Kitchen

We had granite counter tops installed in out kitchen last weekend. Our kitchen is small, but between the new counters and appliance, it looks tons better. Hopefully it will make it easier to sell this place, when we decide that it is time to move. We originally looked at some formica from home depot, because the price was appealing. We decided we'd look at a few granite places just to see how much it was going to cost. After haggling with the shop just a few miles from our house, I was able to get them down quite a bit on the price, so we decided that we should go for. The pictures make the counters look lighter than what they actually are in person. There are some dark red flecks that look really good with our cabinets. There is a mixture of the dark read, cream, brown, dark gray, and some iridescent flecks.

Just after installation, the color is called giallo santo

We went with a granite composite sink that is a dark grey, rather than the typical stainless. One reason was that we couldn't find a large single basin sink in stock with 16 or 18 gauge stainless. We found some on with 20 gauge, but wanted to get something that we were sure would hold up since the undermount sink is pretty permanent. This sink we got has a think wall and is supposed to be stain and scratch resistant. I love having the big single sink! Also, Thanks to Finnis and Penni for letting us have their old faucet, I looks great!

Here's a shot of the new appliances with the counters

Here's another view. You can see my orchids too. I was very happy they survived the move and are happily blooming.