The kitchen ceasarestone counter tops finally went in this week. Our Kitchen dreams have come true. The Pure White color looks incredible against the concrete. We showed the pictures today to Barry and Victor (the installer) from Europe Kitchen Center. They were so impressed with how it finally turned out. It's exactly as we imagine it would be. The flow from window sill to back splash is seamless. The only minor issues were the radius of the sink corners and the grout color. Barry is going to see if they can work on the sink corner to get it sharper, but ceasarestone has guarantee only for upto a minimum radius, we can't have the sharp straight corner that we want. Also the grout color is standard optical white, versus the bluish white of the counters, we're hoping over time, the grout will blend in more.
The island had to be moved few inches due to the misalignment with the range hood, unfortunately during the moving, the oven became off level. Victor promised to stop by to check on correcting it sometime.
3 comments:
I just found your blog. I have been following minniehouse with his LV home construction, and its great to find another home but close to NY (where we are) I read your posts from the beginning. Reading forwards from 2008 you come to points where you wonder how it will all work out. Will Frank turn up? Is it the right decision to get a new electrician? What do they mean, he's not licenced? Who are Euro kitchens? What happened to the Ikea kitchen. And so on, and so 4th ;-) Anyway, congratulations on a great job. We hope to do an LV house in a year or two, and perhaps with Mecca as well. All the best, Karl + Nikki.
Hi Karl & Nikki,
Thank you. It's surprising to get a comment on our blog. We've just been using this blog like a diary, not really thinking that people may actually find it one day.
We've also been following Steve's blog, it's great that he's finally done. His process was definitely faster one he got started.
Glad that you're thinking of building the LV house. Just a note if you are on a tight budget, don't bother customizing it with Rocio Romero for small details. The design fees are enormous. There are things that can be changed on site by contractors. We've been extremely fortunate to have Mecca Projects build this house for us.
FYI - Steve, the unlicensed electrician, is working out great. Frank never reappeared, worrisome.
We decided to go with a European Kitchen Center, almost by accident while trying to hunt down a place that can fabricate ceasarestone with the look we wanted. The places upstate didn't have the right aesthetic. It does make a big difference in the overall look of the kitchen. http://www.europeankitchencenter.com/
Best Regards,
Bo & Han
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