....Almost There! The Kitchen, That Is

This looks like the same view when I painted the cabinets back in November, but this is a view of my old counters and the kitchen prepped for new counters.

First comes tear out and haul away (free!!!). Tim and Kenny were AWESOME!! Yay FloForm Counters!

I have always lamented that the counter should extend almost to the window. Well, now is the chance. This is the "build-up" necessary to support the counter extension.

The wood framing is the support structure for the Corian. The product expands and contracts and this kind of support allows it to do that. We just can't stand on the counters (I do that from time-to-time...shhh!) ...anymore.

The first counter went in easily. There were no seams.

The right side needed to be seamed. You can see the seam in this picture, but you sure can't see it now.

Kenny buffing out the seam and scratches from transport.

All installed. Now it is time for Bruce to re-install and re-plumb the sink and for me to haul everything back into the kitchen.

They set the sink in but elevated it on blocks so we didn't need three people to lift it back up (it weighs over 150 pounds). The padding under the blocks is necessary because this Corian color (Medea) shows scratches (boo!).

When you marry an engineer you get someone who just knows how to figure things out. Bruce decided that it was going to be very hard to mount that sink by himself without scratching the Corian and incurring my wrath. He rigged up this jack on blocks and it worked PERFECTLY! Bruce caulked the counter, I lowered the jack as he adjusted the sink with not one mark on the counter.

Last minute measurements

A little "nudge" here and it is installed. The plumbing wasn't as easy.

It looks so good!

Here is my extra counter space.

It is sooooo long!!

The finished view. Now, just imagine the whole kitchen with a white subway tile back splash that goes from the counter to the cabinets and medium dark engineered hardwood floors.