New Kitchen Countertops and Sink

Nick's mission this weekend: Paint the House

He had to finish up caulking around a few windows before he could start painting, and would you believe that moments after he finished the last window it started pouring down rain!? Go figure. So painting was out.

Good news for Kim though. He promised to replace my countertops and sink if the weather didn't allow him to paint! Yay!

Nick found a great deal on craigslist for some brand new countertops... so we had picked them up the night before.

The demo was fairly easy. The countertops weren't always held down with too many screws in some areas. And for those of you who have been in my kitchen....my Methodist Church serving window bifolds are GONE! Whoo Hoo! We'll figure out how to close it up later...for now, my curtain is back up on the dining room side!

This is Nick's thinking pose.

Trevor is assisting Daddy with something, but I don't really know what.

After pounding in a row of nails into the old countertop for daddy, (Nick always finds some 'very important' jobs for Trevor when he wants to help Daddy) he put on his safety glasses (Dad's cool shades) and brushed off all the sawdust that Dad made on the new countertop.

Here is the finished product. (Notice the curtains are up instead of the church fellowship window)
And I won't even mention, or put up a picture of the slight blemish I have on my countertop where Nick used a screw that was just a little too long. Whoops!

Here is the other side with my new sink!

The faucet pulls out to spray, and you'll notice a handy little built in soap dispenser to the right.

Now all Kim needs to do is figure out a color to paint the kitchen, and finish painting her cupboards a fresh clean white and replace the hardware......ok, and put back all her appliances and kitchenware. Ugh. It's nice having clean BARE countertops though. But I'm sure everyone would appreciate having the table back so we can eat at it! *sigh*