied, as I put our new drain in the recycle bin. We only have it because the building maintenance-man put it aside when he found it while collapsing boxes in the basement. Oops.
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Right, so now I know who to help me when we get round to installing something, like a window seat over our radiators. Great work peeps, it looks fantastic. I like the wall colour, in ours it would probably be a bit much because our cabinets are maple I think, not white. We need to attend to the backsplash too though.
Your countertops are such a nice color! And I love Aron's expression over what I'm guessing to be an example of an ill-proportioned faucet. Did your refrigerator permanently move to where it is in that picture of you painting?
Beautiful. Thanks for the before and after photo.
Ed, a window seat over a radiator sounds awesome–the perfect seat warmer. Just be careful with us… we like to throw important pieces out.
Viv–thank you! and don't worry, we pulled the fridge out to paint behind it (the kitchen isn't really that narrow).
Thanks, all, for the nice comments!
Can I move in?!?!? I love the microwave shelf, so nice to give you more coutner space, and that range is to die for! And it all resides in my favoritest city ever…now I just have to figure out how to get my life switched to that city!
Great work!
Ohh, fancy! I recognize the black t-shirt with the blue text/image that Aron is wearing in one of the photos. The truth is I wore a matching on two days ago. Looks great!
Thanks Taylor, that is so nice of you to say.
Jeff, I love that shirt. I still get questions about it when I wear it to the gym. Good times…