The counter tops arrived on Wednesday, week 10 of our kitchen remodel. They look stunning! The crew did a great job inching these heavy sheets into place. The back-splash is 4 inches tall and fits right up to the window. Now we can start filling up our drawers and move the fridge and counter top appliances back to the kitchen. On Friday the carpenters came back for the final installation of the cabinet towers and shelf. We notice that the granite is way harder than the old counter - I will have to remember to set china or glass down carefully or they may chip. We also notice the new counter is a bit taller than the old one from 1961 and there is about one inch more room between the uppers and lowers. This is all standard to todays kitchen designs. It looks grand!

The carpenters arrived and installed the replacement InnerMost cabinet for the one that was dropped. They did a nice job leveling and the drawers look great. They also installed factory trim around the base cabinets and brought me the shelf pins that were missing.

Here is the nifty tilt-out tray installed into the sink base. 

The trim turned out nicely. We used oak with cherry stain for both the window trim and the baseboard. Now I can put the coat closet back together! The kids back-packs are buried in those storage boxes and we will need them soon.

They added counter cleats to support the granite counter top. We are scheduled for install next Wednesday, week 10 of our kitchen remodel. We will then move the fridge back and I hope to schedule the plumber to connect the sink, dishwasher and stove by the end of the week. Our kitchen is almost done!