I'm afraid I don't have much in the way of renovation progress photos for you guys this week. The replacement trim is scheduled for this Monday.
The trim that was brought in was a bit too rounded on the edges. ~~Not sure if you can see that very well in the picture below.~~ What we are going for is a trim that is quite square. So contractor is actually making the trim themselves by ripping MDF into the right widths and doing a slight routered edge to take the sharp part off. {{ripping = cutting....I'm just repeating what I hear...haha}}. I know that it's going to turn out great.
While it seems like nothing has happened in 2 weeks we still are on schedule. Basically we started close to 2 weeks early on the demo and everything has gone so smoothly but the cabinets are right where they always were to be at this stage...in production. It's all good.
This week we did have to make a change of the kitchen sink choice as the first one FLUID UD3320 (below) ended up being on backorder till sometime in August. It was a 1 3/4 sink and had a 17" side and a 13" side. Loved it. I said my good-byes.
So then we {well actually the designer} found a great replacement. A Blanco Zerox U 1 3/4. It had a 15.5" and a 13.5" side. Or so we thought we found a great replacement. We were told this sink was $2699. Gasp. Nope, not gonna happen.
And last but not least we really did find a replacement. The one below. And it's back in the $1000 range which is do-able. It's a Lineo Amano LI 2000 Varsi. I had to give up the 1 3/4 option and go back to 2 equal size bowls (15.5 & 15.5). But I'm just fine with that and to be honest I don't know anything about kitchen brand names and I can't even tell the difference between these 3 for that matter. The most important factor to me was that the sink had a very square edge profile. Clean and linear! Oh and it's 10" deep. Nice.
My dream sink would have been an apron front sink but that was when the sink was still under the {now removed} window on the wall. Once we moved it to the island I just couldn't visualize an apron sink anymore. I am quite happy with our final choice.
Well, that's it for now. I'll be back soon to show you where and how we've been preparing our meals. It's not pretty. But I'll share anyway so maybe someone feels sorry for us and we can get some dinner invites. Just kidding.
