My new countertops are being installed as I type.
I'm pretty excited right now. Not only are my new countertops being installed but I'm about to have my kitchen back! It's been almost a week since we took the old sink and counter off and it was an extremely inconvenient holiday week for me. Now, the day after Christmas, my countertop guys are here and look to have everything under control.
I'm trying to stay out of the way but I still want to see what's happening. In fact, I am a little worried that the counter is the wrong color so I want to sneek a peek and check. I think I'll run upstairs and look out the window, they're cutting the sink hole outside. Yep, right color.
Two guys showed up, which I expected, but neither of them are the guy that came and measured for the counter. If that's all his job is, it's a pretty cushy one. Just go around and measure things. So far these two have moved the new counter in, measured some stuff, checked the sink measurement and now they're outside cutting and trimming.
The one thing that surprised me was the corner is already cut and fixed. I figured they'd do that here as they mounted it to the cabinets. In fact I actually expected them to make the cut here rather than at their shop. Not that it matters much, but I did pay for the whole length of counter, which includes the corner pieces. And I could have had someone glue those pieces together for me and made me a nice matching cuting board. Or I could probably come up with a hundred other uses for the extra counter top. But its too late for that now.
Oh, but maybe I can ask for the center part where the sink goes. That would make a nice cutting board or something else. In fact, it should be a good size because I got a much bigger sink, so maybe I could use it as a small craft table.
This outside cutting is taking a pretty long time. It appears as if they're trimming it to fix my cabinets exactly. A part of me was thinking that I'd still replace the cabinets one day but I guess that idea is shot now. My current quick fix is to paint it all black and then later i'm going to replace the cupboard doors and the drawer faces with a nice stained red wood.
I'm also going to paint the walls. They're currently a dark periwinkle blue (old owner's choice) and I'm going with a nice sunny yellow. This should set off the black cupboards and my (soon to be purchased) black and stainless steel appliances.
And, they're done. Less than an hour from the time I saw them roll into my driveway to right now as they're pulling away. It looks so nice! In fact the ugly cupboards look nicer. And I learned a nice little tip, nail polish remover will remove coffee and juice stains without ruining the counters! Good to know.
Now, I've got to go put everything back together.
