Great day today. On the Tuesday after Easter, Spain lifted restrictions on the construction trade to stimulate the economy, but with restrictions. Suppliers are open limited hours and workers wear protective gear. It’s all good. We were thrilled to learn that our mason was installing our countertops today (along with obligatory sinks).
Our much-anticipated sink, replete with new faucet, connection to dishwasher, and rag to check for drips!!!
Now we have a working kitchen with a KITCHEN SINK!!! The counters are solid ceramic, a new material for me, as I’ve mentioned before. But I’m loving the look and they promise to be extremely tough in the kitchen battle that is Cindy’s Universe! Did I ever mention I’m kind of a messy cook? Photos below show Carlos installing the kitchen countertops and a close-up of the material. (And yes, Roark, only after I took this picture did someone finally move that pipe for the exhaust sitting on the cupboard. Hahaha!)
Our second propane bottle arrives tomorrow—seems that my super duper orangelicious range needs the strength of TWO bottles to run all six burners at the same time. Go figure…
The dishwasher is all hooked up and now I can finally open those boxes of BRAND NEW dishes that have been silently waiting in the corner. A needy family was the happy recipient of our HUGE set of Villeroy and Boch dishes left by the sellers. Glad to pass those on.
The kitchen maker is expecting the doors for our cabinets to be delivered any day. When he gets them, he will be right over to finish the installation of the kitchen and master bath cabinets. In the meantime, we ordered the backsplash tiles today, so that we can get them installed before the kitchen guy gets here, because he will be installing the ventilation hood. My contractor about shit a brick today when I showed him that I wanted the backsplash tiles installed in a chevron pattern and he politely asked ‘for a picture.’ Fingers crossed this comes out okay!
Anyhoo, we have made progress in the sleeping department and have “moved upstairs,” LIVING LARGE in our proper master suite! Mural is up, bed is constructed, mattresses have been humped up the stairs (until the stores open and we can buy a new one), and the master bath is now complete with it’s black granite countertops. Still need to adjust the light fixture placement slightly, now that everything is permanent. Had some mirrors custom framed to fit the space and will be hanging them tomorrow. The cabinet doors will be installed when the kitchen contractor comes. Now it’s just down to receiving a painting I bought for the bathroom, ordering a small toilet-side cupboard (for all of Theo’s car magazines…), getting a carpet runner and deciding what color of towels we want in there! Decisions, decisions. Need suggestions on what type of bedding will look good with the mural (do I need to make it a contest???)
Here is our main contractor, Daniel, installing the bathroom faucets. Blue tape in the middle photo is Cindy’s addition on where to move those damned lamps now that everything is set. The master closet (right) is still pretty sad, but I have components on order to make sense of this madness of still living out of suitcases!
Whew. I’m out of breath. It’s been an exhilarating day. And I’m so thankful for having a kitchen sink (and SO much more)!
Hola Cindy-
You know, that corner was the first thing I scrolled to! It all looks great. The countertop is cool. I have not heard of solid ceramic. We just did quartz (Ceasarstone, fresh concrete) in our kitchen in PV. It has a similar look but lighter in color. Since we sometimes have renters, durability was important. Where is the next piece of property you have your eyes on?
Cheers
Roark