This just might be my favorite part of the new house, even more than the vaulted ceilings, new appliances, bigger pantry, french doors and expanded master walk-in closet. All I kept saying today was it's gorgeous, I love it... it's gorgeous, I love it. I almost cried.
Now, let me tell you the story about how we found this granite. About a month ago, right before Spring Break, our contractor told us that we really needed to start making some decisions about granite, tile, paint, lights, etc. So my thought was that a lot of these things were going to be dependent upon the granite, so we decided to start there. We got in the truck and literally drove up and down I-45 and stopped at every granite / tile place we saw. I would find a slab I liked, but Jay didn't like it. He would find something he liked, and I didn't like it. This went on for several hours, and was a bit frustrating.
Then, we came upon Crema Bordeaux, and we both heard angels singing. We both fell in love with it, and we knew that was the one. Of course, as you know, every piece / slab of granite is different, so now that we had found this one, we had to see if our contractor could find a piece that was a little less expensive. If not, I was going to bust out the Spanish and start wheeling and dealing with manager at the place where we found it! Luckily, I didn't have to do that. The guy that our contractor had planned to use to do the countertops in our house just happened to have two slabs at his shop (more on that in a sec), so we went out there today to take a look. And they were even MORE BEAUTIFUL than the piece we fell in love with.
So, we have our granite. Unfortunately, to do the kitchen, wet bar (yes, we're adding a wet bar in the dining room) and two bathrooms, we have to get two pieces, but I wasn't about to do part of the house in this and the other in something else. And, we can get the big countertop in the kitchen out of one slab, so there won't be a seam!
Ok, now to the story about the two slabs of granite. Apparently Joe (that's the granite / countertop guy's name) was working on a house in Shoreacres (that's where Jay's mom lives, about 10 miles up 146 from us, for those of you not from around here). The homeowners had fallen in love with this granite, like us, and had purchased a couple slabs. Well, with the way that the homeowners wanted Joe to do the cuts (totally against the grain), they needed a few more slabs. So, they ordered more, and ended up not using these two. But the homeowners were hanging on to them to make sure they didn't want them for anything else. Joe called us on Friday and said that he had the two slabs from the homeowners, and wanted to know when we could come look at them. The rest is history! Like I said, these two pieces are even more gorgeous than the first piece we saw, and I am so, so happy. I even got a sample so I can start finding tile, backsplash and paint. Wahoo!!!
Nothing else major really going on at the house. The roof was supposed to go up on Monday, but something happened with the materials getting delivered, so we're not sure when the roof is happening.
The electrical and mechanical passed city inspections. The plumber has to come out to do a couple more things (include fix a nick in the hot water line that one of the guys installing the electrical did), but as soon as that's complete, the walls can start going on! Although, I'm so used to just walking right through the studs to get from one room to another, I'm not sure we're going to know what to do when we actually have to walk around and through actual doors to get into a room. :)
And, speaking of doors, we now have all of the interior and exterior doors and hardware. I still have to get a few more lights and bath fixtures, but not too much more. The flooring, paint and tile for the floors, tub surround and kitchen backsplash are really the major things left.
Have a great rest of the weekend!!!
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