Updates!

Things are shaping up quite nicely. So far, more has been "done" in my head than actually in the kitchen. But we now have set in place which countertops and sink we'll have, which colors, where things will go, paint colors, mouldings, but not so much the flooring. the floor will be the last thing, which if fine by me.

We found this fantastic place that sells granite wholesale and it looks like it actually WILL be in the budget. I am SO excited. We are trying to choose between a black countertop or a speckly brown .(see below).






Alot of it really has to do with the color appliances we will get, although we are strongly leaning toward the speckly brown (right) with black/SS appliances. In the photos, the granite on the left looks like brown in the light but it is actually black with highlights.



I am still in shock that we will even be able to afford granite. I was going to be satisfied with a synthetic solid surface formica (not the typical cheap formica, but a type that a solid block,made to look like granite).



In other news, I decided to remove the wall paneling on the east wall of the kitchen and have that look like a smooth wall the way it should. I was a little bit scared about removing the paneling because the wall is plaster and I thought that removing it with its adhesive would totally tear the wall up---and there would be another expense. However, we removed it, and there is virtually no damage. The main thing is removing the older -than-dirt wallpaper so that the contractor can patch it. we may even patch it ourselves. That's how minimal it is.


Below shows the soffit on the western wall totally removed (yay!) I looked at some kitchen magazines and discovered that crown moulding at the top of the soffit gives it a really, really newish and modern and stylish look, so that's what well do once we have started the painting process.



And remember the ceiling that had the ugly outdated cabinets we were so afraid of removing? Well the contractor is going to re-sheetrock it and make it look new and fabulous.