Wow-Week!

Wow, our kitchen has changed really really fast in the last week after going really really slow for so long. It has gone through an unbelievable transformation in one week time!

Last Friday, 4/5/13, our Calacatta marble countertop was finally installed:

The "L" part of the countertop between the stove and sink sides

The sink side

The appliance garage gets its own countertop

Check out these runnels! I love them!

The china cabinet gets a quartz countertop

On Saturday 4/6/13, our floor was finished with one last coat of semi-gloss Bona Traffic, and for some reasons, that made the floor looks less pink/red than it did before. What a wonderful surprise!

On Tuesday, 4/9/13, our new fridge and dishwasher were delivered:

 

On the same Tuesday the above appliances were delivered, the backsplash installation began and it is almost completed by today 4/11/13:

Stove side got subway tiles!

Neat, huh?
I am glad we keep the backsplash simple and
not have any "racing stripe" as we originally planned.

Today, Thursday 4/11/13, our finish plumbing was completed! We have a working faucet, garbage disposal (with airswitch), soap dispenser, air gap and a dishwasher.

A working sink, yay!

It has been about four months since we wash dishes in a kitchen sink, let alone have a working dishwasher and a fridge in the kitchen. Out of habit, we went to the bathroom sink to wash things and then remembered that we could just use our kitchen sink!

Love our sink setup! 

The faucet handle is placed in the front instead of the side so that drippy hands just drip water into the sink instead of the countertop -- an idea thanks to a gardenweb contributor.

What a neat plumbing under the sink base!

Love our Kitchen Aid fridge

It has been over six (looong) months since we first demo-ed our old kitchen. It is kinda amazing to think that we are almost at the finish line. What a journey it has been! Sometimes we can't even believe that we have come so far (with help from many talented people and encouragement from you folks, of course.)

We still have some finish carpentry to do in the kitchen. Oh, like installing the cabinet pulls and knobs, crown mouldings, baseboards, light rails, and painting the china cabinet doors/drawers. And, yes, we still need to finish M's closet and her bookcase, and... and... and...

But, those are for later :)

For now, we welcome and celebrate our new kitchen!