Granite!

The Granite for our first cabinets was installed today!  We are so excited!  They were out Monday to do the templets so that is a 4 day turnaround.  The guy we bought the cabinets from said 2 to 3 weeks is normal.  So here's shout out to A-1 Granite Man in Maumelle!

Here's a closeup of the granite which I am totally in love with.  We could not be happier with what we picked.  I'm totally pumped up to see the island!

The lighting is not great yet but here's the granite against our paint color.  We think it works very well!

Herbie is totally ready to get rid of the old chandlier and get our lighting in place!

Here is the baking center feature, the mixer stand.  I insisted on this. Mother had one custom built into her home in 1965.  I was totally impressed then and still think it's a must have.  Not that I use my mixer a lot but having it this convienent will definitly help.

Is that not the coolest thing?  Yes, I'm a total dork:)

We're probably on hold for the next steps.  I need to move everything from the cabinets in the peninsula out so Herbie can destroy them.  Problem is that we have some rental property issues to deal with.  We have a renter moving out of their half of the duplex so this is an opportune time to try to sell it.  So we need to work on that.  May be a month or so before we get back to the project.

Lastly, we got our barstools in.  Here's a picture of one by the cabinets.  We think it works well.

Onward we go!