I have granite!!!

I officially have granite and luckily I LOVE it!! I've been worried the last few days..."What if I don't like it", "What if it is too pink?", "What if it looks funny?"....ahhhhhh!!!! The pressure!! Well the granite guys came today and installed. The funny part was that they turned the heater on on accident (I've NEVER used my heater...) so all of a sudden it started to smell pretty funny...but I assumed it was their 'glue' or something...I don't know?!?! My roommate comes and asks me, "Do they know they have the heater on?"...so I go down to check and they don't know how to turn it off...I don't know how to turn it off....so for the next 3 hours, on a 75 degree day, we had the heater on (we couldn't put the top piece back on to figure out the dial b/c it was in the way of the granite!!). Then....they leave....did they put the heater back together? No? Was the heater still on? YES!!! Ugh...it was warm!!! Finally, with my roommate's help we got the dang thing off, but it still took a while...I have a very old school heater!! Now I just need him (my roommate) to install the faucet and dishwasher and I'm good to go!!! YAHOO!!!!! Here are some updated pics!!!

Handyman

I love my handyman!! I met him at karaoke with a bunch of girl friends one night...he even played our dice game with us for a while. As we hung out with him all night it came out that he was a handyman "The House Mechanic" and so our relationship of him fixing my home boo-boos! He has installed all my new doors and door frames...he did some wainscoting work, drywall, and even built at box using wainscoting around a pipe for me...and now...he's installing my microwave and fixing the random holes in the ceiling that were showing after I removed the hanging cabinets. He rocks...he's coming to my place to do this work from 5-8 pm so that I can be home with Katy (who he loves!!) Today he got the microwave hood all set up and starting some of the patch work. He'll be back tomorrow to fix the ceiling!!

WOW

My kitchen guys are speedy! We are almost done with everything...should be totally completed next weekend. All cabinets are now in, molding is in, plywood in place...just need the granite installed, appliances put in and the final touches of caulking, knobs etc. I'm heading to Orange County tomorrow to give Javier the sink template so that the granite can be fabricated. The guess for now is that granite will go in on Saturday and either Saturday or Sunday Javier will come back for the final touches!

Lights!!!

I know in the last post I put pictures of the pendant lights, but I didn't have light bulbs in them. I got bulbs and now I have pics of them all lit up!! So cool!!!

Got a lot done...

OMG...they got a LOT done today!!! The electrician came today along with Javier and his 'helper'. The electrical ended up being a pretty big deal, I'd say about half the day was spent fixing the wall, and other electrical issues that weren't done correctly to start with (like my stove plug just sitting on the ground...yeah...safe!) All the kitchen cabinets are now in, not all with doors yet. Tomorrow will be installing the cabinets on the other side of the bar. I'm guessing tomorrow will be a much faster day than today...after seeing how much was done today. Plus...they hung my pendant lights...so cool!!!

Empty

Day 1 down of the remodel! My kitchen is now officially empty! We got slightly delayed, but shouldn't really hold us up at all, when it came down to lowering the bar wall. Turns out the electrical wires are a tiny bit too high so Javier (the cabinet guy) is trying to bring his electrician tomorrow to fix that so we can lower it. And...I decided that since the electrician is already going t be here I may as well have him get the pendant lights set up...which should be easy! I already have electrical wiring in the ceiling with a light switch...so really should just be getting the 'cans' in or whatever. I got super cool pendant shades...I'll put pics up when they are hanging. Here are pictures from today! Enjoy!

Tomorrow...tomorrow

Tomorrow is the BIG day...the kitchen gets 'gutted' tomorrow!!! I'm taking the day off work to keep an eye on things...keep Katy calm...and be here for any initial questions.

I originally thought I'd be able to do some of the removal myself, but that just didn't happen. I was able to take off all the doors and remove the drawers...I know...easy easy!!

Here are some before pics and empty pics...tomorrow should get an update on the removal!!! Yahoo!!!!

Switching it up

So I'm going to attempt to do this blog thing...although I'm not really sure who really cares to read this. But...with my kitchen updates and being so far from everyone I thought it might make for an easier way to keep everyone up to date on my 'fun in the sun' down here in San Diego.

So here is the update for now. I'm getting really excited for my new kitchen!! The old one gets torn out on this coming up Friday. Luckly my kitchen is pretty small and the cabinet maker thinks they should be done with the tear out and install by Sunday...including cutting my bar down to counter level. It should REALLY open up the room!!! I'll post pics as I have them...so far I only have picture of some before...with the doors off. My living room is now a disaster!! I've pretty much moved everything from the kitchen into the living room.

The other new thing here is that I finally gave my roommate his notice. I gave him 2 months and let him know that if he finds a place before then that it is fine if he is out beforehand. It's just so hard to have someone else live in my place that I've spent so much money on. While I'll be stretched pretty thin financially I think overall I'll be a lot happier! And if needed I can always find someone else later. But right now I'm really looking forward to having that room for storage too!!! Good grief that will make life easier!!!