Metamorphasis of a Kitchen

We are redoing our kitchen at the moment.  Out with the tile countertops and in with the granite!!  New sink, new faucett, and sort of new cabinets – I’m painting them!!

So far it’s been a big fat pain in the butt. Monday was the big day!!  They came, they ripped out the sink in 30 seconds and the countertops in 10 mins, they took longer to take off the tile backsplash, leaving huge holes in the wall board. Of course I freaked and made a phone call, and was reassured that it would all be fixed when the tiler came to do the new backsplash on Thursday (today!). 

 The plumber was promised first thing on Tuesday to hook up the faucett and sink.  11:00am comes and goes – no plumber. I make anothe phone call. “Oh something came up and he can’t come until tomorrow moring” . Yeah – right. The plumber is going to show up on 4th July.  Marc made some more calls. We had a plumber arrive about 5:00pm on Tuesday night. We have water!!

 Today:  Tilers arrive right on time at 8:30am.  Happlily fixing wall board and tiling away.  Around 2:30 I got to see if there is any left over tile. Sorry, we have run out of tiles. We are FIVE bullnose tiles short. Kill me. Five freaking tiles short.

I make another phone call.  Tiles are special order blah blah blah, we’ll call you when they come in and we have an installation date.

 It all sounds so simple and flawless when you are making the order and handing over the deposit. I can’t stand it, and I can’t wait for workmen to be out of the house. 3 days doesn’t sound like much, but when you have kids in the house and you can’t even get them a snack during the day – it becomes a huge drama.

I’m painting the cabinets myself. Yesterday I already finished one section and I’m really pleased with how they turned out.

I have put up photos of progress so far on the PHOTO page.