at home with the Causeys: the 3 week countdown!

We've officially started the 3 week countdown to finishing our house! We're crossing all fingers and toes that we will be moving in around Oct. 27th! Things have been going pretty quickly the past couple of weeks. Sorry for not updating this blog more but things have been super hectic in causeyville!

My current big dilemma was the kitchen sink. You see, I picked out a double fireclay apron sink long before the house was framed. It was my.dream.sink. Well, we forgot to mention this dream sink to the cabinet guy, so he didn't design the cabinets for that type of sink. It came down to the only way I could get an apron sink was for it to be single bowl and only 25". That's just too small! Sooooo.... drumroll please.....

I now introduce you to my new best friend. The one, the only, Elkay e-granite Harmony Undermount sink:

Isn't it a beauty? It's the "mocha" color, which will match our oil rubbed bronze faucet perfectly. You may be wondering, WTH is e-granite? That's the same thing I asked! e-granite is molded from up to 85% natural quartz and acrylic resin (think plexiglass, but not). It can withstand extreme heat, it's non-porous surface prevents stains and is easy to clean. It's hard enough to resist scratches and chips, but resilient enough to reduce breakage of glassware and fineware. That last part was the golden ticket. Hunter and I have each broken a glass in our current porcelain sink!

I'm so glad the sink dilemma is out of the way now! I didn't realize how stressful such a "minute" detail could be!

Now on to more important things. We have paint, stain, and polyurethane almost complete. Bricks should be on the fireplace as we speak. Tiling starts next week! HOLY COW we're making progress!!!!

Pictures pictures...

Cabinets: they turned out darker then I originally envisioned, but I like them. I think once the walls are painted and tile backsplash and granite is installed, they will look sharp!