We had already done one round of materials shopping but hadn't made any final choices. Today we went back to the countertop place. We thought we had decided on one last time but once we got home with the sample we decided it wasn't right. After browsing the warehouse again, we chose a new one for sure. Very different than what we had thought we would go with but we both liked it better. They even measured it and roughly drew out where the cuts would be made.
Then we went to the flooring/tile place and tentatively chose a backsplash, though we want to add some accent tile to that which we haven't looked at yet. And we made a possible floor tile selection. Until our guy tears out the existing floor, we can't be 100% sure if we can use porcelain tile or if we'll need to go with luxury vinyl.
We also made an appointment to meet with the cabinet guy again on Monday to start fleshing that out in more detail. We can't order anything until we have final measurements but we're pretty close to final now, close enough to start shopping seriously.
It is a fun process but also very stressful trying to visualize how everything will look once you put it together. You're only working with photos or small samples and things can look a lot different when an entire counter is there or a full floor.
May 16th, 2025 at 09:43 pm 1747428219