Windows and Dressing

Some progress!

We've made lots of decisions over the last several weeks, over the finishes that will really contribute to the final look of the kitchen. Here's a composite of our choices:

We are going with a recycled glass counter-top. This picture below with the flash makes it look a little more flat, but shows a little more of the different colors - black, green, and clear - in the dark grey resin. We think it's really quite beautiful, and we're happy with our green choice.

The cabinet sample is birch, with our final choice of stain. It works really well with the trim that we are already keeping. The paint looks more green in this sample, but it's called 'Comfort Grey', and really is more of a blue grey.

The tile.......well, we fell in love with the tile and it's been a roller-coaster ride since. We love the deep colors and the fact that there is a lot of color to pull out of it, and it doesn't lock us into just one color scheme. :) It's almost double our allowance, which we can accept, since it's only a small area over the range that will be tiled. But then, we were told that we had to buy a full box of the special order tile, which about doubled our expense. :( So I called around, and found that in fact, we CAN buy just 10 square feet, keeping our expenses down. :)  BUT...............it's on back-order until October or November! :(

At this point our only other option to finish on time is to quickly find another tile that we like within 2-3 days - and that's just not possible, given the Wooldridge Brothers' world (ok, Wisconsin) tour that we leave for tomorrow. :) So at this point, we're planning on finishing everything else, and leaving the tile undone until it arrives. :(  I know, right? It's really disappointing, but there is not much to be done for now. Maybe we'll go hunting again in the meantime and see if we can find something that still ties into everything else we've chosen based on that tile.

And finally, today we have new windows! A new double-hung over the (soon to be) sink, and our old windows in the front have been refinished, refurbished and will finally be air-tight. You can also see some of the upper cabinets that were hung - a slight detour on those happened too, when I realized that they were the wrong length (too short) and hung at the wrong height (too high). As a woman who is just barely over 5 feet, it was important to me to have the upper cabinets only 15 inches above the counter-top, so I held my ground and now they are the right height and length.

It's hard to believe that we're (mostly) one month away from the end of this adventure!