Spring 2019
Due to the urgency to make the house livable in a timely fashion, we rushed doing the kitchen with the knowledge we would work on it down the road. To begin, we bought butcher block from Lumber Liquidators for the outer cabinets and to save time and money chose a simple tile for the island. In 2018, we decided to do DIY cement counter-top for the island. Cement counter-tops would ideally bring the entire room together and we found a cheap and easy method to do them. After researching the DIY project, Rick bought the supplies at Home Depot. Again, we decided this would be good weekend project to spruce up the house. During the process, there was a lot of sanding and dust created in trying to cover the tile and ensure the cement was even. The project totaled $180. Yet, a few months later we started seeing some cracks in the surface of the cement which got worse each week. We were guessing that the problem had to do with the overhang shifting due to the extreme heat of the prior summer. Despite the cracks, we loved how the cement looked!
This year we replaced the cement with granite counter-tops. Since much of the house we did within budget, we decided to splurge on white granite to compliment our black kitchen cabinets. The granite is spectacular and really brightens up the kitchen. And, even better this is the first project that Rick has not had to do!
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