Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Ice Cubes in Inferno
The kitchen is done.
NO!
Really! I’m serious! Everything is FINALLY done! (Expect for minor touch-ups)
Look!
OK, technically, the dishwasher hasn’t been re-installed. But that’s happening today. I don’t think we could be happier about the way the concrete countertops turned out. They took forever, but very nice looking, we think.
Again, technically, the sink doesn’t work and the water isn’t hooked up to the faucet, but again, that’s happening today. (I didn’t want to take the plastic covering off the sink until the plumber was done mucking around). See the spray thing over there on the right? I think that is my favorite thing of ALL time. It is SO pretty. The whole sink extravaganza is my favorite thing. I’ll be fighting anyone who tries to take over dish washing responsibilities from me. And the sink is GINORMOUS. You could baptize a baby elephant in that trough of a sink. Though I’m not sure why you’d want to do that.
We were kind of torn about the placement of the sink. We toyed with nestling it and the faucet into the right corner so there would be more counter space on the left, but in the end we just centered it. Reason #478 why our contractor is full of awesome: he MADE the wood countertop the basin sits on. And he twisted the arm of the kitchen cabinet guy to make us a vanity. Seriously, he just grabbed some spare wood flooring and whipped that out. Totally cool.
This is in the master bath. The sink is cool, but kind of odd. To plug it up, you have to screw the little stopper down. Funky. And there is no overflow, so all 12 of are children are banished from ever using the sink. Although I had some fun last night playing “sink the boats!” with the swiveling faucet.
Both Reha and I have been very busy in the evenings, so even though we could start moving our stuff back upstairs, we haven’t had the chance. Plus, I think we are a little a-scared to occupy the space. It’s so lovely and pristine. Humans would only ruin it. :-]
I love the sink in the master bath!
Posted by Kelly on 12/12/07 at 10:03 AMIt’s amazing. Seriously. I mean, just look at that sink! And those countertops! Congratulations!
Posted by Angela on 12/12/07 at 10:08 AMI’m drooling right now. I have a kitchen the size of a shoe box.
Posted by Kathy on 12/12/07 at 10:48 AMWoo Hoo! Congratulations, Jon. It all looks stunning. Those fixtures!… mmm, mmm. And the cement countertops!… those babies will stand-up to anything and last for life! So happy for you! May you prepare many a happy meal here. Cheers!
Posted by Ellen on 12/12/07 at 11:46 AMThanks, y’all!
There are more “notes” on [url="http://flickr.com/photos/ransom-note-typography/2106577452/in/photostream/
“ ]flickr[/url].I’m sure at some point I’l have a bunch of before/after photos, boring explanations, etc.
I’m toying with putting the costs of the whole thing out there as well, but it might be too embarrassing. “You spent THAT much?! And it looks like THAT?!”
Posted by jon on 12/12/07 at 04:56 PMEverything looks wonderful. The kitchen looks like it has lots of good usable work space and space for people to hangout in while others are cooking. It looks like a great update to the house that not only looks really sharp, but adds a ton of functionality to the house too.
Posted by michael on 12/12/07 at 10:19 PMIt’s gorgeous, Jon. Congratulations.
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