Kitchen Begins!

Yay!  Kitchen construction FINALLY begins this week.  We called our carpenter, who will be running the show, to double check.  We bought a lock box to install on the house so his team will have access. 

Jeff was having second thoughts about our stone choice for the countertops.  I really liked what we picked out, but I figured that it’s such an investment and something we will likely have for a very long time that he should really love it too.  Other people didn’t like the sample of Valley White that we brought home.  His mom, my mom, my sisters.  No one seemed to care for the intermittent splotches of burgundy.  Eh, I liked ‘em.  I think they added a little interest.  Jeff thought they looked like dried blood.  So we went to the slab yard to see what else we liked.  We narrowed our choice down to a bold brown/gold granite from Brazil that was absolutely stunning, and a soft and sedate white called “Ivory Fantasy” from India.  I think we’ll be happy with our choice.  It’s something that will be a nice neutral that will mix well with whatever changes we want to make in later years to our brand new kitchen. 

Right now I cannot fathom ever wanting to change anything though.  We’ve waited so long for this!  The kitchen we are building from scratch truly is my dream kitchen.  I like that it will not be a cookie cutter builder grade kitchen.  I LOVE that it will not have honey oak anywhere.  I am so sick of looking at that color.  When we were looking at homes that is all we would see.  Honey oak and brick.  Not that there is anything wrong with honey oak or brick, I just really love the crisp clean look of white inside and out.

We also purchased a wall niche for over the peninsula.   That area will be a focal point between the kitchen and dining room.  We selected The Marietta from Invitinghome.com and saved $20 for using our Google account to checkout, and we Googled a coupon code for an additional 15% off.  This purchase will have a big impact on the way our space looks compared to the price.  I love saving money!  Almost everything we buy is a discount (except the cabinets, we splurged on those).  More to spend on something else… Hopefully we can put the savings toward the edge profile upgrade to a double ogee.  Jeff doesn’t want to spend the money to do all the counters with it, but I really dislike the standard edge.  The upgrades have more pizzazz and play beautifully with light.   

photo from invitinghome.com