Kitchen Confidential: a house log

The counters are in and boy are they better than sliced bread. After months of waiting for a surface to dice upon, any old counter would do. But our sparkling new granite is simply the bees knees. And instead of revealing the new counters, we have chose to make you wait until tomorrow (when the faucet, sink, and dishwasher will be fully installed) and then post the FINAL BEFORE AND AFTERS! Can you tell we are excited?

But the start of the day was not nearly as thrilling as the end. It was full of the usual trials and tribulations of home improvement. First, when the truck pulled up I thought it was some sort of joke. Check out the vehicle that delivered our vivid 520 million year old stone:

That is right, it is an Arnold Bread Truck. I thought I was hallucinating. And then when they struggled to transport the insanely heavy slabs into the kitchen and proceeded to wrestle them into place, I expected to peek into the kitchen and see scratched floors, dented cabinets and obliterated appliances. In fact, at one point I passed by only to be greeted by my stove in the middle of the doorway. I never thought the kitchen would have to come apart again only to be put back together after the counters were placed.

But by some small miracle, three ulcer-inducing hours later it looked strong. Better than strong, in fact. And save for one small paint touch up (that I completed once the bread truck pulled away) the kitchen was utterly…

…well, you will have to come back tomorrow to see the results for yourself.

Update: Check out the big kitchen reveal right here, and see it after a bit more accessorizing right here.