RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....

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@RojoLoco said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

@Pete-S said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

@RojoLoco said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

Just talked to the contractor, we are on schedule for granite countertop installation Monday!!! Which means we are looking at maybe Wednesday to start moving back into the kitchen!

Also, stand by for photo dump...

Any particular reason why you picked granite or was it the look that settled it?

Granite is really durable, my girlfriend bakes a lot, and it grows wild in the mountains north of here. So price and availability play into that as well. We looked at some quartz (cultured), it was nice but was only available in different shades of white. The color we're getting is a nice cool gray and white, called "Luna Pearl".

Makes sense!

My preference is stainless steel, like commercial kitchens usually have, but granite is a great choice, especially for baking.

Kitchen looks great so far BTW!

RojoLoco

@Pete-S said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

@RojoLoco said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

@Pete-S said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

@RojoLoco said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

Just talked to the contractor, we are on schedule for granite countertop installation Monday!!! Which means we are looking at maybe Wednesday to start moving back into the kitchen!

Also, stand by for photo dump...

Any particular reason why you picked granite or was it the look that settled it?

Granite is really durable, my girlfriend bakes a lot, and it grows wild in the mountains north of here. So price and availability play into that as well. We looked at some quartz (cultured), it was nice but was only available in different shades of white. The color we're getting is a nice cool gray and white, called "Luna Pearl".

Makes sense!

My preference is stainless steel, like commercial kitchens usually have, but granite is a great choice, especially for baking.

Kitchen looks great so far BTW!

I thought about stainless but didn't price it. A friend who is an exec chef told me not to, so did my contractor. I guess in this area it's not as in demand when buying a house, that's always a consideration.

Obsolesce

@RojoLoco said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

Here's a quick pic of the actual countertop:

C'mon man, everyone knows you should always use a banana for scale.

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@RojoLoco said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

@Pete-S said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

@RojoLoco said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

@Pete-S said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

@RojoLoco said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

Just talked to the contractor, we are on schedule for granite countertop installation Monday!!! Which means we are looking at maybe Wednesday to start moving back into the kitchen!

Also, stand by for photo dump...

Any particular reason why you picked granite or was it the look that settled it?

Granite is really durable, my girlfriend bakes a lot, and it grows wild in the mountains north of here. So price and availability play into that as well. We looked at some quartz (cultured), it was nice but was only available in different shades of white. The color we're getting is a nice cool gray and white, called "Luna Pearl".

Makes sense!

My preference is stainless steel, like commercial kitchens usually have, but granite is a great choice, especially for baking.

Kitchen looks great so far BTW!

I thought about stainless but didn't price it. A friend who is an exec chef told me not to, so did my contractor. I guess in this area it's not as in demand when buying a house, that's always a consideration.

Yes, everything has it's pros and cons. For home use, custom made stainless steel countertops are probably more expensive than granite, but the material itself is cheaper. So you made a good choice.

For commercial kitchens pros and cons are different though because they're all about hygiene, efficiency and cost, so stainless is more or less the only thing used.

RojoLoco

@Obsolesce that's just poor cropping on my part. But the ruler could be handy for measuring the size of crystalline formations in the granite...

RojoLoco

UPDATE: We now have a sink, a dishwasher, and the running water they need! The funny part is we can start moving back into our kitchen, but the cabinets and drawers don't yet have handles... been waiting on those to arrive for about a week. And most of the doors and drawers aren't especially easy to grab by the edge to open them.

Dashrender

What's going into the space where the kitchen used to be?

looks like some cabinets, anything else?

RojoLoco

@Dashrender said in RojoLoco gets a new kitchen....:

What's going into the space where the kitchen used to be?

looks like some cabinets, anything else?

At one end is a huge pantry, not a walk-in but still quite spacious. The old exterior wall is now a knee wall with the sink on the new side. The rest is just some extra space in front of the laundry, which is really nice.

I should do a walk through video so it makes sense.

RojoLoco