It's Finally In!

Since Scott is home for Thanksgiving we had him help move the kitchen countertop in today...that bad boy is HEAVY!  Kade and I have moved it a few times, but I just couldn't do it today.

There it is in all of its glory!

It fit PERFECTLY on top of the sink.  Kade is amazing :)

Cabinets will be stacked on top of this end (the left end)

Another cabinet will be stacked on the countertop in this corner.

I'm SO glad that we decided to do the wooden countertops again...there's just something about them.  Pretty sure I'll do them in EVERY house we ever live in!!

We also got the upper cabinets installed in the mudroom.

I love the way that turned out.

Now we just need to figure out what's going to go on the back wall...

put it there...and then put the coat hooks!!

I got all of the hardware on the base cabinets.

It took me so long to decide which ones we were going to use.  I've probably got 10 knobs and 3 or 4 pulls that I tried, lol.  Obsess much??

I love these....simple cup pulls and plain knobs in oil rubbed bronze.

Just the look I was going for!

Wooden Countertops!!

Let the wooden countertops begin!!  This is the second time we've built these (we did them back in 2006 when we remodeled the kitchen in our current house...still have them...and still love them!)  Maybe some day I'll remember and edit this post to add a picture of how our other countertop has held up over the last 7 years.

We used just regular 2x10's to build these.  We made 3 different lengths too...this new house has LOTS of counter space.  So we did a 16', 12' and a 10' section.

It took a little while to figure out what widths to trim the boards to...we needed to end up with just a few extra inches of overhang.  Enough to make a proper edge on the front.

Dad & Kade took LOTS of measurements and we made several test pieces to make sure we got the correct "tongue and groove" size on each board.

We finally got all of the widths figured and ran all the boards through to square them up.

Dad's expression is cracking me up...he's so focused!

We needed to do another test piece....all these tools and Kade decides to use a HAND SAW??  He is crazy!

Look at all of those "tongues"....not too shabby!

16'....what were we thinking??

Kade has to inspect and measure everything to make sure we're going to have it right!

This is when we cut the "grooves" in.

Closeup of the groove!

I can't believe we got them all cut, tongue & grooved and clamped and glued today!

Feeling so productive (for once!!)  :)