First Major Project- COMPLETE!

Last Monday our counter-tops were finally installed and they are far more beautiful than we could have imagined! It is so amazing how changing one room can give your whole house a face-lift! When you see our kitchen now you have to second guess yourself, "Am I in a new house?" Fantastic!!!

Before the counters could be installed we had to completely remove the old plywood that was serving as our temporary counters. We also had to rip out the old sink (good riddance) and turn off all the plumbing. Here's what that process looked like:

Here's Thomas disconnecting the plumbing:

And here he is tearing out the old sink! So heavy!

Taking it out to the pile of the remains of our old kitchen:

Where the sink used to be:

Starting to remove the wood counters:You can see that we had started to graffiti on the wood :)

All ready for new granite counters:

Oh yeah. I forgot to mention that we weren't only putting granite in the kitchen! We also have a hallway cabinet that could use a little love. We thought that it would tie the kitchen and hallway together nicely if we used the same granite there too and give the main section of the house a nice flowy feeling. So we had to pry off the old wood that was on top of those cabinets as well- but instead of having no top at all (like in the kitchen) there was still the top of the cabinets underneath. So we decided to do something fun and create a type of time-capsule for any future residents that might undo our current upgrade.

This is what we did:That's kinda fun, right? Well, we thought so.... and this is what the hallway cabinets looked like after we installed the granite:

Ooh, you've got chills right? It looks THAT good!!! Okay, maybe you might not- but we definitely do. And now for the grand finale... the kitchen :)

They even matched the glue that they use to seal any gaps.

And here it is- TADA!!!!!

Goodbye crummy tile- Hellooooooo granite :) Imagine us doing our happy dance here- because we totally are :)