Kitchen Reno: Find the Indoor Swimming Pool and the Frog
3 March 2013
The kitchen got phase one of its update this week. The Prince Consort and I weren’t looking for a TV type transformation, jut a little prettier and mostly more practical. Okay, the practical argument was the excuse for the pretties. And it’s PRETTY!
Here’s the kitchen before with nice granite tile countertops, a too small two bowl sink, and an electric cooktop.
And of course the glass tile backsplash we put in all by ourselves a year ago.
End of day one and
the tile countertops and sink are gone. I checked. The wine was still in the house.
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| Here’s the new gas cooktop waiting to be fitted in. |
TADA!!! New countertops that have magic shiny blue, gold, and green flashes of color. This beautiful granite is called Volga Blue, from Ukraine, like our genius granite experts Alex and Alex.
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| See the blue sparks in the Volga Blue granite? |
TPC demonstrates, ala Vanna White, his BIG sink. Our contractors were sure we could wash a pretty big dog in this sink, Newfoundland size. I think I finally got my indoor pool.
Phase two: enlarging the pantry closet, adding interior lighitng, and hanging new doors, should start this week. TPC and Contractor Chris have conspired. The pair came up with a scheme to keep me from putting my frog lamp on the new fancy countertops. Contractor Chris is hunting dimmable interior lighting for the pantry closet. He and TPC plan on using the lighting through the new translucent doors for a night light. And voila’ no need for my frog lamp. Guess which two guys are a lot more transparent than the new doors?
Kath: who is excited about the kitchen reno, and completing my first pass on the ms. for the contest while TPC and Contractor Chris conspire.
