remodeling this life

I mentioned that we were working on installing the new countertop on a section of our kitchen cabinetry last week. Well, the tile job went quickly as did the grouting but then it took another week before hubby put the trim around it. So I can finally share the completed product. I think it looks lovely. As a reminder – one side of our kitchen has a black granite slab for counter as can be seen here

And this is what the other side looked like a few weeks ago – still with really fabulous white plywood. Sexy, right?

And a week or two ago when the project was in full swing

And now – the nearly finished product. I say nearly because while the counter is complete, there is still that pesky opening above the curtain that I am trying to talk hubby into covering but in some astonishing way, it isn’t at the top of his priority list. And because we are about to paint the kitchen, he didn’t bother to clean off his black grouty fingerprints from the wall. So you can still see those even though I tried to cover them up a bit. So here, our $60 black granite counter!

To test the theory that black is slimming, I placed my very favorite little mug that I like to use to make me feel cute and sophisticated. And I must say, she’s looking stunningly svelte there on the new black counter, don’t you think?

Hubby went to the grocery store yesterday. Lately he’s been going for a few things and coming home with way more than a few things. He’s not exactly a fan of budgets. He likes the flexibility of being able to spend on things when they come up on sale and not have a budget telling him he can or can’t. Okay, whatever. We disagree on budgeting but we do okay anyway and we’re not spending money we don’t have. So he comes home yesterday with 20 lbs. of this coffee that was on sale for $1/lb. $1/lb for coffee! That’s unheard of! My freezer is overflowing with it now. I waited until I had my coffee this morning to post about his frugal escapade in case the coffee really was only worth $1. But it’s VERY good. And it’s from Louisiana. Some of my favorite things are from there