Day 39

It's close freaking enough! Still need to grind down the seam in the granite, fix the threshhold lip on the floor, fix the LED's on the new oven, get a new hot water faucet for the sink, and install the dining room chandelier. But, it's close enough.
I present to you our new kitchen and dining room!!

The Sage Green in the dining room is a magnificent casual elegance

The island that became a continent

New appliances include a Blue Star cooktop and a Viking french door double oven.

Microwave drawer

Quartz meant for rolling around naked on

Our new art faucet with it's own pet hot water faucet.

3D Backsplash

Sink carved out a solid piece of travertine

The pics don't show the blue star down draft for the cooktop or the lovely under cabinet LED lighting or the over cabinet ribbon lighting. We also got new disposal and dishwasher. Moved a bunch of electrical around. But, you get the idea. A complete overall.

Was it worth it? It was pricey. We went way over budget. As a real estate agent, I know we will never recoup it all. We definitely over-improved for the market. 

But, we do love it so much. And that makes it worth the headache and the cost. We know we didn't skimp, we know we picked finishing that we liked, we have to live in. And we are pleased.

Rating the contractor: Small issues. He said he would have us functional by Thanksgiving and he kept his word. Still waiting on a few of the subcontractors to come back and finish up. But, overall it was a good experience. Except the plumber. (raising my fist in the air)

Scale of 1-10

ceiling-9+ 

Wallpaper removal-10

walls-9+

floors-7* (still waiting on threshhold repair)

appliance installation-7 (don't like the exterior fan unit placement)

granite-8 (love the granite, poorly cut and seam is still scratchy)

cabinets-9+ (color good, installation good, but we thought we were getting wood not a fake stuff)

plumbing-5 

electrical-9 (nothing caught on fire, but he seemed to take a while to do his work)

Overall contractor-9

He did very well. I thought the timing could have been organized a bit better. There were multiple off days where no work was going on and several days different trades could have been there working at the same time. It was a little pricey. Some things got lost in the chaos. They used up all my paper towels. But, really it was done very well.

Keep checking back. I will update as the finishes are done. And we will be starting a new project next year. The new closet addition in the master bedroom. It's sure to be loads of fun as we build a whole new second story room just for the closet. One that will hold all of my straightjackets.