Thursday, December 24, 2009

A Kitchen for Christmas

Our kitchen received an early Christmas present: our granite countertops were installed this past weekend!

We visited a number of stone places around the city and ended up going with Pro Stone, which we found on Home Stars.  Pro Stone handled both the fabrication and installation of the granite. The granite we selected is called Giallo Ornamentale.

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The installation took a couple of hours.  Once the counters were in, we had to wait 24 hours before we could install the kitchen faucet.  Then we hooked up the stove and dishwasher. 

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Finally, we put together our new Ingolf stools from IKEA. 

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The colour of the granite looks great with our white cabinets and the wall colour (Benjamin Moore’s Ballet White).  All in all, we’re thrilled with the look of our new kitchen.

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Over the holidays, we’ll spend some time finding a permanent home for our small appliances.

We feel really lucky that, even with the Christmas rush, were able to get our counters installed before the holidays.  Having full use of our kitchen (and not having to see the pizza delivery guy every night!) will really help make our house feel like home.

12 comments:

Lindsay said...

Looks awesome! Aubrey + I are envious of your new kitchen!

Jen and Dave said...

Thanks Lindsay! We are really pleased with how it turned out. And, congratulations to you and Aubrey on your news. We are so happy for you!

Anonymous said...

Looks fantastic!!!! Happy Holidays to you guys!

Pip said...

Your kitchen looks great! The granite + appliances are beautiful :o).

Have fun cooking in it!

LifeBegins@Thirty said...

It looks beautiful! Congrats on getting it all done in time for Christmas :-)

Jen @ RamblingRenovators said...

Looks fantastic! Have fun giving the new digs a workout over the holidays!

Jen and Dave said...

Thanks to everyone for the kind comments. Merry Christmas!

Kris said...

So instead of cookies...I can just give you recipes for Christmas??

=) I LOVE it!!

Sara @ Russet Street Reno said...

Ooohh, it is stunning! I love this look, you guys made great choices! Merry Christmas to you!

diver2anne said...

FANTASTIC!!!
xxx

Unknown said...

It looks lovely Jen! Happy Holidays!

micah said...

Wow, your kitchen is gorgeous!

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