Week 11 & 12

As with any remodel project, there are delays and setbacks. We have certainly experienced our share of both the past couple of weeks. After the staining situation, we naively thought we were "home free" and close to finishing this project. This proved not to be the case. On Wednesday, May 4, I had a full day of IEP meetings at work. This was the day the granite was to be installed. After two meetings, we got word that one parent was not going to be able to attend her meeting so that gave me a window of 30 minutes (it was recess time as well) to come home and take a couple of pictures. At this point the solid one piece slabs had been installed and they were beautiful. The crew was installing the 18 ft span, which due to the length, had a seam. They had set the clamps and were just about ready to glue it to the top of the cabinets. I walked in and saw, much to my dismay, that the two pieces of granite DID NOT match up. Somehow in the process of preparing the granite, one slab got flipped and the company had bullnosed the wrong front edge so when the two pieces were put together it was obviously incorrect. A call to Jared, our contractor, and to the owner of the tile company led to halting the project until a solution could be found. The slabs went back to the shop to be adjusted. The solution? Flip the granite slab and re-bullnose the other edge. Sounds easy but  it was quite complicated. So as not to bore you with all the details, let's just say that it finally worked out after much discussion and hard work.
I, for one, believe it was providential that I "happened" to come home at just the right moment and catch the mistake. If I had not, the slabs would have been glued down incorrectly and it would have made for a very unsightly 18 ft granite span. It begs the question, "does God care about granite"? Probably not but I do believe that He loves His children and cares about what it important to us. I choose to believe He knows how much sweat and work has gone into this project and what is important to us is important to Him. Okay, enough said. Sermon over. Time for some photos.

After the granite was installed, the glass tile backsplash came next. The appliances are beginning to be installed as well. 

Next week, hopefully on Thursday, the floor installation will begin. We've been told it is a 4 day job. After that the fridge can be brought in and we can get out of the garage! Finish work will take a couple of days and we can close the book on this first remodel job on Carla Lane. Oops...probably shouldn't get ahead of things too much.