Kitchen Remodel: Corian Countertop Installation

This last week the much awaited Corian counter top got installed. Earlier they had come out and done some digital photographs using tape with patterns of dots on it to make the template. The counter top came in three pieces and first perfectly. All they had to do was lay it down and attach the pieces.

Paul asked the installers how much Corian counter tops they are installing these days. The guy said something like this is the third they've done in six months. Apparently everybody wants either Granite or one of those stone dust (Silestone, Cambria, etc) counter tops these days. We like the feel of the Corian and the look of the integrated seamless sink. And Corian is priced somewhere between Formica and granite. The main thing is that you can't put anything hot directly on the Corian counter top.

We're still waiting on the Silestone top for the cabinet which faces into the dining room--it is supposed to get installed next week.

The Corian counter top arrives...

Two of the three pieces have been laid down at this point...
...can you spot the seamless Corian sink?

This gizmo pulled the two slabs together so the adhesive could set...
...it looks like something from an old 1950's Sci-Fi movie ...

This is the "user manual" they gave us...

Kitchen Remodel: Cabinet Installation Part III

Well, the cabinets are all in now. The installers returned with the doors to the white cabinets facing into our dining room. The top of the cabinets will get a Silestone top in Verde Agua (to add some color to the mix). The cabinets are painted a bright white to match our woodwork in the dining room.

We have to get kidde-locks for these...

Kitchen Remodel: Counter Template

This past Wednesday the Corian guy came to make the counter template so they could accurately fabricate our counter top. He put tape with patterns of dots on the wall and edges of the cabinets. Then he laid down some tiles on the top with more dots on them. Finally he took digital pictures from various angles. He said that he puts the photographs into some sort of software which then can calculate the counter top dimensions (based on how he joins up the dots in the photographs). In about two weeks we should have our counter tops installed!

Polka-dot tape and polka-dot panels...

What one of the polka-dot tiles looked like...

Kitchen Remodel: You Light Up My Life...

Yesterday (a Saturday) the electricians showed up to finish most of the electrical work. The put in the furnishings on the recessed lights, installed the wall oven, put in the outlets, and the under-cabinet lights. We went with the Kichler Series II Xenon under-cabinet lights. The electricians are a father and son operation, both very friendly, did excellent work, and we'd highly recommend them.

What was once lighted by a single 100 watt light bulb is now this...
...a "pot light"ed room that Candice Olson would (hopefully) approve of...