Sunday, March 30, 2008

A Little Renovating

We did a little renovating in our kitchen over the last week, replacing our old countertops with granite. Cary met a Northwest pilot who has a granite business and we just had a great experience with Neil - not only is he an excellent craftsman, but became a great friend over the last few weeks. One of my favorite parts of this was going to a granite warehouse with Casey & Austin. After choosing our stone, we wandered for 2 hours in there looking at rock from all over the world - it was a great geography lesson because each slab was marked with the name of the country and a map; ours came from Brazil. One of the most beautiful pieces we saw came from Pakistan.
Out with the old....




A little plumbing lesson from Daddy....




This piece of granite on the peninsula weighs 650 lbs. Yes, that's right - it was so heavy!









3 comments:

Nana said...

Looks beautiful!

Heather O'Steen Photography said...

Oh-la-la! I love it!

Jennie said...

Your old blue countertops gave a little more of a country look to your kitchen which I am partial to. But the granite makes it much more sophisticated and elegant. They look great.