Today we went to pick out our granite. We had done some shopping around, armed with a couple of quote we went to see the folks that my “aunt” had recommended. “Aunt” because I was told by our family friend to tell them I was her niece in order to get the fabricator to give us a deal. It certainly worked, and we are very happy with our choices.
At the fabricator’s we were able to get a deal on a remnant they had left over from another kitchen. It’s a beautiful piece, one they call “exotic” due to its irregular streaking, and they made a point of telling us as a slab it was very expensive. After looking at a few samples, we had a vague idea of what we were interested in, and went armed with names to the wholesaler to pick out our slabs.
Some granites look very different on the slabs, so we got to go and pick out which specific slab of the type we wanted for them to make our counter tops out of. We are looking for the more standard grade, these are usually more consistent and have less variability in the colors between them, but again and again we picked out mid to high grade pieces.
Finally we found one that we liked and was in our price range, called “Verde Butterfly”. There are several verdes, but we liked this one because it had lighter flecks and gold flecks, and overall wasn’t as dark. They are coming to measure on Tuesday, and hopefully 3 weeks from now we will have new counter tops.
After half-heartedly finishing the painting in the office Tuesday before, and whole heartedly taking Wednesday night off, our plan was to go appliance shopping and paint the front bedroom. It quickly became apparent that only the appliance shopping was going to happen when once we arrived at the store we became paralyzed by indecision. It felt like buying a car sans test drive. Laying down that large sum of money on something that you are then basically stuck with for the next (hopefully) 10 years and hoping it works out was a little bit stressful.
We knew we wanted stainless - these days it seems like you pretty much have to if you ever want to re-sell your house. But the idea of just laying down thousands of dollars just like that was kind of nerve wracking. After some sniping we decided to go with our original choice of a standard sized side by side fridge stainless. Although the bottom freezers are more energy efficient, they are just so much more expensive. The main reason I liked the one we chose is the ice bin is in the door and takes up less room, leaving more shelf space.
Picking a dishwasher was pretty easy. Right price, and right look. We liked having the controls on top and out of the way. It makes for a cleaner look.
The biggest debate was slide-in range vs. cooktop and oven. The two turned out to be about the same price, so cook top and oven won. I think it looks a little bit nicer.
After all the trials of appliance shopping, we were done. No painting, just resting and looking forward to moving. My condition for Thor was that even though we don’t have a kitchen, we at least had to have a refridgerator. It’s being delivered on Monday, so next week we’re finally going to start sleeping at the house.
At the fabricator’s we were able to get a deal on a remnant they had left over from another kitchen. It’s a beautiful piece, one they call “exotic” due to its irregular streaking, and they made a point of telling us as a slab it was very expensive. After looking at a few samples, we had a vague idea of what we were interested in, and went armed with names to the wholesaler to pick out our slabs.
Some granites look very different on the slabs, so we got to go and pick out which specific slab of the type we wanted for them to make our counter tops out of. We are looking for the more standard grade, these are usually more consistent and have less variability in the colors between them, but again and again we picked out mid to high grade pieces.
Finally we found one that we liked and was in our price range, called “Verde Butterfly”. There are several verdes, but we liked this one because it had lighter flecks and gold flecks, and overall wasn’t as dark. They are coming to measure on Tuesday, and hopefully 3 weeks from now we will have new counter tops.
