Countertops & Other

I met with the granite fabricator to find a remnant that we can use in the Powder bath and the Master bath. I found a great one that we think is big enough for both bathrooms. We had to buy 2 full slabs for the kitchen and butler's pantry. I'm hoping we have enough left over so that we can use it for the bench in the master shower. If not, we'll likely go with some kind of Corian product for that. I'm hoping we can use as much of the granite as possible. We bought it, I'd hate for him to get to resell the remnant for $19/sq.ft.

Other news from today:

1. They delivered the cabinets and are storing them in the garage. We opened a few boxes to take a peak at the Alder and the Cherry - they look great and we can't wait to see them installed!
2. They delivered the Hickory flooring today too. We got 3", 4", 5" random mix to vary the widths. It's going to look so good!
3. They also delivered all of the Alder trim today. The painter will stain the trim to match the cabinets.
4. We met with the indoor railing person and finally decided on a solution for the railing. We're going to do wrought iron with Alder newell posts.
5. We finalized the tile and carpet and stayed close to budget.
6. They finished connecting the water line and installing the water meter last week, so today they also finished grading the road and adding road base.

Things are coming together fast now, we just can't imagine why all this finish work will take 2 months to finish. Seems like they're close. They will have the Hickory floors laid by Friday (no varnish or finish yet). Then I guess they'll set cabinets, then varnish the floor - we're doing a natural finish on the wood.