Kitchen Remodel – Day 04

This afternoon we visited the granite yard to select which sections of the granite slabs would be used for our countertops.  We had two full slabs of Portifino Gold selected.  They were transported to the production yard where they will be cut into the size and shape of our kitchen counters.

The pictures below (sorry for the quality, I used my camera phone because the good camera was left at home) show the slabs ready for us to position the templates over:

Drawing the templates on slabs

Then my wife took the templates and arranged them over the surface of the areas we thought looked the most attractive:

Drawing the templates on slabs

We only had one more piece to select.  It seemed to us like there will be a lot of waste from a huge slab that we will only use a 3′x3′ piece from.  The designer/salesman ensured us that the extra pieces are often used as smaller selection pieces, such as a desktop, and offered in clearance sales.  Sometimes they are even given to charities.  Hey, why not?  It has already been paid for.

Check back in about a week for more updates while we wait for the replacement cabinets to arrive and granite to be cut.