Backsplash Completed

After writing the last post about the refrigerator, I looked at the blog and realized that I had never posted pictures with the backsplash complete with grout. We cooked in the kitchen yesterday for the first time. I made a batch of brownies, and Steve made a homemade pizza for dinner. We used the dishwasher for the first time, too.

Contractor Has Not Worked Since June 30th

We have really turned a corner. There was a lot of activity early last week, but I did not post any pictures because the work was all finish work that isn't flashy. We did get our new fridge on Friday. 

Here are some pictures:

Getting the fridge into the kitchen was quite a chore. The delivery men had to take the doors off to get the fridge through the front gate. Turning the corner to get down the side of the house was another chore. They were not fazed by any of the obstacles, and it really didn't take them very long for the whole process. We compromised and got water and ice on the door. It was a feature that we really didn't want. The water line has a filter which is a feature we did want.  We won't have ice in the ice maker until the wall behind the fridge gets painted and the water line is hooked up. I will not miss having to fill trays if I want ice.

Some of the work that still needs to be done includes crown molding on the cabinets, the drawer fronts with the bad finish need to be replaced (waiting on those to come in), the pulls need to be put on all the drawers (it is a major pain to open the drawers without the pulls and the pulls won't be installed until all the new drawer fronts arrive), walls and trim painted, the antique piece needs to be attached to the wall, and some other small details. All the roll outs were installed in the bottom cabinets. I love them. It makes it so easy to get to everything. 

Backsplash

The backsplash went up on Friday. It was grouted yesterday. I will get some new pics later today with the grout. I love the glass tile that I selected.

Finish work is being completed as I write. The under cabinet moulding went in yesterday. We needed that to hide the under cabinet lights. Today the drawer inserts are being cut and fitted and the roll outs in the bottom cabinets are being installed.

We have put a lot of things away in the upper cabinets. After today, I can start putting away things that go below.

Tales of the refrigerator. I can't remember if I explained the problems that the Best Buy delivery people had with the first fridge that we ordered. They were not going to remove the doors, and the refrigerator would not fit through our front door. So we ordered a smaller fridge. I got a call last week telling me that fridge is back ordered, and there is no guarantee that it will ever arrive. So on Sunday we went to a locally owned appliance store. Their delivery people are willing to take off the handles and/or doors to get the fridge into the house. On Friday we get the new fridge. We plan to sell our old one. Anyone looking for a really nice white refrigerator with a bottom freezer?

Finishing Touches Starting to Appear

The hardware has been added to the doors. I selected pulls from Top Knobs in a satin nickel finish.

We added pendant lights over the sink and the island work surface. 

Running Water in the Kitchen!

Last night I christened the new kitchen sink and faucet.

The sink is not blue; I just haven't removed the film protecting it.

More Counter Pics

Here are some more pictures of my beautiful new counter.

It is a honed absolute black. Honed means that it is not highly polished, so the color is more muted. 

I just love it.

The yellow post it notes on the drawers tells me that these drawer fronts need to be replaced. 

The finish is not right. The new fronts have been ordered and should arrive soon.

The story of the faucet. Well, it was an aggravation really. The countertops could not be installed without the sink because the fabricator needed to cut the hole in the granite before bringing it to my house. I had many calls back and forth about my sink. Then there were problems with the faucet  because they did not order the faucet when they ordered my sink. So there were many more calls back and forth to find out about the faucet. It was suppose to arrive second day air on Friday, but no it was sent ground. So today when I was leaving the house, I found the UPS man delivering a package to Prytania Theater. I stopped him and asked if he had my package. I told him it was a faucet for Dufossat. I had to sign for the package, so there could be a problem if he tried to deliver and no one was home. I showed him my ID and took the package. I hope to have running water in the kitchen by the end of the day. That would be something. 

Granite is Going In and Dishwasher Disaster

The granite is gorgeous! As I write this, they are installing the sink. More pics later.

I forgot to explain our dishwasher problem. It was delivered on Tuesday of last week. When Grant went to install it last Friday, he found a huge crunch in one of the corners. I wasn't worried about Best Buy taking it back. However, it was impossible to get them to take care of this problem over the phone. I called at least four times. Then on Sunday afternoon we went in to the store to talk to them. It took about 45 minutes to clear it up. Now I know why it was impossible to deal with over the phone. We can get a new dishwasher, but not until the end of next week.