It's fixing to be a little crazy around here

[gja1000]

Well, they moved our countertop installation up a week, so now it is scheduled for next Wednesday, Aug. 3rd. They will remove the countertops on Tuesday, then install the new ones on Wednesday. Then we are planning to go out of town Thurs-Sun. so they won't put in the backsplash until the following Monday. Somewhere in there we will need to get our new stove installed.

After that, we need to have this big corner office (upper and lower cabinets and desktop) removed. It's too big to put anywhere else - like in the garage or shop - so I guess we'll sell it or give it away. I'll have to move all my computer and office stuff out for them to take it out. Then we have to get the new computer desk, we have it picked out and are just waiting for it to go on sale. Hopefully it will go on sale this weekend, and we can get it and I can move directly from the kitchen office to the new computer desk in the bedroom.

Last, I will get the kitchen and dining room painted. I can wait a while on that, it doesn't need to be done right away, but soon.

At any rate, it will be a bit crazy, dusty and messy around here for a while.

[judy]

Lots of work! I hope the computer table will be here when you need to move the computer!

It's going to be beautiful! I don't envy you the mess, but think of the beautiful kitchen at the end.

[Janet]

You are a much more patient woman than I Gayle. I would have to have everything done before I went anywhere. I would be thinking of it the whole time I was gone and not be able to have a good time. I am so anxious to see what it looks like when you're done. You'll have to take some before and after pictures.

[JJJ]

I'm sure everything will come out beautiful. One question, wouldn't it be better to get the painting done before all the new stuff comes in?

[judy]

Do you have pictures? Are you using the tiles you posted a while ago? They were beautiful!

[Tiramisu]

Yes, post pictures.

Judy, I remember your remodeling adventures.

[gja1000]

Yes, we should paint first, but the reason I am not painting first is that I MAY paint my cabinets. They are very nice oak, but they look somewhat dated. I'm going to get the countertop put in and see how they look with it. I'll probably hire a decorator for an hour to come in and give me her opinion. Then I'll make my decision. Plus we have to wait to paint till we get the corner office taken out, and that isn't done yet. We thought we would get it done before the countertops, but the countertops didn't take as long to do as they said they would, so since I am iffy about whether or not to paint the cabinets, I'm just going to wait and they will have to cover everything to paint. Backwards, I know.

[judy]

It will work out. Just get plenty of blue tape and tarps!

I love the decorator for an hour idea!

Sandy, I had forgotten about all of that work! My SIL did such a great job!
I'm still not finished, but really I can leave it like it is. I am so comfortable here!

[gja1000]

Here are some pictures. We decided not to go with the formica that was on the island - that was the black/brown formica that you saw in the picture with the backsplash tile a few weeks ago. We deicded to take the corner cabinet/office out of the kitchen and put in granite counter tops. I was going to get something traditional in granite, but not my husband. LOL! He loves natural stone, natural wood, and those kinds of things. So we ended up picking out some WILD granite. The picture of the whole granite slab is not good at all but you can see the color variation in it. The close up picture just gives you some idea of the vibrancy and color variation. You get to go to the granite warehouses and pick out the actual slab of granite you want your countertops to be cut from. It's pretty cool! After they measure your countertops, they make a template and then you get to go back to your slab and decide where they will cut the countertops. You get to over lay the template onto the slab and you can see through the template to see when is going to show up on the countertops. I hope our choices look good!

The picture of the tile is for the backsplash and it will be set on the diagonal, like the picture. I'll take some more pics after it is all installed.

[lynne b]

Can't wait to see it all done, it will be beautiful i'm sure!

[gja1000]

Oh and we bought the computer desk today. We got a great deal, saved about 45%. We got a desk, hutch and 4 drawer file cabinet. The desk and hutch were on sale but the file cabinet was not. It had been on sale a couple of weeks ago, so Gary just asked if we could have the sale price on the file cabinet (I would NEVER have done that) and they said, YES! So we got everything on sale!!! Pretty cool.

We are having someone put it together for us. I read online that it was pretty difficult to put together and I know it would just wear Gary out and wear our patience trying to do it together. So we just paid extra to have someone put it together for us and so we don't have to worry about it.

[Tiramisu]

Love your choices.

[gja1000]

Thanks Sandy!

[Janet]

It's all going to be so beautiful Gayle. Sounds like everything is coming together nicely....even the sales...lol.

[judy]

Sounds gorgeous!