I did post anything last week about the kitchen remodel because, well nothing really happened that week. We were waiting for the countertops to be fabricated. Well this week we had a lot of progress.
First the flooring company came by and installed our new flooring:
This is a hardwood laminate product and much nicer than the white title that was here before. Also note that the fireplace people came by and have started to work on our fancy fireplace.
We also had the trim carpenter on-site preparing trim details for doors and windows plus some work on our crown molding. Didn’t take any pictures of that since most of his work isn’t finished. The electrician also came by to do a little rough in work.
The big thing that happened was on Friday when the counter top guys showed up and installed our new granite counter tops:
This is the island and back corner of the kitchen.
Here is the sink area and plant window.
and here is a close up of the stone we selected:
All of the stone has this intricate veining pattern. This is one of the reasons it took so long to get the counters fabricated. Some of the veining caused one slab to break and we had to buy another section and we wanted to get the veining patterns to match between the countertop and backsplash. That meant that they had to put all the slabs on their CNC machines for pictures and then a little computer work to find the right matching patterns before programming in the cuts.
We’re thrilled with the results. I haven’t made much progress on the deck. Both Heather and I have had medical procedures to deal with so I’ve been on the sick list for a couple of weeks, but this week I’m back to the deck project. The next steps there are to figure out where concrete footings need to go and exactly how many I’ll need. More about that later so if you need me I’m reading load spanning tables and calculating dynamic loads.
Andrew's View of the Week 
It’s coming on well.
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Your countertop reminds me of a closeup of a dinosaur eye in a Jurassic Park movie! Love the island, the cupboards, the plant window… it’s looking great!
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It’s starting to look really nice.
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Agreed. I look forward to the final tour.
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Everything is coming along, looks beautiful. Soon you can relax. Happy 4th.
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Wow, that granite is a showstopper! What a striking pattern. And your kitchen is starting to look like a kitchen again, hooray! You must be VERY ready to have it finished.
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I am so ready to be done. We saw that granite in the first row we looked at and kept coming back to it until finally our designer finally said, “I think you’ve made a choice.” It looks even better in our kitchen that it did in the show room.
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It is really starting to take shape, Andrew.
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It’s finally starting to feel like we might get it finished someday.
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New floors are like a blank canvas. Hope the budget includes new furniture too!
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Actually, we already bought some new furniture, but I’m thinking we might getting a few more pieces.
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Everything looking great. Nice choice on the flooring and granite. Hope you are well.
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We’re doing well and loving the choices we’ve made.
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Everything really looks nice. I am sure it seems like it has been going on forever, but it will be very beautiful when you are done. You can tall already.
I hope you and Heather both feel better soon.
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We’re both doing much better. It takes a long time, but we’re loving the results.
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Hope both of you are better. My husband and I are having cough, cold and fever. We have not recovered fully. The room looks beautiful.
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We’re doing much better now and looking forward to the project being done.
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Love the veining in the granite. Also the fireplace in the corner. When I was a kid my parents added a room to the house and the builder explained how putting the fireplace on an angle in a corner would better serve the entire room. Indeed it did. I don’t envy all the work, all the decision-making etc., but what a gorgeous place you’re creating!
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I am amazing by how many decisions we have to make — there are a lot of details.
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Wow!
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we’re loving it.
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Beautiful granite Andrew.
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We love it.
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