Taking Shape

The kitchen is slowly coming to life--YAY! The black granite countertop was installed yesterday, but not without peppering the whole house with thick dust. The process started last Saturday when the slabs were cut to the correct size and shape of our kitchen. We thought that would be the peak of dust activity of the renovation work, but no! Monday was THE day! The hole for the sink was cut inside the house. I couldn't stand the noise the saw was making, so I locked myself up in the bedroom. I had no idea that the amount of dust had reached volcanic eruption proportions!. And indeed, the cloud of dust the cutting created darkened the whole first floor, according to our household helper, Laarnie. But boy, does that countertop look good!

One thing that wasn't part of the plan was putting the faucet on the right corner of the sink instead of the middle. Had we insisted on putting the faucet in the middle, there would hardly be any clearance between the tiles and the faucet knob. Not a good idea. We're fine with the faucet on the side. In fact, Francis, our foreman, even suggested that the off-kilter set-up is more interesting and creative.

Things are looking up for Unit G. Now, it's time to think about the clean-up.